RE: Discipleship- What does it really look like?
I had a discussion with a gal at the church I used to attend. She (and the rest of the church) believes that we only have to obey whichever commandments from the OT are repeated in the NT (aka “moral laws”). I would point out all these scriptures that I thought for sure would make it so obvious that the whole law still applies to us today. It amazed me at how many hoops she had to jump through to make what she believed true.
My husband and I have to meet with our pastors before we can just drop out (I guess), and they want to know what it is exactly what we believe. I’m so excited on one end, to share this great news, but on the other, I have heard from others that it ended badly for them. I guess we will just have to see what their reaction is.
I don't know the people you are talking to, or what may be happening in their journey of either finding the narrow path or blindly walking the broad path. One thing I would encourage you on is understanding that there is zero submission to men who do not recognize/teach the Torah. In fact the more I read scripture, the submission to deacons, pastors, elders and bishops is only when you and a brother have an issue that needs a judge to rightly judge. They are not there to "police". These four groups were set up by Moses in the wilderness as judges over 10's, 50's, 100's and 1,000's. They are not rulers, which is what we have adopted... a completely wrong paradigm from the Catholic Nicolaitan church. Remember, you and your husband are going to blind and deaf men who think they can see and hear. Shalom.