Two weeks ago, I mentioned the practices that Dallas Willard
claims to be ok, but not primary to the objective of turning yourself into a
disciple of Jesus. The last half of Chapter 9 in the Divine Conspiracy
dives into what the two primary objectives are. The first is to bring
apprentices to the point where they dearly love and constantly delight in the
“heavenly father” made real to us on earth in Jesus. There is no “catch”
and no limit to the goodness of his intentions or his power to carry them
out. The second objective is to remove our automatic responses against
the kingdom of God – to free us from our old habitual patterns of thought,
feeling and action. Our body has been trained outside the kingdom to
respond in certain ways, and it will continue to do so until we purposefully
disrupt them. Dallas adds that the two objectives cannot be
separated. They must be pursued in parallel as they feed off of each
other. I am expecting Dallas to continue to provide guidance on these two
objectives as we read on.
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