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Discipleship

【Discipleship】”The demand for absolute liberty brings men to the depths of slavery.”—Dietrich Bonhoeffer

【Discipleship, Need for】One weekend, three young fellows decided to take bicycle trip into the countryside. Although inexperienced, they covered forty miles in three and a half hours and congratulated themselves on their good time. The next morning, as they prepared to head back to their starting point, they were met by a good friend, who had just cycled the forty-mile trip morning and was ready to head back. He was an excellent cyclist, and with him pacing the young cyclists back to town, they made the return trip in just two and a half hours.

In the same way, young Christians need to “pacing” of older believers as they take their first “riders” in Christ if they are to progress as far in the Christian life as they should and as quickly as they can.

【Discipleship, Vision for】William Kelly was an outstanding student of the Bible whose scholarship and spirituality made him a real power for God in Great Britain at the close of the last century. Kelly had once helped a young relative prepare for Trinity College in Dublin and in this way came to the attention of the professors there. They urged him to take up work at the college and thus distinguish himself. When Kelly showed a compete lack of enthusiasm for their suggestion, they were nonplussed. One of them asked in exasperation, “But Mr. Kelly, aren’t you interested in making a name for yourself in the world?”

To which Kelly adroitly replied, “Which world, gentlemen?”