Luke 14:25-33New King James Version (NKJV)
Leaving All to Follow Christ
25*Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, 26*“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. 27*And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. 28*For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it— 29*lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30*saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’? 31*Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32*Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. 33*So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.
I thought it a good thing to start this thread. I am going to post twice to show the pattern I would ask the replies to follow. I will post one part of the cost we should have counted...with a scripture. Every reply should then list that part without the scripture given...and then add to it one more part at a time with scripture... like the next two posts.
1. Confess with your mouth and believe in your heart.
Romans 10:8-10New King James Version (NKJV)
8*But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”[a] (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9*that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10*For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
1. Confess with your mouth and believe in your heart.
2. Being willing to distribute material things to those in need.
1 John 3:16-18New King James Version (NKJV)
The Outworking of Love
16*By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17*But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
18*My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Leaving All to Follow Christ
25*Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, 26*“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. 27*And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. 28*For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it— 29*lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30*saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’? 31*Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32*Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. 33*So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.
I thought it a good thing to start this thread. I am going to post twice to show the pattern I would ask the replies to follow. I will post one part of the cost we should have counted...with a scripture. Every reply should then list that part without the scripture given...and then add to it one more part at a time with scripture... like the next two posts.
1. Confess with your mouth and believe in your heart.
Romans 10:8-10New King James Version (NKJV)
8*But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”[a] (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9*that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10*For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
1. Confess with your mouth and believe in your heart.
2. Being willing to distribute material things to those in need.
1 John 3:16-18New King James Version (NKJV)
The Outworking of Love
16*By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17*But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
18*My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
