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\u201cThere is a sharp distinction between the followers of Jesus and \u201cthe world.\u201d Only when that is realized can the next word be heard, which is another spectacular promise. Those who hold fast to Jesus and refuse to settle for a second-best, compromised discipleship, will find that his peace comes to them as a gift, a peace of the kind that \u201cthe world\u201d can never give.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

-NT Wright on John 14<\/p>\n

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Let us never settle for second class discipleship \u2014 both for our own sakes and for the sakes of those around us. When we do not seek out and then speak\/live out the truth in love, we aren\u2019t serving others and won\u2019t be able to find the overwhelmingly sufficient peace that is our inheritance from God.<\/p>\n

\u201cJesus said to him, \u201cI am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.\u201d\n<\/h2>

-John 14:6\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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