From todays Montana Street bulletin, comes the following article by Vance Havner regarding the builder found in Luke 14:26-35:<\/p>\n
The builder in our Lords parable started his construction job enthusiastically enough, no doubt, but called a halt when the bills began to come in. The cost was more than he thought. Many an undertaking starts with a bang and ends in a bog when the expenses exceed the original estimate.<\/p>\n
Our Lord was speaking of discipleship and probably thinned the multitude that followed Him (Luke 14:25) with a short sermon on counting the cost. Many a superficial Christian hears the Word and anon receives it with joy (Matthew 13:20), but has no root and no depth and when the bills begin to come in, when he reads the price tag of real discipleship, he falls away (Matthew 13:6,21).<\/p>\n
The early church got off to a glorious start, but when the public began to catch on to what being a Christian really meant, of the rest did not man join himself to them (Acts 5:13). The first flush of the new venture was past and the bills were coming due.<\/p>\n
Our Lord was careful again and again to stress the cost of all out devotion to Him. He was not interested in gathering a mixed multitude of enthusiasts, mere joiners just going along for the ride (John 6:26-27).<\/p>\n
He knew that by and by, when persecution arose, they would be offended (Mark 4:16-7). Every prospective follower of Jesus Christ ought to understand that discipleship costs everything he has (Philippians 3:8). But it pays because all things become his in Christ.<\/p>\n
And never forget that it costs to be a sinner. The bills come in there as well, because whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap (Gal. 6:7). And it never pays, for the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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