Lose your shoes?

Garth Heckman The David Alliance [email protected]    Nice shoes…     Luke 9:23 And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me.   Would you give up your shoes to follow Jesus? Your wardrobe, your education, your house, your friends, your spouse, your dreams, goals amibitions…  WOULD YOU GIVE UP EVERYTHING?      Lets talk gym membership   PEOPLE TODAY PICK A CHURCH BECAUSE ITS EASY.   -  Great worship     -  Great preaching        -  Great friends           -  Great technology               -  Great ministries                 -  Great location                    -  Great facilities … coffee… etc… BUT IF THEY DO NOT CHALLENGE YOU TO PICK UP YOUR CROSS - THEY ARE AN APOSTASY.  Def: abandonment or renunciation of one’s religious faith, principles, or cause.   Churches are competing with other churches to attract people to their church - RATHER THAN… preaching the cross of Christ!     What is the price of your cross… what is the cost of the cross: Loneliness, misunderstanding, lack of friends or lose friends, viewed as odd or religious, fired, financial loss… old school