The Cost of Discipleship

“When He (Jesus) had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, he said to them, ‘Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.”—Mark 8:34 (NKJV)

“The Cost of Discipleship”

The first Sunday morning of this year, Brother Patterson, preached the lesson, “The Cost of Being Disciples.” His text was Luke 14: 25-33, concentrating on verse 28. A few key points:

• “In order to be disciples [we] must love (Christ) supremely.”
• “If you don’t put God first, it won’t work.”
• “When we plan…our plan needs to proceed (begin?) with Jesus, and our plan needs to end with Jesus.”
• “We plan to fail when we plan without Christ.”
• “To move this church to another level, we must (have a plan) that includes Christ.”
• “Learn to plan and plan to learn.”

---Notes from Kenneth Patterson’s January 4, 2009 Sunday morning lesson.

These practical lessons along with the verses in Luke 14:25-33 and Mark 8:34-38 remind us of the seriousness involved with following Jesus Christ.