- Jesus told us that there were three things to avoid in this world. They were lust of the flesh, lust of the eye, and pride of life (The Law of Belonging).
- Jesus came to cleanse us from our sins and make us a priesthood. Sin has no place in that (The Difficult Last Days).
- In Jesus’ prayer after the Lord’s Supper, He prayed that His disciples be in the world but not of the world (Does God Really Call Us to Give Up Everything?).
- Worldview people do not possess God’s character, so they do not live by His laws and commandments (Does God Really Call Us to Give Up Everything?).
- Worldview people don’t acknowledge a higher being in control of the universe (Does God Really Call Us to Give Up Everything?).
- Because worldview people place their selfish interests above all other things, they worship things that do not give God His due (Does God Really Call Us to Give Up Everything?).
- The church was not formed in the Garden of Eden. It was only formed after the Garden of Gethsemane and Calvary (Does God Really Call Us to Give Up Everything?).
- Disciples have to look different than worldview people. Yeah, that is difficult in society right now, which tries to browbeat us into thinking their way (Does God Really Call Us to Give Up Everything?).
- Yes, God knows we are complex individuals. But He wants us to be one thing — His (Does God Really Call Us to Give Up Everything?).
- We can’t put a qualifier in front of the word disciple. We can’t be a liar-disciple. We can’t be a thief-disciple. We can’t be a lesbian-disciple (Does God Really Call Us to Give Up Everything?).
- We are called to be reformed sinners — reformed liars, reformed thieves, reformed lesbians, etc. That is what repentance is about. Repentance is acknowledging our separation from God, expressing sorrow for breaking God’s laws and commandments by making the commitment to changing ourselves through obedience so that we no longer do the wrong things (Does God Really Call Us to Give Up Everything?).
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