"Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?" Luke 14:27-28 (ESV)
Whats that, you say? ___ "It doesn't have a thing to do with salvation?"
Hi and why do you say that ?
What is the STUMPER , is Bear his own Cross , is it not ??
I heard a Pastor , long ago , tied to show that we had a cross to bear for today , for our family , or some sickness and the many things that beset all , in our life !!
Think of what Cross Jesus bore , for a stiff necked people and His suffering on the Cross for all !!
There is no way to be a disciple of Jesus and to follow Him , bearing any cross and in verse 27 , there are 3 verb Tenses all in the Present Tense of Continuous Action and some did suffer in Acts !
Jews will count the cost of following Jesus and carrying their CROSS during the Great Tribulation as they will have to leave Family to follow Jesus and Suffer , and die of Hunger , be Jailed in Prison as Matt 25:35-36 is when this happens and Die without takin the #666 !!
That is when they will take up their Cross for Jesus and become His disciple and today we can never follow Jesus as explained in 2 Cor 5:16 !!
dan p