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Luke 14:25-33
Excerpted from: The Wonderful Ordinance of Water Baptism

Part of counting that cost is to love family and self less than God the Father and Jesus Christ. The word "hate" means, to love less. But, that is not enough; we must also forsake all our possessions, interests, and normal human desires. We have to be less interested in these things than we are in God the Father and Jesus Christ and their giving way of life.

The costs are extremely high to follow Christ. It may cost friends and family, jobs, possessions and someday even our own lives. The price may be ridicule, rejection or persecution. We must be willing to suffer persecution with enduring patience. In following Jesus Christ's example, we are to be living sacrifices. In many ways the toughest part of living God's way of life is actually going against the world, Satan and our own human nature and sin.

It is easy to look at the negative side and say, "What if I cannot do it?" The fact is we cannot do it ourselves! That is why it takes faith to be baptized. We cannot, of and by ourselves, go God's way. But with His Spirit helping, guiding and leading us, and with Jesus Christ actually living His life over in us, God promises that we can make it.

Articles
Are You Bearing Your Cross?
God's Power: Our Shield Against Apostasy
Preparing for the Feast
Prophecy in Song
Prophecy in Song
The Christian Fight (Part Seven)
The First Commandment
The First Commandment (1997)
Why Hebrews Was Written (Part Five)
Why Hebrews Was Written (Part Four)

Bible Studies
Basic Doctrines: Repentance
Parables of Counting the Cost

Essays
No Works Is No Good!
Why Is Life So Hard? (Part One)

Sermons
Four Warnings (Part Four): Founded on the Rock
Against All Odds
Learning to Navigate
Who Deserves Our Loyalties?
Leadership and the Covenants (Part One)
Is America a Christian Nation? Summary (Part Two)
Hebrews: Its Background (Part One)
Hebrews: Its Background (Part Seven)
Letters to Seven Churches (Part Nine): Philadelphia

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