What is the cost of following Jesus? What is the cost of being a Christian or a disciple Christ? Jesus answers this questions in today's devotional. “If you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone else—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple. “But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it?
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Luke 14:26-28 NLT. Jesus describes a disciple as someone who has counted the cost of following him. He described a disciple as someone who in comparison to God, knows the whole world means nothing anymore. A disciple is someone who has carried their cross, and carries it daily, to follow Jesus. To carry a cross in Jesus' day meant a death sentence, everyone who carried a cross automatically died on the same cross. A disciple is someone that has signed the dotted lines of their death certificate; death to self, death to the worries of this world and death to sin. A disciple is dead while living. "So you cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own.
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Luke 14:33 NLT. Are you a disciple of Jesus, are you a Christian?
