Luke 8-9 Want something of value? It'll cost you.

October 27th, Luke 8-9

       Cost, how much will it cost? Get three estimates, we don't want to overpay. There is nothing unreasonable about financial responsibility.  Costs can be off by the calculations of another or through our own failure. Sometimes our failure lies in the  problem of considering our system and what reals costs are. Here's a misunderstanding calculation...
       Someone offers up their life or their freedom or do anything they can to kill the rat in their jail cell for a meal, because they decided to go "all in" and share the gospel of Jesus Christ. We concern ourselves with the condescending look of a neighbor, name calling, or cry of intolerant.
       We are in that moment when people will consider their abuse of Christian values to be the voice of reason. You and I are blessed when people curse us for the truth. There is a new cost to this thing of Christianity.
       It'll cost you to say abortion is wrong! It'll cost you to say that in Gods view, there is no such thing as gay marriage. It'll cost you to challenge the notion that all roads lead to heaven! You'll be hated or treated as an awful hateful person to proclaim truth. The cost in our new world is high, it's still pretty lame compared to our martyr brothers and sisters, but it is real. Are you willing to be hated when you speak the truth. Costing something to be a Christian is becoming a very real part of our society. It's becoming hazardous to speak, but more hazardous to not speak.