Cost of discipleship

The cost of discipleship involves a denial of self-interests and desires

The cost involves self-denial

Matthew 16:24 NASB95

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.

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Self-denial means not living for oneself

Romans 14:7 NASB95

For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;

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The cost of discipleship is to be carefully considered

Luke 14:28–32 NASB95

“For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? “Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ “Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand? “Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

The cost of discipleship means total commitment to the will of God

Total surrender is required

Luke 14:33 NASB95

“So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.

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The security of the world is to be resisted

Matthew 8:19–20 NASB95

Then a scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.” Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

Jesus Christ must have first priority

Luke 9:59–60 NASB95

And He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.” But He said to him, “Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God.”

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Jesus Christ must come before family ties

Luke 9:61–62 NASB95

Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first permit me to say good-bye to those at home.” But Jesus said to him, “No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

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The cost of discipleship is constant

Luke 9:23 NASB95

And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

The cost of discipleship includes persecution

John 15:20 NASB95

“Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

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The cost of discipleship includes willingess to suffer and die for Jesus Christ’s sake

Matthew 10:38–39 NASB95

“And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. “He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.

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