I totally agree with you that contemporary Christianity is superfluous. There is no wish to be fresh and worthy, and there is no ambition for or understanding of the Son. People are shameless and irresponsible thereby.
And I adore your criticism of the so called Christian being and the state of the Church. People foreign to the gospel are resistant to hear of it because of the way so called Christians act.
But I think you take a dangerous road when you focus on discipleship. Your insistence upon “the strict, disciplined devotedness” can easily be misinterpreted and understood as a program regarding the right way of being. Your reference to “biblical commands for holiness” may further ground such an understanding, and the effect would be a perception of Jesus as poor without any pride or strength and of Christian holiness as self-chastisement and rule-obeying. But Christian holiness is as far from being from the snake as lions and lambs to the snake are.
People are shameless and irresponsible. That is the problem. And God gave no rules regarding way of behaviour. That is the case. So how do we get Christians back on the right track? How can there be a right track when there is no right way to behave?
The answer is that we all have God in us. God condemns bad ways and supports good ways by giving us feelings. And God wants us to feel fresh and feel free. Fresh we feel when our relationship to God the Father is all right. And Moses told us when that is. Following the Ten Commandments is necessary. Following the precepts of The Law is useful. And Following the rules of The Law regarding cleaning is lovely. By dedicating ourselves to the notion of Moses we will feel irreproachable for sin in that respect we have crucified the flesh, and we will feel the love of God the Father to us as flesh – as persons. Free we feel when our relationship to God the Son is all right. And Jesus told us when that is. By faith in our own doings as of love we will put the outcome in the hands of God and leave ourselves to the judgement of Christ. By acting in love we will be looked after and supported. And Jesus showed us what love is: Jesus went to the cross so that the rest of us could live. By acting in love our consciousness will be clear and we will feel the love of God the Son to us.
This is self denial: (1) To crucify the lust of the flesh by living by The Law. And (2) To have faith in our own doings as of love.
By feeling fresh and free we will be in the Holy Spirit. This is the Holy Spirit: Acting in the love of the Father to the Son.
Now there is a question if we can feel free without feeling fresh. The question is if we by good deeds can satisfy God without having the constitution to make good deeds. That was the question of the Reformation.
*Vaccinius* ~ at ChristiansUnite | 
*Vaccinius* ~ at ChristiansUnite |