The COST of discipleship

 

Luke 9:57-62

57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; 

but the Son of man 

hath not where to lay his head.

(You ever left home with less than $150 in your pocket

and nowhere to go

but knew you were doing what was expected of you?)

59 And he said unto another, 

Follow me. But he said, Lord, 

suffer me first to go and bury my father.

60 Jesus said unto him, 

Let the dead bury their dead: 

but go thou 

and preach the kingdom of God.

(Let the spiritually dead and dying

(wasting away, not growing)

bury the physically dead,

but as for you?

There are other plans involved.

You really gonna tell the creator

and ruler of the Universe:

"Hey wait up for a second"?)

61 And another also said, Lord, 

I will follow thee; 

but let me first go bid them farewell, 

which are at home at my house.

62 And Jesus said unto him, 

No man, 

having put his hand to the plough, 

and looking back, 

is fit for the kingdom of God.

(Once you've committed

your LIFE 

to him?

There is no going back,

its just not possible.)

Luke 14:25-33

25 And there went great multitudes with him: 

and he turned, and said unto them,

26 If any man come to me, 

and hate not his father, and mother, 

and wife, and children, 

and brethren, and sisters, 

yea, and his own life also, 

he cannot be my disciple.

(Still wanna call yourself a disciple?)

27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, 

and come after me, 

cannot be my disciple.

(What cross are you bearing?

Comfort?

I got news for you,

its about to be ripped away from you,

then what?)

28 For which of you, 

intending to build a tower, 

sitteth not down first, 

and counteth the cost, 

whether he have sufficient to finish it?

29 Lest haply, 

after he hath laid the foundation, 

and is not able to finish it, 

all that behold it begin to mock him,

30 Saying, 

This man began to build, 

and was not able to finish.

(Were currently putting the roof on the house

me and honey have been building for years,

needless to say, Satan dont really like that.)

31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

33 So likewise, 

whosoever he be of you 

that forsaketh not 

ALL that he hath, 

he cannot be my disciple.

(That means family too.

"ALL".)

We simply do not exist in your reality

and your reality doesn't exist in ours,

we are not the same,

and we would much rather be where we are

and doing what we are doing

then where you are

doing what you are doing.

Hebrews 5:12-14

By now you should be teachers. 

Instead, you need someone to teach you again 

the first things you need to know from God’s Word. 

You still need milk 

instead of solid food. 

13 Anyone who lives on milk 

cannot understand the teaching 

about being right with God. 

He is a baby. 

14 Solid food is for full-grown men. 

They have learned to use their minds 

to tell the difference 

between good and bad.