Luke 14:25-35

As we continue to look at divisions between those who believe in God and those who do not, and the divisions between Christian churches, we find that when we bear the cross, as Jesus says in Luke, it means that we will end up in opposition to some of the people closest to us: parents, siblings, spouses, children, ourselves.  As we count the cost of standing firm on God’s Word, it means we might lose all of those people we hold dear.  Is it worth it?  Sometimes it doesn’t seem like it.  But we must remember that Jesus counted the cost and still went to the cross for us.