Road to Reality

Just finished another amazingly convicting book by K.P. Yohannan. Road to Reality is a  perfect follow up to Not a Fan.

 

"The false religion of "popular Christianity" does not ask us to internalize the passion and mind of Christ, to surrender our egos, lay aside our flesh, take up the cross and begin a lifestyle marked by submission to the Father... We are not asked to love as He loved, walk where He walked, interact with the sinful people he did, and live the life of self sacrificing service that was His trademark" "We are not willing to break out of our comfort and convenience to begin living a radical lifestyle that affects the world. Since when has obedience to Christ and His gospel become optional to Christianity?" 

"We need to repent of the loveless, intolerant, self-centered Christianity that has become the church of  today."

"Our lives are so contrary to the holiness and purity that God seeks from His people that we have become easy marks for the attacks of Satan. While worshiping God with our lips, our lives are growing father and father away from His Word." 

"The Lord did not reach down and save us from sin and death that we might be merely happy, healthy and wealthy. Those who teach this have invented their own gospel and portray a false christ- the god of this age rather than the God of the Bible."

"Too often we are willing to be students of Christianity rather than disciples of Christ"

"Why is there so little power and holiness in our lives? Why aren't we manifesting Christ to our friends, neighbors and peers? Why aren't we incarnating Him to those across town- and to the lost billions in darkness around the world? "

"It is obvious {in scripture} that Jesus will have no one among His followers who is wanting to put comfort, family ties or security in this world ahead of His kingdom.  Jesus us saying, in effect..'I am a stranger and a pilgrim in this world and if you follow Me you'll have to break away from the clinging attachments of this present life... In the case of the young rich man, and in all other similar stories, you never once see Jesus going after these would-be disciples. There is no effort to pacify them or modify or soften the uncompromising demands of the cross. It is either give up everything and follow Me, or don't come at all."