Luke 9:23 \u201cThen he said to them all: \u201cWhoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Christian disciple is one who follows Christ, irrespective of what hurdles, problems or persecution he might have to face. Disciple comes out of love rather than rules. Remember that the cost of cost of following Jesus Christ is your life. Discipleship is not about uttering the words \u201cI love you\u201d its about living and proving those words through trials, suffering and in humiliation. Therefore Jesus said in Matthew 10:39 \u201cThose who try to gain their own life will lose it; but those who lose their life for my sake will gain it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Greek word for \u201cLord\u201d is \u201ckyrios\u201d. When we call Jesus \u201clord\u201d it is not just an acknowledgement of his sovereignty or heavenly residence. It is saying that Jesus is the owner. There is no ways you can call someone a kyrios without calling yourself \u201cDoulous\u201d which means slave. The slave has no rights. He has signed over everything to his master, even his own identity. A slave\u2019s one word job description was \u201cOBEY\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
People are slaves to something (possession, pleasure, other people) it is only when you make Jesus your master that you experience true freedom. Instead of shame and bondage and death, we find joy and grace and eternal life. You will never know true freedom until you have completely surrendered and become a slave to jesus Christ. Have you surrendered your life to the process of discipleship?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you become a slave to Jesus, He can put together the broke pieces and make you His son\/daughter. Anyone can follow Jesus, anyone who has thought to themselves. I\u2019ve gone too far. My stains is too big \u201cAnyone who has ever laid awake at night and said \u201cI can\u2019t believe what I\u2019ve done\u201d Anyone who has ever looked in the mirror and said \u201c I can\u2019t believe what I\u2019ve become\u201d Anyone can follow, anyone who knows deep down that they have really got nothing to offer Jesus. It is what Jesus offers us that changes things. A follower is far from perfect. We continue to need his grace to go on that journey to perfection. His grace doesn\u2019t just invite us to follow, it teaches us to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Luke 9:23 \u201cThen he said to them all: \u201cWhoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.\u201d A Christian disciple is one who follows Christ, irrespective of what hurdles, problems or persecution he might have to face. Disciple comes out of love rather than rules. Remember […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n