We’ve been looking at how so much of the church today has been led to believe God does everything for us in salvation and we don’t have a part to play. We’ve seen (I hope) that this is wrong, and it’s harmful, because it keeps us from fully experiencing salvation and carrying out our mission in the world. What is needed today is a return to the disciplines of Christianity as taught by Jesus, His apostles and early disciples. As John Wesley said, “It was a common saying among the Christians in the primitive Church, “The soul and the body make a man; the spirit and discipline make a Christian;” implying, that none could be real Christians, without the help of Christian discipline. But if this be so, is it any wonder that we find so few Christians; for where is Christian discipline? In what part of England (to go no farther) is Christian discipline added to Christian doctrine? Now, whatever doctrine is preached, where there is not discipline, it cannot have its full effect upon the hearers.” (sermon 116) Let’s continue to look at this in today’s study. Continue reading “Gods Part – My Part – #5: The Fruit of the Spirit”
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