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The Cost
John Calvin once said, “I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found?
I have found everything in Christ.”
Henry Drummond said, “The entrance fee into the kingdom of heaven is nothing: the annual subscription is everything.”
Tell the story about the cost (when you were 16).
Tell the story about the man that lost everything for the anointing.
What it Takes to Follow Jesus
Coming to Christ demands the highest priority over every aspect of your life.
It necessitates the submission of your will to His lordship.
Discipleship requires your sacrifice and willingness to suffer for Him.
Jesus will not follow you––you are called to follow Him.
Following Christ will cost you your old way of life and forfeiting your past sins.
It will cost you a life of ease and living for this world...
It will cost you old habits and old associations.
It will cost you following your own agenda for your life.
It will cost you time and treasure.
It will cost you suffering for being identified with Him.
It will cost you opposition and persecution from the world.
It may even cost you your life.
Hate?
What Does This Mean?
What did Jesus mean by these seemingly harsh words?
Does this not contradict so much else of what He taught?
Does not the fifth commandment say that we are to honor our father and mother (Exod.
20:11)?
Yes, the Law teaches this.
Did not Moses write that we are to love our neighbor as we love ourselves (Lev.
19:18)?
Certainly, he did.
Did not Jesus command us to love our enemies (Matt.
22:39-40)?
Yes, He did.
Did not Jesus Himself care for His own mother as He hung upon the cross (John 19:27)?
Of course He did.
Did not Paul issue the imperative that husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved the church (Eph.
5:25)?
Absolutely.
Does not the Bible maintain that if a man does not provide for the members of his own household, he is worse than an infidel (1 Tim.
5:8)?
The Price is the Cross!
Cross-bearing discipleship is counting the cost first.
Talk about what it means to be a cross bearer.
The Apostle Paul summed it up perfectly.
The Taste of Salt
Salt is good because it preserves meat from spoiling.
Salt flavors bland food.
Salt cleanses what is unclean.
Salt even possesses medical properties that heal an open wound.
A disciple is like salt.
Jesus said this to his disciples earlier in the Sermon on the Mount when He said ‘You are the salt of the earth’ (Matt.
5:13).
All followers of Christ are the salt of the earth.
By their presence in society, they are to bring a moral influence upon the world.
They are to hinder the sinful corruption of the world.
The penetrating impact of their personal holiness is to be a preventative force in their surroundings.
Disciples are not to be the sugar of the earth, but salt.
They are to sting the raw wounds of the world’s immorality.
They are to produce a cleansing effect upon those around them.
The Counterfeit Disciple
Jesus was indicating that not all salt is genuine.
Some salt initially appears to be real, but in reality, is not.
He was contrasting a true disciple and a false one.
A phony follower has an outward façade of being a genuine disciple, but in reality, he is not.
Tasteless salt, Jesus said, had no use.
Neither did uncommitted disciples.
Those in the crowd with a divided heart are compared to fake salt.
They are not committed to Christ, and that’s why they possessed no moral influence upon the world.
They are worthless to hold back the corrupting influences of evil.
Savourless salt becomes an object of contempt and judgment.
Can You Hear Him?
The Lord Jesus closed the message on discipleship with the words “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
Not everyone will have the willingness to listen to the terms of discipleship.
Because it was cost you everything!
Look at the Price They Paid!
The woman at the well
The woman with only 2 mites
The Alabaster Box
It’s Time For You to Carry Your Cross
You have to carry it behind Him
Conclude by telling the congregation your story about carrying the cross.
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