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What Is The Cost? |
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Author: Fred Pruitt |
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Jesus says, "Whosoever he be of you that
forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple." (Luke
14:33).
As long as your heart and affections are on what you have, you
cannot learn of the Lord, for they take your time and attention.
When you really forsake all, then, and then only will Jesus have
your time and attention. Other things will become secondary
matters, and you will learn of Him and follow Him.
I often hear people talking about counting the cost. Let us do
some counting and see just what it will cost to be a real
follower of Jesus. You can buy salvation, but not with money. (Isa.
55:1). What is it going to cost you to buy salvation? First, you
must have godly sorrow because you have sinned against a loving
and just God; then you must repent and forever forsake all sin.
When you do that, it will cost the fellowship of sinful friends.
If you have stolen anything, you need to confess that and take
it back or pay for it; if you cheat, swindle, or lie, give all
that up; as well as all other forms of sin, then begin to walk
honestly with God and with your fellowmen. In fact, you must
become a righteous, sober, and godly person in this world.
You may say, the cost is too great, I cannot pay it. But listen
just a moment, friend. Did you ever stop to think what the cost
will be if you do not repent and serve God in this short life?
It will cost you the eternal bliss of heaven, and it will mean
severe punishment and torment throughout eternity in a Devil's
hell. We read of a man in the sixteenth chapter of Luke who
would not pay the price while in this short life, and in hell he
lifted up his eyes, being in torment. He prayed for a drop of
water to cool his tongue, for he said, "I am tormented in this
flame." (It was real to him.) He was even denied a drop of
water. Then he prayed for one to be sent from the dead to tell
his brothers, so they would repent, pay the price and not go to
that awful place of torture, but he was denied that, for they
had Moses and the prophets. You can get your prayers answered in
this life, but never after you go into the regions of the lost.
The cost of not serving God in this short life isn't worth
spending eternity in hell forever and ever. God says, "Come, let
us reason together." Dear reader, let your better judgment
prevail. Hasten to the Saviour's bleeding side, bear the
reproach of the cross and receive righteousness, peace, and joy
in this present Kingdom of God (Rom. 14:17), and the comfort of
eternal bliss in the future abode. |
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