Just skimming No Cross, No Crown (I shouldn't start reading it until I've finished my other books). This book seems to draw a strong line between true disciples and nominal Christians. I asked God to show me a word. First, what came to mind was how there were many who followed Jesus in crowds pushing and jostling him but only the one woman who had faith and how little that number is. Then, the verses about the many who turned back in Athens on account of the word because it was too hard* for them sprang to mind. Then, I looked in my Bible and read this verse (in its context of living in the light): "For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person--such a man is an idolator--has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient. Therefore do not be partners with them."
While I don't claim to fully understand, I think a Christian cannot relax his or her attitude about holiness.
*Although it is NOT hard to love Jesus, these Athenians loved their own understanding more.
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