The Discipleship Furnace, Part 1: Identity Under Pressure

John 18 opens with a quiet descent into pressure. Jesus steps into the garden — not to hide, but to reveal identity under fire. In this first chamber of the furnace, we watch obedience walk into pressure, betrayal rise from proximity, and formation begin in familiar places. This episode exposes the early principles of discipleship: obedience, testing, consistency, and the environments God uses to shape identity.