Why does Jesus tell the growing crowd that one must be willing to renounce everything, including one`s own life, to be Jesus` follower?
The meaning of this is clear that Christ must be loved above all others, even our own selves, willing to give up all earthly possessions and forsake all earthly friends. By: narciso amabao - November 18, 2006 - Public Category: The Cost of Being a Disciple
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Why does Jesus tell the growing crowd that one must be willing to renounce everything, including one`s own life, to be Jesus` follower?
Because the Lord and His Commandments - given out of Love for our salvation - have to come first. You have to be willing to give the whole of yourself into His hands with full trust placing His Kingdom above everything else. If truly committed to that path you need to leave behind any other burden that slows down the pace or even worse that could prove to be an obstacle. Even blood family if they try to keep you away are to be left behind ''one prays that is able to bring them on the journey - thair souls are extremely precious and would do anything not to lose them''. By: Alessandra Parrini - November 18, 2006 - Public Category: The Cost of Being a Disciple
Now great multitudes
were going with him. He turned and said to them, "If anyone
comes to me, and doesn't hate his own father, mother, wife, children,
brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my
disciple. Whoever
doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple.
For which of you,
desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to
see if he has enough to complete it? Or perhaps, when he has laid a
foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock
him, saying, 'This man
began to build, and wasn't able to finish.' Or what king, as he goes to
encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider
whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him
with twenty thousand? Or
else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks
for conditions of peace. So therefore whoever of you who
doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be my disciple. Salt is good, but if the salt
becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it? It is fit neither for the soil
nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let
him hear."
