Title: Counting the Cost (6)
Series: The Parables
Author: Josh Malone
Text: Luke 14:25-35
- Last week we looked at the parable of the wise and foolish builders. We were reminded it is the wise builder who obeys Christ, who builds His life on the Word of God, it is the foolish builder who hears but refuses to obey.
- This week we look at some short parables or "parabolic statements." They are like mini-parables, "parabolic illustrations" that Jesus uses to make a point. One of them is about building again, but this time it's not about the foundation ... it's about counting the cost.
ILLUS. - We are currently in a very political season, and it is only going to get worse. - People are running for President. - I think almost everyone wanted to be President at some point. When you are kid, it sounds cool. It sounds like you will be the boss of everyone. - But being the President also means making some really big decisions under lots of pressure, it means being the target of political attacks, it means being second guessed a lot, it means if you fail people can die, lose their jobs, etc. It may mean being away from your family a lot. I can't imagine that it's an easy job. It's a job, that a lot desire ... but that comes with very real cost.
- A lot of desirable things in life ... come with a cost. They aren't easy.
- Following Christ means Christ is supreme in your life ... and it means following Him at all cost, and putting Him before all others ... not to earn salvation. This is simply what FAITH looks like.
Luke 14:25-35 - 25 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, 26 "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether ...
Series: The Parables
Author: Josh Malone
Text: Luke 14:25-35
- Last week we looked at the parable of the wise and foolish builders. We were reminded it is the wise builder who obeys Christ, who builds His life on the Word of God, it is the foolish builder who hears but refuses to obey.
- This week we look at some short parables or "parabolic statements." They are like mini-parables, "parabolic illustrations" that Jesus uses to make a point. One of them is about building again, but this time it's not about the foundation ... it's about counting the cost.
ILLUS. - We are currently in a very political season, and it is only going to get worse. - People are running for President. - I think almost everyone wanted to be President at some point. When you are kid, it sounds cool. It sounds like you will be the boss of everyone. - But being the President also means making some really big decisions under lots of pressure, it means being the target of political attacks, it means being second guessed a lot, it means if you fail people can die, lose their jobs, etc. It may mean being away from your family a lot. I can't imagine that it's an easy job. It's a job, that a lot desire ... but that comes with very real cost.
- A lot of desirable things in life ... come with a cost. They aren't easy.
- Following Christ means Christ is supreme in your life ... and it means following Him at all cost, and putting Him before all others ... not to earn salvation. This is simply what FAITH looks like.
Luke 14:25-35 - 25 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, 26 "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether ...
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