THE COST OF BEING CHRIST'S
(Luke 14:25-33)
Jesus is on the way, going from village to village to announce the coming of the Kingdom of God. Here He speaks of the true discipleship. A disciple is one who is learning or has learnt from his master or teacher ,or one who follows the teachings prescribed by a master or teacher. The demands of a total discipleship requires a total dedication on the part of a Christian.
Luke in His gospel clearly tells us that following Jesus in the most radical terms would mean to find Him in all persons. In following Jesus, we have to go with the whole way anf have to accept totally His way of seeing life and then pitting that into practice in the way we live. A Christian is someone who desires,at any cost, the Glory of God and his own happiness in the Heart of Christ Jesus.
The essential condition for true discipleship demanded by Jesus was and still is total dedication, a total commitment of self to Him. Hence, a complete surrender to the call of the master. To be a disciple and follow Jesus is a life-journey. It involves a total involvement in the causes for Him.
Also, Jesus makes other conditions to follow Him,namely, self control and detachment. We have yet another phrase here,namely, "hating our own life". Jesus wants our lives to be lived in total truth and love. Our lives are not to be determined and manipulated by attachments, desires,ambitions or fears and anxieties which can become very much part of us.
Finally true discipleship is to commit oneself to a life of self-renunciation.
It is to embrace suffering, persecution, obedience, servitude and humility, all for the love of Christ. When such has been accomplished,it can be saved by wisdom , by the Holy Spirit who has taught him and guided him step by step towards salvation and the eternal Kingdom of God.
Amen
(Luke 14:25-33)
Jesus is on the way, going from village to village to announce the coming of the Kingdom of God. Here He speaks of the true discipleship. A disciple is one who is learning or has learnt from his master or teacher ,or one who follows the teachings prescribed by a master or teacher. The demands of a total discipleship requires a total dedication on the part of a Christian.
Luke in His gospel clearly tells us that following Jesus in the most radical terms would mean to find Him in all persons. In following Jesus, we have to go with the whole way anf have to accept totally His way of seeing life and then pitting that into practice in the way we live. A Christian is someone who desires,at any cost, the Glory of God and his own happiness in the Heart of Christ Jesus.
The essential condition for true discipleship demanded by Jesus was and still is total dedication, a total commitment of self to Him. Hence, a complete surrender to the call of the master. To be a disciple and follow Jesus is a life-journey. It involves a total involvement in the causes for Him.
Also, Jesus makes other conditions to follow Him,namely, self control and detachment. We have yet another phrase here,namely, "hating our own life". Jesus wants our lives to be lived in total truth and love. Our lives are not to be determined and manipulated by attachments, desires,ambitions or fears and anxieties which can become very much part of us.
Finally true discipleship is to commit oneself to a life of self-renunciation.
It is to embrace suffering, persecution, obedience, servitude and humility, all for the love of Christ. When such has been accomplished,it can be saved by wisdom , by the Holy Spirit who has taught him and guided him step by step towards salvation and the eternal Kingdom of God.
Amen
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