The Unedited Invite
Luke 9:23-26 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. 24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. 25 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self? 26 Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
Luke 14:25-29 25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters--yes, even his own life--he cannot be my disciple. 27 And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 28 "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? 29 For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
What means to be a disciple of Jesus
Christianity was never to be filter to lay over life to make us better
“Jesus never concealed the fact that his religion included a demand as well as an offer...He gave no encouragement whatever to thoughtless applicants for discipleship”
The Christian landscape is strewn with the wreckage of derelict, half-built towers—the ruins of those who began to build and were unable to finish. For thousands of people still ignore Christ’s warning and undertake to follow him without first pausing to reflect on the cost of doing so.”
What is the COST of discipleship?
Part I Whoever
Luke 9:23 Then he said to them all: Whoever
Part II Come After Me
Luke 9:23 Whoever wants to be my disciple
Part III Deny
Luke 9:23 Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves
In a world of self-indulgence denial is the last thing on our mind
"Mutually exclusive"= adjective that describes two things that cannot happen at the same time or exist together
Part IV – The Cross
Luke 9:23 and take up their cross daily
Jesus Slogan would be: Come, Believe, Follow and Die
Luke 14:28 For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?
Luke 14:31 Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to face the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
