True Discipleship (Extract from booklet)
Introduction
The pathway to true discipleship begins when a person
is born again. It begins when the following events take place: 1. When a person
realizes that he is sinful, lost, blind and naked before God. 2. When he
acknowledges that he cannot save himself by good character or good works. 3.
When he believes that the Lord Jesus Christ died as his Substitute on the
Cross. 4. When by a definite decision of faith, he acknowledges Jesus Christ as
his only Lord and Savior. This is how a person becomes a Christian. It is important
to emphasize this at the outset.
Too many people think that
you become a Christian by living a Christian life. NOT at all! You must first
become a Christian before you can live the Christian life. The life of
discipleship outlined in the following pages is a supernatural life. We do not
have the power in ourselves to live it. We need divine power. Only when we are
born again do we receive the strength to live as Jesus taught. Before reading
any further, ask yourself the question, “Have I ever been born again? Have I
become a child of God by faith in the Lord Jesus?” If you have not, receive Him
now as your Lord and Saviour. Then determine to obey Him in all that He has
commanded, whatever the cost may be. —William MacDonald
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