Rylee Meek argues that salvation is not the endpoint of Christianity but the beginning of a process of discipleship and sanctification. She critiques an evangelism-only approach that produces "consumer Christians" who may profess faith without genuine repentance or transformed obedience, and she invokes the Great Commission (Matthew 28) to emphasize making disciples who obey Jesus' commands.
Should the church be involved in politics? The point of Christianity, in my opinion, is not salvation, right? Because Christianity means you've already been saved, right? If the point of Christianity was salvation, then what else is there to do? That's it, right? Like, God, bring me home. I got my. My ticket on the J train, baby. Like, take me out of here. But salvation, guys, salvation. This is just the beginning, right? If you're a follower of Jesus Christ, you are called to make disciples. You guys all know the Great Commission. If not, I'm going to give it to you right here, right? It's in Matthew 28. I just want to read this thing word for word. It says, therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded to you, right? So are we obeying? If we are solely focused on evangelizing, are we making disciples? I would argue absolutely not. We're making. Making consumer Christians, right? We're making just what I believe is a false doctrine, right? It's. If they think that. If people think that they can just actually quickly say a prayer and think like they're getting to heaven, if there's not a change of heart, if there's not a. A repentance, right? And a change of heart, a transformation that takes place in that human. That. That is a sanctification process, right? It's not like, boom, everything is hunky dory. It is, okay, I receive you, Jesus. I acknowledge you as Lord of my life, Savior and Lord of my life, right? And at that point, then I'm going to start this process of becoming a disciple.
