“Any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.”8 Give up everything you have, carry a cross, and hate your family. This sounds a lot different than “Admit, believe, confess, and pray a prayer after me.”
Platt, David (2010-04-17). Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream (pp. 10-11). Random House, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
How often would you attend church if it looked like this? What if you had to walk miles to get there? What if you had to have lookouts to make sure “the government” didn’t know you were meeting? What if services lasted all day? What if attendance meant your family would disown, hate or kill you?
Have you ever prayed until your tears pooled on the floor? Have you ever listened to a day long teaching and begged the teacher to come back tomorrow and stay longer? Have you ever had to hide a bible? Have you ever had to find someone who had memorized some book of the bible because you had no written copy.
What have you given up to follow Christ? Whose relationship have you lost to have His? Who have you told about Him? How is your life different now than it was before you knew Him?
Am I blessed or just comfortable?
I have more questions but I can’t handle my answers to these.
Nick
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