As we approach the day of Jesus return, the world grows ever colder of heart, increasingly unconcerned about personal righteousness.We live in a generation of people who do what they want to do, when they want to do it. Even Christians have lots of reasons why they don't live a life of righteousness. In the late 60's and early 70's when the "Jesus People Movement" was getting started, a person who came to the Lord, did so with complete intention of leaving all of the old life behind. It was assumed that the way that we used to live was not going to be the way we were going to live from now on. Habits, friends, even family members in many cases, were no longer a part of the new life we chose when we began to follow Jesus.Whatever it was that would slow us down or hinder us from drawing as close to Jesus as possible, had to go.When John describes himself in his gospel, he often refers to himself as "The Disciple who Jesus Loved." At the last supper John is seen as the only one who is so near Jesus that he actually has his head on Jesus chest, and ear close to His heart. When Jesus was on His Cross in torment and torture, John was the only disciple who stood at the foot of Jesus Cross with Him.
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