Immoral Woman & the Path

Proverbs chapter 2

verses 14-22 paint a vivid image of how easily we can lose our way.

Boromir, with his father, richard in the group, opened up a dialogue. He shared that we ARE supposed to be on the path, but more importantly, WE MUST STAY ON THE PATH.

so often we lose focus, we look away, or we find ourselves entertaining the immoral woman who only wants to DESTROY us.

the scripture says join good company on the path and we will find our way to life.

however, if we CHOOSE to listen to the flattery of the immoral woman, OR any voice besides JESUS, then we will LOSE OUR LIVES FOR GOOD.

Samwise asked the question to the other 10 men in theSHACK, he asked if they knew GOD'S VOICE.

simple question, however, less than half indicated that they knew HIS voice.

this led to more discussion centering on the scripture in JOHN chapter 10, where JESUS said HIS sheep knew HIS voice.

So how does discipleship fit into the whole path idea.

well i'm glad you asked ...

First, a disciple is one who has learned what the discipler knows. He has collected and retained the raw data. In most schools, the process stops here. Students are tested for what they remember. Regurgitating facts and figures may be all it takes to secure a good grade.

But for our purposes, the process is incomplete. Information is not enough; Men, performance is essential. Discipleship is not simply a matter of how much you know. It is vitally CONNECTED with how much you can do.

And if the mechanism of discipleship does not move us from information to execution, the process has failed.

Consider the surgeon. He spends years in school learning about all the parts of the body and how they work. He learns what to cut, when to cut it, and how to put it back together after cutting it. But if a medical student proposes to perform surgery on you or a loved one, some further discussion is definitely in order, RIGHT?

Regardless of his grades, he's not ready to be turned loose on LIVING people who want to stay that way. He needs hands- on, supervised training. That's the purpose for a lengthy internship.

It's the seasoning that turns raw information into professional expertise. For thetribe's purposes, discipleship is a spiritual internship.

Specifically defined, it is the process of spiritual development which occurs within an environment of loving accountability, whereby the believer progressively moves from spiritual infancy to spiritual maturity, ultimately repeating the process with others. It doesn't end with one passing it on to one more guy. We must multiply.

I hope the above paragraphs help explain why discipleship is more than a path, but rather a way of living. Why our core purpose is to DISCIPLE.

by the way,

We had two new visitors!!!

So friend, let me ask ya, do you even know what the path is all about?