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Day 5 If the closest relationships of your life conflict with the claims of Jesus Christ, then Jesus requires instant obedience. Discipleship means personal, passionate devotion to a Jesus Christ. There is a vast difference between devotion ‘to a person’ and devotion ‘to principles’ or to a cause. Jesus never proclaimed a cause— He proclaimed personal devotion to Himself; to His Father. To be a disciple is to be a devoted bondservant motivated by love for the Jesus. Many of us who call ourselves Christians are not truly devoted to Jesus Christ. No one on earth has this passionate love for the Lord Jesus unless the Holy Spirit has given it to him. While we may admire, respect, and revere Him, we cannot love Him on our own. The only One who truly loves Jesus is the Holy Spirit, and it is He who has “poured out in our hearts” the very “love of God” (Romans 5:5). Whenever the Holy Spirit sees an opportunity to glorify Jesus through you, He will take your entire being and set you ablaze with glowing devotion to Jesus Christ. The Christian life is a life characterized by true and spontaneous creativity. Consequently, a disciple is subject to the same charge that was leveled against Jesus Christ, namely, the charge of inconsistency. He may have appeared inconsistent only because He was being judged by inconsistency. But Jesus Christ was always consistent in His relationship to God, and a Christian must be consistent in his relationship to the life of the Son of God in him, not only consistent to strict, unyielding beliefs. It is one thing to believe what you’re told. It is quite another to have a relationship with whom you are taught. #247daily
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