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The Cost of Discipleship
If you need a reminder of what Jesus Christ has done for you and examples of how believers have responded to Christ’s love, try chapters 21-24 of Luke. What is the cost of being a disciple of Christ? Luke starts chapter 21 as some of the disciples were discussing the beauty of the temple. Jesus uses this opportunity to point out to them the sacrifice of a poor widow as she gave all she had to live on while the rich only gave out of their wealth. Why did Jesus use this context to illustrate her story? The rest of Chapter 21 is an explanation Jesus gave the disciples of the true cost of their discipleship. How would you have responded to Jesus as a disciple in the first century hearing the words of chapter 21?
Chapter 22 continues with the final Passover meal Jesus had with his disciples. Jesus then transitions from explaining the cost of their discipleship to describing what Jesus himself would have to sacrifice because of His love for the world. Jesus fulfilled his promise of love through suffering and death in chapter 23, and then resurrects himself from the dead in chapter 24.
After reading chapters 23 and 24 about the cost that Jesus paid for you and the entire world, does the cost of being his disciple as described in chapters 21 and 22 still seem so heavy?
Written By Eric Phelps
Biology Professor, Oklahoma Christian University
If you need a reminder of what Jesus Christ has done for you and examples of how believers have responded to Christ’s love, try chapters 21-24 of Luke. What is the cost of being a disciple of Christ? Luke starts chapter 21 as some of the disciples were discussing the beauty of the temple. Jesus uses this opportunity to point out to them the sacrifice of a poor widow as she gave all she had to live on while the rich only gave out of their wealth. Why did Jesus use this context to illustrate her story? The rest of Chapter 21 is an explanation Jesus gave the disciples of the true cost of their discipleship. How would you have responded to Jesus as a disciple in the first century hearing the words of chapter 21?
Chapter 22 continues with the final Passover meal Jesus had with his disciples. Jesus then transitions from explaining the cost of their discipleship to describing what Jesus himself would have to sacrifice because of His love for the world. Jesus fulfilled his promise of love through suffering and death in chapter 23, and then resurrects himself from the dead in chapter 24.
After reading chapters 23 and 24 about the cost that Jesus paid for you and the entire world, does the cost of being his disciple as described in chapters 21 and 22 still seem so heavy?
Written By Eric Phelps
Biology Professor, Oklahoma Christian University
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We invite you to join us in reading through the New Testament. If you dedicate about 25 minutes to this plan every day, you will have completed the entire New Testament in 60 days! May the Lord bless you as you become "Daily Versed" and experience the Lord through His word.
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