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Discipleship, romance and redemption
I have casually linked to romance and redemption because of the story of Ruth and Boaz
The law
The redemption
Redemption unto God's people
And unto us in Christ
From there we see our redemption and from the angels how heaven refers to us His followers
But mostly I can see the discipleship in that of sitting at His feet and learning of Him. Disciples are those who gather 'round His feet, are trained by Him, His cover over them. To them He is the life-force of learning-obeying-and renewing.
Remarkably the word disciples is not found in all of the epistles, just in the gospels. That's because Christians are being addressed corporately , as saints or separated ones in the epistles. The subject has moved from disciple to the corporate body.
The term disciple marks an individuals relationship, existing between Christ and the single soul of each of His followers, marking our everyday existence with Him. It's the ideal of our true relationship with Him. That of Him peering over us as His pupil imparting knowledge precept upon precept, step by step, working toward a definite end. In the desires of our heart we are desiring the same end as the Master.
The analogy of discipleship vs corporate would be similar to Song of Songs with the bride and king relationship in contrast to that of God and the nation of Israel.
G3101 ~ disciple, occurs 268 times in 252 verses in the Greek concordance of the KJV
Yet 'disciples' is not found at all in the epistles. Christians in the epistles are addressed corporately as saints or separated ones.
The term disciple marks an individual's relationship existing between Christ and the single soul of each of His followers, marking our everyday existence with Him as our true relationship with Him. It gives the picture of Him peering over us as His pupil and imparting knowledge into us, precept upon precept, step by step, working toward a definite end. A disciple is one who sits at His feet and learns from Him. In the desires of the heart the disciple is desiring the same as the Master. To them He is the life-force of learning-obeying-and renewing. Disciples are those who gather 'round His feet, are trained by Him, His cover over them.
Jesus said that all the law and the prophets are summed up in "loving God with all our hearts, all our strength and all our will" as well as loving neighbor as ourselves. Forsaking all to follow Him is akin to the idea of loving God first and foremost as the only qualifier for discipleship. Luke 14:26, Luke 18:29 something that is impossible without God's help of turning from all other idols to turn toward God. Those who follow after riches in life may now have all the rewards they are ever going to get. But those who forsake all to follow Him will sit with Him to judge in the coming age. Luke 22:30, Matthew 19:27-28
Discipleship rather than corporate belonging is that which is of a highest quality to press toward daily. ONLY His disciples are addressed in positives ways in the letters to the churches in Revelation 2-Revelation 3
I have casually linked to romance and redemption because of the story of Ruth and Boaz
The law
Leviticus 25:25
“ ‘If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative is to come and redeem what they have sold.
Ruth ( a Moabite listed in Jesus' geneology) is redeemed by Boaz“ ‘If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative is to come and redeem what they have sold.
The redemption
Ruth 3:3–4
Wash,put on perfume,and get dressed in your best clothes.Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking. When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.”
Wash,put on perfume,and get dressed in your best clothes.Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking. When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.”
Redemption unto God's people
Ezekiel 16:8
‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.
‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.
And unto us in Christ
1 Peter 1:18–19
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
From there we see our redemption and from the angels how heaven refers to us His followers
Mark 16:7
But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’
But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’
But mostly I can see the discipleship in that of sitting at His feet and learning of Him. Disciples are those who gather 'round His feet, are trained by Him, His cover over them. To them He is the life-force of learning-obeying-and renewing.
John 8:31
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
Remarkably the word disciples is not found in all of the epistles, just in the gospels. That's because Christians are being addressed corporately , as saints or separated ones in the epistles. The subject has moved from disciple to the corporate body.
The term disciple marks an individuals relationship, existing between Christ and the single soul of each of His followers, marking our everyday existence with Him. It's the ideal of our true relationship with Him. That of Him peering over us as His pupil imparting knowledge precept upon precept, step by step, working toward a definite end. In the desires of our heart we are desiring the same end as the Master.
The analogy of discipleship vs corporate would be similar to Song of Songs with the bride and king relationship in contrast to that of God and the nation of Israel.
G3101 ~ disciple, occurs 268 times in 252 verses in the Greek concordance of the KJV
Yet 'disciples' is not found at all in the epistles. Christians in the epistles are addressed corporately as saints or separated ones.
The term disciple marks an individual's relationship existing between Christ and the single soul of each of His followers, marking our everyday existence with Him as our true relationship with Him. It gives the picture of Him peering over us as His pupil and imparting knowledge into us, precept upon precept, step by step, working toward a definite end. A disciple is one who sits at His feet and learns from Him. In the desires of the heart the disciple is desiring the same as the Master. To them He is the life-force of learning-obeying-and renewing. Disciples are those who gather 'round His feet, are trained by Him, His cover over them.
Jesus said that all the law and the prophets are summed up in "loving God with all our hearts, all our strength and all our will" as well as loving neighbor as ourselves. Forsaking all to follow Him is akin to the idea of loving God first and foremost as the only qualifier for discipleship. Luke 14:26, Luke 18:29 something that is impossible without God's help of turning from all other idols to turn toward God. Those who follow after riches in life may now have all the rewards they are ever going to get. But those who forsake all to follow Him will sit with Him to judge in the coming age. Luke 22:30, Matthew 19:27-28
Discipleship rather than corporate belonging is that which is of a highest quality to press toward daily. ONLY His disciples are addressed in positives ways in the letters to the churches in Revelation 2-Revelation 3
