The primary call of Jesus Christ is: "Follow Me" rather than "Believe in Me". The Great Commission found in places like Matthew 28:18-20 asks for disciples rather than mere believers. Christians on this earth are far from having fully arrived. We are followers of Christ and followers of the Way.
Jesus: Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord' and do not what I say.
Journeying is the most apt metaphor for human life with its quest for purpose, meaning and destination. Journeying is a common metaphor in literature from the Hebrew Exodus to Homer's Odyssey to John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress to the Wizard of Oz.
"The true city of the saints is in heaven" wrote Augustine in "The City of God"
True Christians are not wanderers buy wayfarers. We are on the road and we are followers of the Way. The travelers are at many different stages in their journeys.
Thoughts largely derived from chapter titled: Followers of the Way in the book: The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life by Os Guinness, Thomas Nelson, Nashville TN USA, 1998, 2003
Jesus: Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord' and do not what I say.
Journeying is the most apt metaphor for human life with its quest for purpose, meaning and destination. Journeying is a common metaphor in literature from the Hebrew Exodus to Homer's Odyssey to John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress to the Wizard of Oz.
"The true city of the saints is in heaven" wrote Augustine in "The City of God"
True Christians are not wanderers buy wayfarers. We are on the road and we are followers of the Way. The travelers are at many different stages in their journeys.
Thoughts largely derived from chapter titled: Followers of the Way in the book: The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life by Os Guinness, Thomas Nelson, Nashville TN USA, 1998, 2003