IT WILL COST YOU EVERYTHING!!! You need to weigh in on the cost factor, and count the costs of being a disciple of Jesus Christ. It will cost you an easy life. You will have to discipline yourself. You will have to say no to temptation. You will have to say no to this world. You will have to break from the crowd. You will have to be willing to stand alone for Christ. You will have to be willing to walk at the beat of a different drummer and to step out of the crowd. You will have to be willing TO STAND if you were the only person in the world for Jesus Christ. That is the cost factor. You will have to be willing to face persecution for Christ let me tell you it will come. It might even cost you your life. He is not coming to play games. He is not coming to be docile. He is coming to dominate, and He is coming to slaughter. He is the KING of KINGS, and He is the LORD of LORDS. And to the end of this age He will bolt out of heaven on a white steed. And His garments are dripped in blood. The blood of His own enemies. And He is backing back to CONQUER and to DAMN. You need to make terms of PEACE with this coming KING, or you will be subjected in damnation FOREVER. And Jesus Christ has made terms of peace. You need to settle out of court with Him. You do not want to go with THAT FINAL DAY with conflict with Christ. For He will be RUTHLESS in the EXECUTION of His JUSTICE. But He offers you MERCY today. He will agree to terms of SURRENDER. He will agree to terms of PEACE. But they are His terms of PEACE. NOT OURS!!! And His terms of peace are very simply this. You must hate your own father, mother, brother, and sister. And even your own life more than me. Or you CANNOT be my disciple. And you MUST take a cross and follow me. Or you CANNOT be my disciple. And if not you will meet me in the FINAL JUDGEMENT. And it will GLORIED GOD. In your destruction. He is pressing you for a decision. He will not be put off. You cannot hit the mute button any longer IN YOUR HEART you must answer Him. (Luke 14:33) “So then, none of you can be my disciple who don’t give up all of his on possessions.” He is saying none of you can be a TRUE CHRISTAIN. None of you can be in my kingdom. None of you can be in right RELATIONSHIP with Me or the Father. None of you can be my disciple. Who does not give up all of his own possessions? What is our Lord saying? He is not backing off. He is increasing the commitment the He is calling for with every line of this section. Well He is not saying that you have to buy your way into the kingdom of heaven. For none of us have ENOUGH gold, none of us have ENOUGH silver. To ever remove the stain of sin that has defiled our INNER SOUL. What is He saying? Who does not give up all of his own possessions? Well this must be taken in context with other texts of scripture. And let me just cut to the bottom line of the bottom line. You MUST transfer the ownership of all that you ARE and ALL that you have. TO ALL THAT HE IS!!! That is what He is saying. Your life is no longer your life it is now HIS LIFE. Your time is no longer your time it is now HIS TIME. Your possessions are no longer your possessions they are now HIS POSSESSIONS. Your future is no longer your future it is now HIS FUTURE. Your treasure is no longer your treasure it is now HIS TREASURE. And you have transferred all that you are and all that you have to ALL THAT HE IS. That what it is … to meet His terms of PEACE. Yet the exchange is not bartered or bought with real money. But it is purchased with the total complete SURRENDER of YOUR LIFE to Christ. THAT IS WHAT SAVING FAITH IS! It is coming to the end of yourself and completely and entirely and trusting. All that you are and all that you have TO ALL THAT HE IS. This is your ETERNAL SOUL. This deals with the only eternity you will ever have.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 06:57:38 +0000