Lo que cuesta el Compromiso

Pastor Roy DeLaGarza

Lucas 14:25-35

 
 

Intro:

Todo cuesta. Cuando algo parece gratuito, hay que examinarlo bien. Si no te cuesta a ti, lo costo a otra persona.

Hacer un voto, o compromiso a Dios tambien cuesta. Examinemos hoy el costo.

I. El Cuadro
Multitudes seguian a Jesus (Lucas 14:25).
A. Algunos venían por las ilustraciones y sus enseñanzas claras sobre cosas espirituales, y otros venían con la esperanza de ser sanados.
B. Otros venían solo por la curiosidad, deseando ver algun milagro. Como espectadores a un accidente, llegaban par aver algo fuera de lo ordinario

C. Politicos y Patriarcas tambien venian para ver si podian reclutar a Jesús para ser representante de sus causas politicas.

II. La Consagracion
Viendo los rostros de los que le seguían, Jesús expresa claramente la consagración  (vs. 26-27, 33).

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1.Relacion Personal. Esto se encuentra en el verso 26.
Lucas 14: 25 Lo que hay que dejar.  Pon tu relacion con Jesús por encima de toda otra relacion o amistad. Jesús aquí hablo claramente

Que prosito tenia Jesús en decir esto?  Quisas despertar a la multitud de un compromiso de a medias.  O quisas queria despedir a los que no estaban comprometidos. Esto no es para condenar familias. Es para escoger lados! En que lado estas tu?

·         Jesus pide nada menos que nuestros corazones… No se puede dar en porciones de mitad. Mateo 6:24  Nadie puede servir a dos Maestros.

Tambien te costará Deseos Personales

2. A Personal Reckoning
Vero 27And No puede ser mi discipulo el que no tome su cruz.
Ellos estaban acostumbrados a ver a los criminales cargar sus propias cruces en las que serían crucificados.

Jusus asegura a sus seguidores.

In Romans 12:1, Paul calls on the same dedication to death…
Present your bodies as a living sacrifice holy and acceptable to God… which by the way is your reasonable service!

I’m glad God hasn’t asked me to die for Him… Oh but he has!

What it means to offer a Living Sacrifice:
- Offer up your flippancy and “Count The Cost”!
28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 29Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, 30Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
- Easy Believism has softened commitment
- Is serving God costing you anything? Clearly it must!

- Offer up your Self-Sufficiency
31Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? 32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
- The king in the illustration had to admit defeat because the greater king is pursuing him.
- God has a way of over-powering us at times… only a fool goes up against God’s army!

Finally the cost of Commitment costs…
3. A Personal Relinquishment
33So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Illustr: Business man fed up with the uncertainty of his business and life finally gave it to God after hearing a sermon like this one… That night his business burned to the ground. As he arrived at the site and watched calmly as it went up in flames, His manager asked, “are you not concerned”… Here’s what he said… “This morning I gave this company to God, and if He wants to burn it up, that’s His business”

Did you catch the seriousness in Christ’s statement…
33So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot (no way, no how) be my disciple.

What Does Your Commitment Cost?
Does it cost you and hour of Sunday sleep,
Does it cost you a dollar from a padded purse,
Does it cost you a prayer or two…
Does it cost as much as it cost our dear Savior,
I ask you what does commitment cost you?

He closes with this…
34Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? 35It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
1. Christianity is a Good Thing
2. God judges worth differently than the world (heart)
3. We must listen and obey the call of Christ
4. If Not… we cannot be His disciple!

Illust. People who are married should go places together (what if the groom didn’t want to go on the honeymoon) We are the Bride of Christ… do you spend time together? Are you committed?