In an effort to gain converts, Christians often refrain from telling the full story. We want people to follow so like cheap salesmen we share the benefits without explaining the cost. We tell them about Jesus’ promises of life and forgiveness, but we don’t mention His calls for repentance and obedience. We avoid His promise that we will experience persecution. When we do this we cheapen the gospel. The beauty of the gospel is that Christ is of such supreme worth that we would gladly sacrifice all to have Him. He is so beautiful, that we would be fools to resist becoming like Him.
‘Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.”
~ Matt 16:24-25
(via everlastingjesus)
4 years ago



