Luke 14:26 & 33
If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple....
So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.
Really? Forsake all I have? Hate my own life and every other person important to me? What happened to the simple prayer of "Jesus I'm a sinner. Forgive me and come into my heart." that is so universaly touted as all one has to do? I think I've said this before. Becoming a Christian and being a Christian are two very different things. Step one is so simple. But from there on out it's hard work and a constant strugle between the old self and Christ who lives in me.
There is a cost to be counted when one says they want to follow Jesus. His life in exchange for mine. If I take the salvation and righteousness He offers then I offer my own life to Him. All of it. Every nook, every cranny, nothing is mine for I am completely His.
The alternative, if I say that is too high a price, is to reject the life He offers and keep my own. But then I am stuck trying to earn my own salvation and trying to have my own righteousnes be acceptable to Him. It's the fatal choice so many make because they have been decieved into thinking it's too costly. Giving one's life to Christ is seen by many to be too restrictive. But, especially lately, I've found it to be very freeing.
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