THERE IS A PRICE TO PAY TO BE CHRIST'S FOLLOWER
Jesus said ‘Whoever desire to follow Me,let him deny himself and take up His cross and follow Me” Mark
His words simply means;
i. You put God’s will & God’s word as your first priority in absolute obedient,willingly with sacrificial attitude.You will have to deny your fleshly impulse and own desire in other to fulfill God’s holy desire.
ii. You will then will have to carry your own ”cross” daily.Cross symbolize all the burdens you suffer as a Christian. Many will go against you when you obey God’s word.You will be prosecuted, suffers emotional harsh treatment because of your faith.You will even get physicall attack from the enemy.These are normally done by non-believer,non-born again christian,false brother and even from the devil himself(Calamities and sickness).Jesus says that we are to carry such crosses of suffering as His follower.
iii. To follow Jesus is to do all His commands.Where to find all His command? The FOUR GOSPEL(Matthew,Mark,Luke,John),The book of Revelation..the whole entire Bible.
Dr.M.R.De Haan,the great prophecy bible teacher sum it this way:”To come to Christ cost nothing,to follow Christ cost something,but to serve Christ cost everything”Costly?YES!Simple test:Will you trade watching your favorite TV program with a 1 hour prayer and bible reading for 1 hour?Do ponder.
