Believe: The Cost of Discipleship – Luke 9:23-27

Believe: The Cost of Discipleship

Luke 9:23-27

1. What is the cost of Jesus? (vv.23-24)

• Denial of .

But even though disciplining yourself is sometimes difficult and involves struggle, self-discipline is not self-punishment. It is instead an attempt to do what, prompted by the Spirit, you actually want in your heart to do.” Donald Whitney

• Daily up His cross.

“I have been crucified with Christ, It is not longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me, and the life I live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God.” Galatians 2:20

“When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.”
― Deitrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

• Following Him, no matter the

2. What is the cost of following Jesus? (v.25-27)

• You may gain the , but you lose your soul.
• You miss your purpose you miss the .