Jesus switches to an illustration about planning to build a tower and counting the cost before we do so. Or a king preparing to wage war against an enemy but first reckoning on the strength of his own troops before committing himself. In the same way, we are to reckon the cost, count the cost before committing ourselves to a life of discipleship.
Blind commitment that expects only blessings is of no use to God: he wants disciples who are committed and prepared to live sacrificially for him.
Jesus wasn’t impressed by large crowds. He wasn’t impressed on this occasion. He wasn’t impressed on Palm Sunday.
It is easy to join the crowd, or come to church, when things are going well. But the test of true discipleship is how we respond in times that are tough and whether we are able to obey God, even when the cost to us is high.
Jesus switches to an illustration about planning to build a tower and counting the cost before we do so. Or a king preparing to wage war against an enemy but first reckoning on the strength of his own troops before committing himself. In the same way, we are to reckonRead More →
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Notice here that the listing: the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind – reflect those listed in Jesus’ initial declaration for his ministry way back in Luke 4:18: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.Read More →
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Jesus has spent most of Luke’s Gospel teaching us how to be disciples; we have the theory; we have sat and listened; we have been there whilst he was speaking. Perhaps we have not realised that there will be a ‘test’. That the test is the day-to-day living of ourRead More →
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If you were looking today for that feel-good Gospel passage, you might just walk away disappointed. Yet, Jesus never said that discipleship was one of convenience or that our faith wasn’t to be tested and tried through crisis and division. On 14th August in 1941, Maximillian Kolbe’s life was endedRead More →
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The unexpected coming of the Son of Man, 12:40: This imagery, drawn from Daniel 7:13 (although without “the clouds of heaven”), is usually understood to describe Christ’s coming to earth in the last day, although from Daniel’s perspective, the coming is from earth to heaven, a coming into the throne-roomRead More →
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