Luke 14:25-33 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…

Theme: Discipleship means prioritizing Following Jesus. Purpose: That we examine what gets in the way of following Jesus. Gospel: Jesus' life shows us the way. Mission: Disciples prioritize Jesus

Jesus' death was good politics to his enemies but life for the people of God.

Luke 9:51-62 Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him. But they did not receive Him, because His face…

Glory is on the horizon, but first we must take up the cross.

Have we considered the cost of following Christ?

Paradoxical Truth “This matter of ‘salvation’ is, when seen intuitively, a very simple thing. But when we analyze it, it turns into a complex tangle of paradoxes. We become ourselves by dying to ourselves. We gain only what we give up, and if we give up everything we gain everything...” - Thomas Merton…

Cost of following Jesus