Cost of discipleship
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· 27 viewsThe denial of self-interests and desires, and a total commitment to do the will of God, even to the point of death.
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The cost of discipleship involves a denial of self-interests and desires
The cost of discipleship involves a denial of self-interests and desires
The cost involves self-denial
The cost involves self-denial
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
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Self-denial means not living for oneself
Self-denial means not living for oneself
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.
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The cost of discipleship is to be carefully considered
The cost of discipleship is to be carefully considered
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.
The cost of discipleship means total commitment to the will of God
The cost of discipleship means total commitment to the will of God
Total surrender is required
Total surrender is required
So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
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The security of the world is to be resisted
The security of the world is to be resisted
And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
Jesus Christ must have first priority
Jesus Christ must have first priority
To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
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Jesus Christ must come before family ties
Jesus Christ must come before family ties
Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
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The cost of discipleship is constant
The cost of discipleship is constant
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
The cost of discipleship includes persecution
The cost of discipleship includes persecution
Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
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The cost of discipleship includes willingess to suffer and die for Jesus Christ’s sake
The cost of discipleship includes willingess to suffer and die for Jesus Christ’s sake
And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
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