Do you ever get the idea that Jesus is a demanding Messiah? On one level, you’d be right. His call to discipleship is challenging. The kind of faith he is looking for involves a commitment to live a certain way that often runs counter to the way of the world. As we saw earlier, it’s a call to repent and believe the good news: to change our minds about what it means to live under the loving care of God and to change our actions so that they match up with that call.