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NASB | Luke 14:33 "So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 14:33 "So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not [carefully consider the cost and then for My sake] give up all his own possessions. |
Subject: Does following cost? |
Bible Note: imuvhim: You write: "My Pastor when someone wants to be a born again believer is told beforehand what is the costs. Sounds like the bible way to me because that rich man was told cost beforehand." I would say your pastor is right -- this is the Bible way. John Macarthur writes: 'Salvation is not an experiment. Salvation is a life-long commitment. Salvation is not "try Jesus," see if He works. Salvation is a life-long transformation. Those who would tell us that a person can become a Christian without becoming a disciple do a great disservice to Scripture and they do a great disservice to people who then live under the illusion that they can be saved without following Christ in obedience. [That] they can be saved without giving up all they are and have and ever hope to be unconditionally to Christ. That's tragic. (...) 'Someone wrote, "I could not work my soul to save, that work my Lord has done. But I would work like any slave for love of God's own Son." 'I trust that's your heart, that you're a disciple who follows Christ. If not, then you better examine yourself to see whether you're genuinely in the faith.' "The Cost of Discipleship" (www.gty.org/Broadcast/transcripts/90-23.htm) |