The 3-Part Cost of Discipleship

Hate everything that revolves around you. Willingly walk the road of suffering. Renounce all that you possess. This is the cost of discipleship. So we learn from Jesus in Luke 14:25-33. With "great crowds" following, Jesus has decided that it is time to sift for true disciples, and does so by plainly laying out the cost. The first cost of discipleship—hatred toward our own families and lives. "Own" is the key word here and we see what a refusal to hate our own at the invitation of Jesus looks like in the parable that proceeds our text. ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’ ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’ ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ Such lovers of their own cannot be Jesus' disciples, while the poor and crippled and blind and lame from the streets can (Luke 14:15-24). The second demand of discipleship is a willingness to walk the road of suffering. Let us not deceive ourselves. There is no getting around it—whoever does not bear his own cross is not learning from Jesus. Finally, to complete the sketch of discipleship's cost, Jesus turns to finances. Sit down, Jesus instructs, and see if you are willing to invest what the discipleship project demands . For while Jesus is the one who pays the price in full to make us his disciples (hallelujah!), this does not mean that nothing is required from us. On the contrary, unless we renounce all our own possessions as now belonging to him, we cannot be his disciples.

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1454400314323 The 3-Part Cost 1454784998 1454960170 Hate everything that revolves around you. Willingly walk the road of suffering. Renounce all that you possess. This is the cost of discipleship. So we learn from Jesus in Luke 14:25-33. With "great crowds" following, Jesus has decided that it is time to sift for true disciples, and does so by plainly laying out the cost. The first cost of discipleship—hatred toward our own families and lives. "Own" is the key word here and we see what a refusal to hate our own at the invitation of Jesus looks like in the parable that proceeds our text. ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’ ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’ ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ Such lovers of their own cannot be Jesus' disciples, while the poor and crippled and blind and lame from the streets can (Luke 14:15-24). The second demand of discipleship is a willingness to walk the road of suffering. Let us not deceive ourselves. There is no getting around it—whoever does not bear his own cross is not learning from Jesus. Finally, to complete the sketch of discipleship's cost, Jesus turns to finances. Sit down, Jesus instructs, and see if you are willing to invest what the discipleship project demands . For while Jesus is the one who pays the price in full to make us his disciples (hallelujah!), this does not mean that nothing is required from us. On the contrary, unless we renounce all our own possessions as now belonging to him, we cannot be his disciples. notes 11454784998501

Main point summary

In light of seeing a big crowd, Jesus proclaims the cost of truly being his disciple—(1) hating everything that revolves around you, (2) willingness to suffer, (3) renouncing all you possess.

notes 1454960157638 Main point summary In light of seeing a big crowd, Jesus proclaims the cost of truly being his disciple—(1) hating everything that revolves around you, (2) willingness to suffer, (3) renouncing all you possess.

Discourse

Luke 14:25-33

esv

Now great crowds accompanied him,

and he turned

and said to them,

n “If anyone comes to me

and o does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters,

p yes, and even his own life,

progression

concessive

he cannot be my disciple.

conditional

q Whoever does not r bear his own cross

and come after me

series

cannot be my disciple.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower,

does not s first sit down

and count the cost,

whether he has enough to complete it?

ideaexplanation

actionpurpose

temporal

Otherwise, when he has laid a 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.’

actionmanner

Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war,

will not t sit down first

and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

And if not,

while the other is yet a great way off,

he sends a delegation

and asks for terms of peace.

actionresult

u So therefore, any one of you who v does not renounce all that he has [Gk: all his own possessions ] cannot be my disciple.

comparison

situationresponse

discourse

1454400314323 Discourse 1454400317 1454573601 NT 42 14 25 14 33 Luke 14:25-33 esv Now great crowds accompanied him, i1 and he turned i38 and said to them, i39 n “If anyone comes to me i2 and o does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, i42 p yes, and even his own life, i44 i45 progression i66 concessive 2 he cannot be my disciple. i43 i67 conditional 2 q Whoever does not r bear his own cross i3 and come after me i46 i48 series cannot be my disciple. i47 i49 2 conditional For which of you, desiring to build a tower, i4 does not s first sit down i50 and count the cost, i51 whether he has enough to complete it? i52 i81 ideaexplanation 1 i79 actionpurpose 2 i80 temporal 1 2 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation i5 and is not able to finish, i53 i83 series all who see it begin to mock him, i54 saying, i6 ‘This man began to build i55 and was not able to finish.’ i56 i57 series i58 ideaexplanation 1 i84 actionmanner 1 i82 temporal 1 2 i77 actionpurpose 2 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, i7 will not t sit down first i59 and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? i60 i85 actionpurpose 2 And if not, i8 while the other is yet a great way off, i61 he sends a delegation i62 and asks for terms of peace. i63 i87 actionpurpose 2 i86 temporal 1 2 i88 conditional 2 i89 actionresult 2 i78 temporal 1 2 i90 series u So therefore, any one of you who v does not renounce all that he has [Gk: all his own possessions ] cannot be my disciple. i9 i91 comparison 1 2 i40 series i41 ideaexplanation 1 i64 actionpurpose 2 i65 situationresponse 2 1 1 1 100 110 100 b 351 esv 334 a 351 discourse 11454400317978

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