Through the Bible Day by Day - Luke 14:25 - 14:25

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Through the Bible Day by Day - Luke 14:25 - 14:25


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the Cost of Discipleship

Luk 14:25-35

Here we have our Lord’s use of the winnowing-fan. Amid the teeming crowds He knew that there were many light and superficial souls who had not realized the cost involved in discipleship. Mark the thrice-repeated words-cannot be my disciple.

Our love must be greater than the ties of family affection, Luk 14:26; must be greater than our love for our own way, which must be nailed to the Cross, Luk 14:27; must be greater than our love of possessions and property, Luk 14:33. Christ has done more than any other teacher to cement the relationships of human love, but He always asks that they should be subordinated to the claims of God. Oh, for the love that Paul had! See Php 3:8.

What a comfort it is to realize that God counted the cost before He set about the task of redemption, whether of a world or of us as individuals. He knew all that it would cost, and surely He did not begin what He cannot complete!