Cost of Discipleship: Bearing Grace and Following Jesus
Embrace the call to discipleship by bearing the cross and following Jesus as outlined in Luke 14:25-30 and Revelation 3:14-22. Discover the true essence of being a disciple through sacrifice, endurance, and commitment to Christ's teachings.
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Bearing Grace Luke 14:25-30; Rev 3:14-22
Matthew 11:2829 Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves. HCSB
Luke 14:2526 Now great crowds were traveling with Him. So He turned and said to them: If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters yes, and even his own life he cannot be My disciple. HCSB
Luke 14:2728 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn t first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? HCSB
Luke 14:2930 Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and cannot finish it, all the onlookers will begin to make fun of him, saying, This man started to build and wasn t able to finish. HCSB
Being a disciple of Christ is about carrying the cross and following Jesus, as Jesus followed His Father.
Disciples are believers who are willing to pay the price and bear the cross of, and for, Jesus.
Luke 14:27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. HCSB
Just as Christ is Christ only in virtue of His suffering and rejection, so the disciple is a disciple only as far as he shares his Lord s suffering and rejection and crucifixion. -Dietrich Bonnhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, p.77
To willingly submit ourselves to endure suffering, rejection, and social, and physical death, because of Jesus grace and favor towards me.
Mark 8:3435 He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. NRSV
Mark 8:36 For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? NRSV
If we refuse to take up our cross and submit to suffering and rejection at the hands of men, we forfeit our fellowship with Christ and have ceased to follow Him. -Dietrich Bonnhoeffer, Ibid, p.80
James 1:22 But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. NRSV
James 1:78 for the doubter, being double-minded and unstable in every way, must not expect to receive anything from the Lord. NRSV
James 4:8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. NRSV
Revelation 3:20 Listen! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and have dinner with him, and he with Me. HCSB
Sermon in a Sentence Bearing the grace of Christ is costly because one has to bear the cross of Christ. Grace is not bore when compromise is our conviction.
