Does Jesus want you to be a radical?

Tim Staples next on Catholic Answers Focus.

Hello and welcome to Catholic Answers Focus.

I am Cy Kellit, your and well Jesus what did he want from us?

Did he want us to be just the nice people that we're trying our best to be or did he want

something more from us and I suppose

that's connected to what he has to offer us as well and here to discuss all of that is

the director of apologetics and evangelization here at Catholic Answers.

Tim Staples, hello Tim.

Hello, Cy Kellett, great to be with you as always.

And with you, but radical, that doesn't sound good.

We're always hearing about how people got radicalized and it never is after something good.

That is true and yet we're titling this Jesus radical called the discipleship and you know what I really think is crucial this is a

crucial message for our Catholic culture today for Christian culture in general

and is what is desperately needed in the culture at large and that

is a presentation of Jesus Christ pure and simple the way he called us in the first century versus all of the different versions we give today.

You know, Jesus is so nice and he loves you so much.

He just loves you just the way you are. Well and of course

Jesus loves us just the way we are but he loves us too much to allow us to

stay there. Jesus calls us to radical conversion because ultimately sigh that's the only way to get to heaven you don't get to heaven you know gee

disturbing words from our Lord in revelation chapter 3 verse 16 he says be hot or cold if you be lukewarm I will vomit you out of my mouth that doesn't sound good

That doesn't set that doesn't sound very nice in it in it somehow in in that text Jesus indicates he prefers the cold to the lukewarm.

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