One of the readings that the honors
class read this week was "The Cost of Discipleship" by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer
writes about how faith must be preceded by a call from God, how that call must
be obeyed. Bonhoeffer was writing in a time when people were once again asking
what it means to live in the world as a Christian. Questions were also being
asked about "meaningless" jobs. Bonhoeffer didn't address the second question,
but the first question he would answer by saying that it simply means to obey
God's call.
Bonhoeffer makes a good point by saying
that Jesus should be obeyed just because He's God and that it is not necessary to
justify obeying Him in any other way. He also makes a good point when he says
that no one can become a disciple on their own accord. A call from God is necessary.
People are powerless in their sins without God.
One thing that I really liked about
this reading is how it puts things in a good perspective. Nothing matters when
compared to following Christ. I'm not quite sure what he was saying in some
parts, but I very much liked the point that Jesus should be followed regardless
of everything else.
