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One Sunday morning, Billy & Bob went out on the lake, anchored & began fishing.
The fish weren't biting, & they soon began to feel guilty.
Billy said, "I should've stayed home & gone to church this morning."
Bob replied, "I couldn't have gone to church anyway.
My wife's sick in bed."
Billy & Bob may have anchored, but they weren't anchored deeply.
What does it take to anchor deeply?
That's what Jesus talks about in Luke 14:25-33.
Let's look.
25aLarge crowds were traveling with Jesus.
Most want something from Him. Satisfy curiosity?
Free bread?
Healing?
Something.
Few want to learn from Him.
So, Jesus 25bturned to them.
26"If anyone comes to me & doesn't hate his father & mother, his wife & children, his brothers & sisters-yes, even his own life-he can't be my disciple.
Yep.
Sure-fire recruitment, right there!
In reality, it's a paradox.
Only if we love Jesus 1st & foremost can we really love others.
27And anyone who doesn't carry his cross & follow me can't be my disciple.
It's the opposite of anything we'd ever put on a recruitment poster.
But it has drawn all peoples to Christ.
Once we've met Him, we understand why.
But the bottom line is the same.
There's a cost to discipleship.
That cost is really a paradox.
To become Jesus' disciple will costs us everything.
All we have.
And all we are.
Surrender it to Him.
After all, He's the one who owns all Creation.
What we'll really do is face the truth.
All we have & all we are is already His.
We were created to be His stewards over all He entrusts to us.
Adam & Eve were created to be Earth's stewards.
Same with us.
The cost seems heavy.
But the reality?
In Mt 11:28-30, Jesus invites us to come & give it all to Him.
V. 30 shows us the paradox.
Surrender our burdens.
Take His yoke.
Once we do, what looked like a heavy burden is effortless.
30His yoke easy, & His burden is light.
Jesus is challenging us.
Want to be His disciple?
Putting Him 1st, 7x24, every day, is a marathon.
Make sure we can finish.
That's what He gets at next.
28a"Suppose one of you wants to build a tower.
Want to be Jesus' disciple?
28bWon't he 1st sit down & estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?
Can we keep putting Jesus 1st?
Every moment?
Every hour?
Every day?
Can we give up all our 1st loyalties-to ourselves?
Our families?
Our friends?
Our stuff?
Can we keep putting Jesus 1st?
It's a marathon, but it's also a war.
The enemy doesn't want us to finish.
Jesus is saying to make sure we can finish before we start.
Why? 29If he lays the foundation & can't finish it, all who see it will ridicule him.
The ridicule?
30'This fellow began to build & couldn't finish.'
If he doesn't start, no one will know he considered it.
But if he starts & can't finish, embarrassment will be worse than if he hadn't.
Jesus' point?
Don't start the path of discipleship & fall away.
If we do, it'll be worse than if we hadn't started.
Doesn't that raise a question?
Whenever Jesus talks about being His disciple, it's always IF. 'If you want to be my disciple.'
So, can we still go to heaven if we choose not to be His disciple?
Jesus answers that question with His next parable.
31a"Suppose a king is about to go to war against another king.
Who's who?
The 2nd king is God.
Who's the 1st king about to go to war? Us.
Paul helps us see it.
By the logic of Ro 5:10, if we aren't reconciled to God through the death of His Son, we're still His enemies.
How are we reconciled?
Accept Christ.
Unless we do, we're still God's enemies.
(Isn't it wonderful God found & gifted us a way to be reconciled?)
And in Col 1:21, Those alienated from God are His enemies.
The truth?
We're either God's children or His enemies.
There's no in-between.
And God is a stronger King than we are.
31bWon't the weaker king 1st sit down & consider whether he's able with 10,000 men to oppose the one coming against him with 20,000?
God comes against His enemies with countless legions of angels.
What are the odds against just one?
Now, failure means destruction, not embarrassment.
32If that 1st king isn't able, he'll send a delegation while the other is still a long way off to ask for peace terms.
God's enemies better do the same.
The gospel's good news is this: God already provided peace terms!
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