What is the Cost?
Lent began with Ash
Wednesday. For lent we give something up until Easter as a way to remember the
trial and temptation Jesus faced in the dessert those 40 days and 40 nights.
This practice is not in the Bible but the practice of using ashes as a way of
repenting is in the Bible.
Matthew 11:21 says, “‘Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the
deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have
repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.”
Ash Wednesday is meant to be a time where we
begin repentance of something we want to give up, change, or even add in our
lives. This practice is intended to prepare us as followers of Christ for
Easter.
Today we are continuing our journey through lent and in the
series about Discipleship. So far we have talked about what Discipleship is. That
Discipleship is about a journey of learning from the teacher of truth, and
molding our hearts and minds to that truth in an effort to live Christ-like and
share it with others. An adherence to what Jesus is and teaches.
We have also talked about who is called to Discipleship.
That we are called to Discipleship the moment we hear the gospel. We all have
the choice to follow Christ or not to, but there is no half-effort way. There
is only THE WAY.
What is the cost? What is the cost of
Discipleship?