Becoming a Community of Disciples

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Becoming a Community of Disciples

Our Attitude toward Our Leaders (RBas §84) Q: With what disposition ought we to obey him who urges us to the work of the commandment? R: 1 With the same disposition with which a hungry little child obeys the nurse who invites it to her breasts, or with the same disposition with which any human being accepts from anyone the things necessary for life. 2 And indeed, even more so, inasmuch as the future life is more precious than the present life, just as the Lord said: my commandment is eternal life (John 12:50). 3 Accordingly, as this present life is secured in the eating of food, so eternal life is secured in the doing of the commandment, just as the Lord himself again says: 4 My food is to do the will of the Father who sent me (John 4:34). Heart Purity (RBas §148) Q: Who is pure of heart (Matt 5:8; Pss 23:4; 50:10)? R: 1 One who does not have to reprimand himself for transgressing the commandment of God, or overlooking it, or being negligent about it.