Downfall and Devolution in Devotion of Disciples at Ephesus Since a great pitfall of disciples is neglecting to develop the discipline of deep devotion to their Divine Master, it’s basically similar to falling out of love of the Lover of our souls, as can be seen in the scathing rebuke of our Divine Master in: [...]
Disciples’ Developing Deep Divine Devotion (Part 1)
Thirsty hearts are those whose longings have been wakened by the touch of God within them.
A.W. Tozer
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Psalm 42:1
INTRODUCTION
One of the great sins of any disciple of Christ is neglecting the discipline of developing deep divine devotion to his Divine Deliverer!! This is basically a violation of the first part of His Great Commandment that summarized the whole Law and the Prophets, as God said in
Deuteronomy 6:5,6
5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
which our Lord and Savior re-echoed in
Matthew 22:37-40
37Jesus said unto him,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38This is the first and great commandment.
39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
and other parts of the gospels, as well as re-echoed in the epistles of Apostles.
To be good disciples of Christ, we have to undergo self discipline to develop deep devotion to his Divine Deliverer. Implicit in the disciples’ discipline with diligence (take note that the words “disciple” and “discipline” have the same root word) is the process of learning and teaching, where disciples learn how to be, to believe, to behave, and to develop doctrines and deeds that would define their identity in relation to their Master who courted, pursued, and wooed them to have an intimate fellowship of love with Him. In His Great Commission, our Divine Master commanded His disciples to go and multiply the process of learning and teaching that He had started, He being the First Fruit with Him as the Seed to be sown to the world in darkness of their ignorance, iniquities, inequities, and idolatries with the end to reap other new birthed disciples with new natures who themselves shall continue the process of discipling others.
Before we continue our discussion, let’s have some basic definitions of terms to make our discourse here clearer:
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