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"Have You Counted The Costs of Following Jesus?" by @Kaala if 3MinuteMessage.com

"Have You Counted The Costs of Following Jesus?" by @Kaala ► Join the 3MM Community Now at http://3MinuteMessage.com ==================== Before you decide to follow Jesus OR pickup a free hot tub you need to count your costs. Let's start with the hot tub first. "Free Hot Tub" was how the advertisement read. We couldn't believe it. There had to be a catch. Nope. The craiglist ad was clear. If we wanted one we could have a free hot tub. All we had to do was drive about 45 minutes away and pick it up. That's it? That's it. That was SO NOT it. The only thing that was "it" was the 45 minute drive. That was correct. The rest of it was an enormous pain in...everywhere. We got it out of the backyard and struggled to lift this "free hot tub" into the back of our truck. Painful. So far, super difficult but still free right? I guess. Reversing that process, out of the truck and into our backyard difficult? Yes. Very. Now, after all this effort we figure out that the electricity needs to be setup specifically for this kind of tub. Someone had to pay. Cash. Now our free hot tub was no longer "free." It was never free. We just never fully calculated the costs. It's just like trying to follow Jesus and be his disciple. So many start but never finish. Jesus gave us three illustrations that are heavy—just so we can know, and count the costs of discipleship. First, in front of a large crowd, he said, "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters — yes, even his own life — he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. No need to get all crazy trying to interpret this. Jesus taught love ALL THE TIME. What he's saying here is will you be able to put Jesus above everyone else in your life? Will he hold the number one position in your heart? If not, no disciple. Jesus goes on and says, "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.' If you want to be a disciple and you don't count the cost before you begin you may hit a rough spot and turn back. Quitters. Uh, uh. That's not discipleship. The last illustration Jesus used was this: "Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:25--33 NIV) If you hold back, when trying to follow Jesus you will fail. You must be all in to be a disciple. So many start. So few finish. I pray that you are a finisher. ==================== Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Like Us on Facebook:   / 3minutemessage   Follow Us on Twitter:   / 3minutemessage   and   / kaala   G+ Us: http://gplus.to/3minutemessage Subscribe to the Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/t...