{"id":542,"date":"2023-02-08T17:32:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T17:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calvinlangton.com\/?p=542"},"modified":"2023-02-08T17:32:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T17:32:56","slug":"called-to-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calvinlangton.com\/?p=542","title":{"rendered":"Called to Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Called to Adventure<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Jesus called people to follow him.\u00a0 That must have been exciting to go with him and hear his teaching, to see the miracles, and to\u00a0be a part of feeding five thousand.\u00a0 Their hearts must have pounded in their chest when they met the risen Jesus.\u00a0 The Day of Pentecost must have seemed awesome for the former fishermen and tax collector.\u00a0 Adventure, excitement. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>But in following him there was another element added to their life. That was the element of danger.\u00a0 From the time Jesus began his public ministry there was opposition. When he spoke in his hometown synagogue, they tried to throw him off a cliff. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>From that point forward Jesus was constantly under scrutiny and attack.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>When the soldiers came for Jesus, all the disciples were in danger.\u00a0 After Jesus\u2019 crucifixion, they were afraid they would be next, so they all went and hid. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Throughout the apostle’s ministry they were attacked, beaten and killed. \u00a0 Other Followers were persecuted in many ways including death.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Their lives were a mix of excitement at experiencing what God was doing in their lives and through them in the world and the danger from the opposition trying to stop God\u2019s activity.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Somewhere I saw that the definition of adventure required excitement and danger. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>What does that have to say about bland Christianity?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Called to Adventure \u00a0Jesus called people to follow him.\u00a0 That must have been exciting to go with him and hear his teaching, to see the miracles, and to\u00a0be a part of feeding five thousand.\u00a0 Their hearts must have pounded in their chest when they met the risen Jesus.\u00a0 The Day of Pentecost must have seemed 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