The article you shared really speaks to an issue many believers feel but don’t always say out loud. A system, no matter how big or impressive, can never produce true disciples only Jesus can. The early church grew not because of structures but because ordinary men and women walked closely with Christ and obeyed Him fully Jesus never said, “Attend Me,” but “Follow Me,” because discipleship is not a program, it’s a surrendered life. The danger today is that systems can make people comfortable without making them Christlike. They create spectators instead of followers, consumers instead of servants, hearers of the Word instead of doers. James warned us about that when he said, Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves”(James1:22). True discipleship requires daily dying to self, carrying the cross, loving sacrificially, and obeying even when it costs us something. Jesus said, By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another (John13:35). A system cannot teach that kind of love only the Holy Spirit can. And Paul reminded Timothy that real discipleship is relational and generational The things that thou hast heard of me… commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also (2Timothy2:2). The church today doesn’t need more machinery it needs more men and women fully yielded to the Lord, willing to walk the narrow path regardless of who applauds or who follows. At the end of the day, Jesus will not ask whether we supported a system, but whether we obeyed His voice, made disciples, and lived the life He commanded. May God help us to be the kind of disciples who reflect His heart and reproduce His life in others, not the kind who only fit comfortably into religious structures.
In the early part of the 21st century we find ourselves drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. Wisdom is about what is durable and stable as a societal process (positive wisdom) and what is not (negative wisdom).
What is wisdom in this context? Wisdom is applied appreciation of the wholeness of life. Someone is wise to the extent he or she arises from and embraces life's wholeness. Through wisdom we become vehicles or channels for wholeness on behalf of life.
Wisdom can be summarized as:
It embraces the BIG PICTURE
It uses MULTIPLE WAYS OF KNOWING
It is INCLUSIVE AND OPEN
It is INSIGHTFUL AND APPROPRIATE
It is HUMBLE AND RECEPTIVE
It SERVES LIFE
It is GROUNDED IN RELATIONSHIP
It has an ELEGANT SIMPLICITY
It has INTEGRITY
It has PRESENCE
Wisdom is also progressive, beginning with the knowledge of things, then progressing to the realisation of meanings, the appreciation of values, the nobility of work (duty), the motivation of goals (morality), the love of service (character), and finally reaching cosmic insight (spiritual discernment).
The substance of wisdom is the melding of knowledge + experience to formulate best practices. Wisdom comes in two spectrums: evolutionary wisdom, and revealed wisdom. There are also wisdoms that are midway between these two spectrums, or mid-wisdoms. Hybrid combinations of evolutionary and revealed wisdom. These are often the best forms of wisdom as they meld together both spectrums and draw from the power of both.
The ancient Egyptians valued wisdom and built the great library at Alexandria in an attempt to document and preserve wisdom. Some estimates claim as many as a million scrolls were in that library. Sadly, and to mankind's shame it ceased to exist long ago. Ever since then our libraries have been merely storehouses of knowledge, making little to no effort at finding and preserving something far more valuable - wisdom. Mankind needs a new library of wisdom. We lose our wisdom as fast as we acquire it, and it is a very rare and costly commodity to develop, making it that more precious to preserve. There's something very wrong with the entirety of mankind on this planet when we have the awesome technology that we currently have as well as hundreds of thoudands of conventional libraries, yet we have no dedicated library of wisdom.
It reminds me of the meme of a picture of planet earth against a background of darkness with the caption: Planet Earth - population 8 billion. Nobody Cares.
And yet, here we are, and the circus continues unchecked, the message unheard. Every individual believer, continually encouraged and made comfortable with the status quo in the modern protestant church, thinks their church is fine…they are fine…”Who is this critic even talking about?”
Another thoughtful and well argued piece. Would be curious to hear your take on how the modern “church membership” structures that every church seems so eager to push fits into this discussion (or doesn’t.)
Aways knew before and after being saved there was no middle person but the way you had properly taught here in. The main layman’s method has just been given so as to benefit the sheep at which I have not seen for many years but the other methods you spoke of that finally has caused many to go into the ditch with no insight or understanding that would change the heart. Well done. Honestly and hopefully many sheep will read and read again and consider such. Good day
The article you shared really speaks to an issue many believers feel but don’t always say out loud. A system, no matter how big or impressive, can never produce true disciples only Jesus can. The early church grew not because of structures but because ordinary men and women walked closely with Christ and obeyed Him fully Jesus never said, “Attend Me,” but “Follow Me,” because discipleship is not a program, it’s a surrendered life. The danger today is that systems can make people comfortable without making them Christlike. They create spectators instead of followers, consumers instead of servants, hearers of the Word instead of doers. James warned us about that when he said, Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves”(James1:22). True discipleship requires daily dying to self, carrying the cross, loving sacrificially, and obeying even when it costs us something. Jesus said, By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another (John13:35). A system cannot teach that kind of love only the Holy Spirit can. And Paul reminded Timothy that real discipleship is relational and generational The things that thou hast heard of me… commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also (2Timothy2:2). The church today doesn’t need more machinery it needs more men and women fully yielded to the Lord, willing to walk the narrow path regardless of who applauds or who follows. At the end of the day, Jesus will not ask whether we supported a system, but whether we obeyed His voice, made disciples, and lived the life He commanded. May God help us to be the kind of disciples who reflect His heart and reproduce His life in others, not the kind who only fit comfortably into religious structures.
