Response to God's free Grace is: 'Much Obliged .. I am in Your Debt ...
Response to God's free Grace is: 'Much Obliged .. I am in Your Debt ...
Response to God's free Grace is: 'Much Obliged .. I am in Your Debt ...
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<strong>Response</strong> <strong>to</strong> God’s <strong>free</strong> <strong>Grace</strong> <strong>is</strong>:<br />
‘Much <strong>Obliged</strong> .. I <strong>am</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Your</strong> <strong>Debt</strong>!’<br />
• Hol<strong>in</strong>ess not just Imputed, but<br />
Imparted…<br />
th<strong>is</strong> means:<br />
• Not just Believers, but ‘Behavers’…<br />
• Not just a Doctr<strong>in</strong>e, but a D<strong>is</strong>cipl<strong>in</strong>e…<br />
• Not just a pious Hope of the Soul, but<br />
a Habit of the Heart
The Invitation <strong>to</strong> D<strong>is</strong>cipleship<br />
• Entrance <strong>is</strong> absolutely <strong>free</strong>…<br />
“Come <strong>in</strong> and receive God’s <strong>free</strong> and full<br />
<strong>Grace</strong>!”<br />
but<br />
• Stay<strong>in</strong>g will cost you! <strong>Grace</strong> <strong>is</strong> always<br />
‘Responsible <strong>Grace</strong><br />
Rema<strong>in</strong> with us and learn what it means <strong>to</strong><br />
Rema<strong>in</strong> with us and learn what it means <strong>to</strong><br />
walk with Jesus!”
The Means of <strong>Grace</strong><br />
( Basic Chr<strong>is</strong>tian Practices or Outcomes)<br />
for Wesleyan D<strong>is</strong>ciples<br />
Works of Piety Works of Mercy<br />
Private Acts of devotion Acts of compassion<br />
Public Acts of worship Acts of Justice
The Shape of Wesleyan D<strong>is</strong>cipeship<br />
Wesleyan Chr<strong>is</strong>tians are those who grow from Bapt<strong>is</strong>m<br />
through the experience of the warmed heart, <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> lives of<br />
d<strong>is</strong>cipl<strong>in</strong>ed love for God and neighbour, expressed <strong>in</strong><br />
acts of devotion and worship, compassion and justice,<br />
and are will<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> be held accountable by their fellow<br />
d<strong>is</strong>ciples …
Wesley’s Journey ‘Downward’<br />
• Location, Location, Location!<br />
• Found Jesus’ Home Address<br />
• C<strong>am</strong>e <strong>to</strong> Preach, stayed <strong>to</strong> be<br />
Transformed
The First ‘Liberation Theologian?’<br />
Piety<br />
Search for Inward Peace with God gave warmed heart<br />
Charity<br />
Car<strong>in</strong>g for poor <strong>in</strong> obedience <strong>to</strong> Scripture and Jesus made a movement<br />
of creative compassion<br />
Justice<br />
Grow<strong>in</strong>g awareness of the systemic nature of poverty made a<br />
movement for social change
The Shape of Wesleyan D<strong>is</strong>cipeship<br />
Wesleyan Chr<strong>is</strong>tians are those who grow from Bapt<strong>is</strong>m<br />
through the experience of the warmed heart, <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> lives of<br />
d<strong>is</strong>cipl<strong>in</strong>ed love for God and neighbour, expressed <strong>in</strong><br />
acts of devotion and worship, compassion and justice,<br />
and are will<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> be held accountable by their fellow<br />
d<strong>is</strong>ciples …<br />
and<br />
Wesleyan Chr<strong>is</strong>tians take an <strong>in</strong>tentional option <strong>to</strong> stand<br />
with the poor and marg<strong>in</strong>al<strong>is</strong>ed of society, aga<strong>in</strong>st the<br />
pr<strong>in</strong>cipalities and powers that hold all such <strong>in</strong> bondage,<br />
declar<strong>in</strong>g the Good News of Jesus by word and deed.
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