Fruitful, aggressive discipleship, then, is a balanced discipleship. As in the first century, our generation boasts of disciples, many of whom are passive Christians, a few of whom are aggressive disciples and several of whom whose zeal overrides the authority and balance of the Scriptures. For instance, many are the elderships and congregations who are content merely to sit upon orthodoxy. Comparatively few congregations and their elders, armed with the sword of the Spirit, appear genuinely concerned about lost souls. At the same time, some other brethren have undertaken the intensified distribution of their own and peculiar brand of zeal.
Aggressive discipleship is the medium and biblical stance between two extremes.
Old Testament characters bring to mind an aggressiveness that has always been characteristic of God s most useful servants. Hebrews, Chapter Eleven, appropriately portrays many Old Testament worthies in some of their most aggressive or active roles. Examination of the Bible s Hall of Fame discloses the activity with which they demonstrated their faith, often in the face of personal peril. The New Testament also records an aggressiveness with which the Lord s disciples demonstrated their faith. John was beheaded because of his aggressive discipleship.