Luke 14:26


This verse is not about martyrdom or the glory of being persecution because of following and being a disciple of Jesus Christ as commonly preached. Being a disciple or follower of Jesus doesn’t mean professing your eternal love for him. It means understanding his teachings and undertaking to applying them and Intergrate them into our lives which is originally what man and how man should be living. 


 

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