Requirements of Biblical Discipleship

If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. ²⁷ And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. ²⁸ For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it— ²⁹ lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, ³⁰ saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’? ³¹ Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? ³² Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. ³³ So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

1. Love Christ
   1. If you want to be my disciple, you must hate everyone else by comparison—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple.
   2. God must be number  1
   3. Before the things of this world
2. Bear his own Cross
   1. And whoever does not bear his cross …. cannot be My disciple.
   2. Carrying Cross is a sign of death
3. Come after Christ/Forsake it all
   1. …. come after Me cannot be My disciple.
   2. So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.
   3. Obey his ways
4. Count the Cost
   1.  For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it
   2. It is a journey, and it will be costly

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