Now great multitudes went
with Him.
And He turned and said to
them, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and
children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My
disciple.
And whoever does not bear
his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
For which of you,
intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether
he has enough to finish it— lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not
able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to
build and was not able to finish.’
Or what king, going to
make war against another king, does 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 still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.
So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My
disciple.
Following our Lord only works
when He is first in our lives, but when we do that our Lord deprives us of
nothing we need in our lives. Just yesterday we learnt that putting His kingdom
first adds all that we need in our lives. Again we are reminded put Him first.
In this chapter we are also
taught about:
v It
is better to be humble
v To
be inclusive of the community we live in
v In
the Lord we will never be tasteless salt
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