Powerful…
Wow. Everything you write makes me think. Thanks Sergio.
I'm on a quest for knowledge and wisdom. I've discovered some wonderful people such as yourself who are guiding my path! I'm blessed beyond measure!
Information Creates Audiences.
Knowledge Creates Disciples.
Wisdom Creates ... ?
Wisdom creates obedience.
Information fills the mind.
Knowledge shapes the person.
But wisdom is when the truth you’ve learned actually governs how you live.
In Scripture, wisdom isn’t brilliance — it’s alignment.
It’s your life bending to God’s ways so thoroughly that righteousness becomes instinct, not effort.
That’s the part modern Christianity skips.
And it’s why we have informed believers, educated believers, inspired believers…
but very few obedient ones.
Love the depth in your question btw...
Thank you Sergio friend. Fruit is the evidence.
Great answer! Let's explore.
Here's what I say about wisdom on my website.
In the early part of the 21st century we find ourselves drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. Wisdom is about what is durable and stable as a societal process (positive wisdom) and what is not (negative wisdom).
What is wisdom in this context? Wisdom is applied appreciation of the wholeness of life. Someone is wise to the extent he or she arises from and embraces life's wholeness. Through wisdom we become vehicles or channels for wholeness on behalf of life.
Wisdom can be summarized as:
It embraces the BIG PICTURE
It uses MULTIPLE WAYS OF KNOWING
It is INCLUSIVE AND OPEN
It is INSIGHTFUL AND APPROPRIATE
It is HUMBLE AND RECEPTIVE
It SERVES LIFE
It is GROUNDED IN RELATIONSHIP
It has an ELEGANT SIMPLICITY
It has INTEGRITY
It has PRESENCE
Wisdom is also progressive, beginning with the knowledge of things, then progressing to the realisation of meanings, the appreciation of values, the nobility of work (duty), the motivation of goals (morality), the love of service (character), and finally reaching cosmic insight (spiritual discernment).
The substance of wisdom is the melding of knowledge + experience to formulate best practices. Wisdom comes in two spectrums: evolutionary wisdom, and revealed wisdom. There are also wisdoms that are midway between these two spectrums, or mid-wisdoms. Hybrid combinations of evolutionary and revealed wisdom. These are often the best forms of wisdom as they meld together both spectrums and draw from the power of both.
The ancient Egyptians valued wisdom and built the great library at Alexandria in an attempt to document and preserve wisdom. Some estimates claim as many as a million scrolls were in that library. Sadly, and to mankind's shame it ceased to exist long ago. Ever since then our libraries have been merely storehouses of knowledge, making little to no effort at finding and preserving something far more valuable - wisdom. Mankind needs a new library of wisdom. We lose our wisdom as fast as we acquire it, and it is a very rare and costly commodity to develop, making it that more precious to preserve. There's something very wrong with the entirety of mankind on this planet when we have the awesome technology that we currently have as well as hundreds of thoudands of conventional libraries, yet we have no dedicated library of wisdom.
It reminds me of the meme of a picture of planet earth against a background of darkness with the caption: Planet Earth - population 8 billion. Nobody Cares.
And yet, here we are, and the circus continues unchecked, the message unheard. Every individual believer, continually encouraged and made comfortable with the status quo in the modern protestant church, thinks their church is fine…they are fine…”Who is this critic even talking about?”
Another thoughtful and well argued piece. Would be curious to hear your take on how the modern “church membership” structures that every church seems so eager to push fits into this discussion (or doesn’t.)
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Aways knew before and after being saved there was no middle person but the way you had properly taught here in. The main layman’s method has just been given so as to benefit the sheep at which I have not seen for many years but the other methods you spoke of that finally has caused many to go into the ditch with no insight or understanding that would change the heart. Well done. Honestly and hopefully many sheep will read and read again and consider such. Good day
Under the "principalities, the powers, the worldly governors, the princes of darkness of this world," no wise man would be allowed to lead a congregation--only Luciferians. Candace Owens has said as much (https://candaceowens.com/video/from-britney-to-charlie-with-pastors-like-these-who-needs-enemies-candace-ep-265/)
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