Discussion Jumpstarter
Study leader reference - not a definitive answer
Question 6
The speaker warns that crucifying sin without “allow[ing] God to resurrect the thoughts and desires into something for the kingdom” is “only following Jesus halfway”; what are some concrete examples of “halfway obedience” that look serious but actually avoid resurrection-power transformation?
Another way to ask: What are real-life examples of “halfway obedience” that looks strict but doesn’t let God change your wants and thinking into something new?
Discussion Jumpstarter
Direct Answer
Based on the transcript, “halfway obedience” looks like repeatedly saying no to sin (or feeling sorry for it) without replacing it with a positive, resurrected way of life—so you remain in “forgiveness” but not “liberation,” and your desires are not redirected toward the kingdom.
- He says we can “crucify our sins all the time,” yet still fail if we “do not allow God to resurrect the thoughts and desires into something for the kingdom.”
- He describes this as “only following Jesus halfway,” because discipleship must include death to sin and rising to “newness of life.”
- He contrasts negatives and positives: putting sin to death must be “combat[ed]…with walking in newness of life and raising to life a new standard.”
- He labels the reduction: “We are living in forgiveness, but not in liberation.”
- He defines the transformed path as “death to sin, death to our fleshly desires, and then from that death, rising to newness in life.”