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Luke 14 : 25-35
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple."
- Luke 14 : 26 (NIV) -
We, as a Christian, don't have any struggling to be a "follower", but how to be a "disciple" is main struggling for all Christian. Why?
Believing in Christ isn't because man's work, but because of God's work. This explains too that servant in the fellowship cannot make the person to repent, but only because of God's grace and mercy that makes them repent. To be a disciple of Christ means live like Christ, be like Christ, and think like Christ. If we see from Luke 14, there were many people who follow Jesus, but they don't have the right motivation to follow Him. Most of them believe in Him because of His miracles, not because of His teachings and they don't have the will to be His true disciples (John 6 : 26). They don't really know Him personally. That's why Jesus said to them,"“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters — yes, even his own life — he cannot be my disciple." (Luke 14 : 26). This verse indicates that God wanted his disciples to make Him as The Only One, not The Primary One. If we say that He is the primary one, then we still have the secondary and many more. But, if we said that He is The Only One, then our love to God will become the largest than our love to everything in this world (even our own life), and to take commitment as a disciple, it has a price to pay, too. We have to prepare ourselves to leave everything, even our comfort zone, to take the risk in becoming Christ's Disciple. It's a huge price, but worth an eternal price, you know?
Sadly, more than 90% of the Christian all over the world don't realize themselves that they are the disciple of Christ. The truth is that they who has a title of "Christians" are disciples, and it can't be separated. It's really hard to be done, but it's worth try. Hmm nope. We have to do it. We are the disciples. We just being challenged by God. Will we take those challenge to be the true disciples, or will you reject it and leave God's love?? To be honest, I still struggling with the same thing, so let's work it out together. Fight to be a true disciple!!!
Reference: Preach by K' Meidy in Friday Fellowship - February 22nd, 2013
Reference: Preach by K' Meidy in Friday Fellowship - February 22nd, 2013
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