Love You Forever: Discipleship Demands
Luke 14:25-33 [CEB]
25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus. Turning to them, he said, 26 “Whoever comes to me and doesn’t hate father and mother, spouse and children, and brothers and sisters—yes, even one’s own life—cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever doesn’t carry their own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
28 “If one of you wanted to build a tower, wouldn’t you first sit down and calculate the cost, to determine whether you have enough money to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when you have laid the foundation but couldn’t finish the tower, all who see it will begin to belittle you. 30 They will say, ‘Here’s the person who began construction and couldn’t complete it!’ 31 Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down to consider whether his ten thousand soldiers could go up against the twenty thousand coming against him? 32 And if he didn’t think he could win, he would send a representative to discuss terms of peace while his enemy was still a long way off. 33 In the same way, none of you who are unwilling to give up all of your possessions can be my disciple.
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Greetings all,
I remember when I was a Resident Advisor in my Christian college. We had one student who had very recently dedicated himself to Jesus and was, by his own accounting, on fire for Christ. There was literally not a single question or scenario that he wouldn’t apply to a gospel verse. He was, if you just looked a moment at him, a strong Christian that would change the whole world.
He wasn’t and he didn’t.
If you were to look at this man now, you’d barely recognize him as the same person. That doesn’t necessarily mean that he was wrong for trying to apply every situation to the scriptures. But he certainly burned himself out as he came to the conclusion that almost everything he thought was either too simple or completely not applicable to the situation at hand. He caused himself and others pain as he exuded passionate faith without the wisdom to know how to plot his steps. He found the scriptures were more wonderful, deep, and mysterious than he’d credited them. I can relate to that. But he found his way to a faith that abides— eventually. I can relate to that, too.
For this Sunday, we’ll be working through Luke 14:25-33 to explore the need to measure our steps as the gospel of Luke reminds us to consider not just how, but with whom we might walk along the way.
Peace,
Zach