Costly Grace

The Problem with Cheap Grace

Discipleship Chapter One: Costly Grace

CHEAP GRACE IS THE mortal enemy of our church. Our struggle today is for costly grace.

Luke 9:57 NIV

As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

Luke 9:58 NIV

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

Luke 9:59 NIV

He said to another man, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Luke 9:60 NIV

Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

Luke 9:61 NIV

Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”

Luke 9:62 NIV

Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”