Radical abandonment for the glory of Christ and radical dependence of the grace of Christ. Third, following Jesus, discipleship at its core, is radical adherence to the person of Christ. Jesus says, follow me and we have got to see how personal this is. In light of the context of that day, what you would do with a rabbi or a teacher, is you would go and you would sit and you would learn information; you would learn dogmas and rules, procedures and regulations,
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