Cost Of Jesus

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The Cost of Following Jesus ---Luke 14: 25-35
We live in an era where Christianity has been simplified to a form of ‘easy believism’. There is the option of having Jesus as your Saviour without Him being your Lord. But this was not what Jesus taught. The call to being a Christian is the call to discipleship. For the meaning of ‘disciple’ see Acts 11: 26. A disciple is a follower – it involved a physical act as well as a commitment of mind and heart.
We will see four essential aspects to the cost of following Jesus, being his disciple which is essentially being a Christian:
1. Committing to Christ, Luke 14: 25-26
2. Carrying the Cross, Luke 14: 26, 27
3. Counting the Cost, Luke 14: 28-34
4. Conserving the Consistency, Luke 14: 34, 35

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4: Conserving the Consistency (Luke 14: 34-35)
34 “Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? 35 It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Jesus adds another consideration in following Him – persevering and maintaining a consistent walk in following Him. The illustration of salt is used. Salt in those times was valuable and had various important uses – flavouring, preserving being the most significant. Often the salt used in ancient times was impure. Jesus warns about being like impure salt which leeches its salt and want remains is absolutely useless and tasteless. It is more of a hindrance than a help. We need the preserving power of the Holy Spirit to help propel us at the required regular pace needed for the journey of discipleship. Our eyes need to be continually fixed on Jesus as we take our burden of the cross and follow Him EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT LORD HAS GIVEN TO US AS A GIFT AS WE ALL ARE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AND WE HAVE A CHANCE TO PRAISE AND WORSHIP

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