Monday, July 16, 2012

The Price of Jesus


The Cost of Following Jesus
Jesus was not the only earthly leader of His time nor was He the first make the people of Ancient Palestine promises (Acts 5:35-37), the first of many difference between Jesus an all others was that He only spoke the truth. A man or woman that desires followers promises minimal commitment for maximum benefit. Everything is spoken from the standpoint of “here's how I'll make your life better.” Jesus never made empty promises.

A scribe, or man skilled in his understanding of the law, pledged his allegiance to Christ in word, but Christ knows the heart:
And Jesus said to him, 'Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.'”

All things were created through Jesus and yet they had the ability to cower when He didn't. Jesus knew He had to be our sacrifice if we were to be freed from the oppression of sin and death. Our Lord was letting this man know inadvertently, that following Him eventually led to a cross.

"And Jesus said to him, 'Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.'”
Jesus seemed to refer to the spiritually and physically dead here. He was inviting him to the only life worth living, beyond the temporal concerns of his current existence. 



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