The Secret Life of a Disciple (Radical Christianity): 4

Book Description: The Secret Life of a Disciple is the third title in the Radical Christianity Series. Powerful, positive, and practical, this book is a challenge to everyone who owns the name Christian to stand up and be counted, and squarely face the challenge of discipleship. From the Back Cover: As Christians our problem is that we have a secret life the secret thoughts, lusts, ambitions, resentments and pride that lie hidden in our hearts. They may be hidden from our pastor, our wife or husband, even from ourselves. We are ashamed of this secret life, but find that we are powerless to change ourselves. But God want to expose and deal with these dark, hidden areas, and Jesus tells us that our secret life can only be dealt with by another secret life a secret lifestyle of almsgiving, prayer and fasting. If we will do these 3 things, we will find that God will start to deal with the things we cannot change. In this study of chapter 6 of Matthew s gospel from the Sermon on the Mount, Maurice Barratt sets out a clear and practical way forward for every believer. Excerpted from The Secret Life of a Disciple Introduction: Chapter 5 of Matthew s gospel was in one way an introduction or preparation in that it sets out the character of a disciple the Beatitudes. It then shows that we do not naturally have this character in our make up, because it is the very opposite to the one that we were born with the character of Adam. Matthew 6 is the part of Jesus message that will begin to bring about change in a disciple s life if they will practice what is demanded. The price of change This middle part of Jesus sermon is the part that will separate those who want nice teaching from those who will pay the price to be changed those who will be useful to God to show his glory and not their own. Chapter 6 is the meat of Jesus sermon. Chapter 5 exposes the hypocrisy in God s people, but this chapter goes a layer deeper and exposes the roots of all sin in the heart covetousness. This book will cover the first few verses of chapter 6 the secret life of a disciple of Jesus Christ. Read more