Lenten Sermon Series: Consider…
Consider Discipleship
Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. — Luke 14:26
- more serious than considering sin, guilt, suffering
- it is considering dying, carrying the cross, it is
- required
- costly
- emotional (to love Him)
- defining you/your journey; it does not come and go quickly (not quick death)
- the hate in this context is comparatively, not in hostility
- not bandwagon followers
- “under arrest”
- no longer their own
- no longer in control of their lives
- with the shadow of the cross (i.e. carrying the cross)
- no need to think “how I repay the price of sin”
- Related to “defining you/your journey”, comedian Letterman: how I perform on the show defines how I feel for the next 24hr until the next show
