“Whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.” —Luke 14:33 The people were following Jesus in great numbers, but for the wrong reasons. So He made a series of statements intentionally designed to thin out the ranks. He wanted to be left with those…

I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. —Philippians 3:14 You remember how God fed the Israelites with manna. Every morning they would wake up, step out of their tents, and there would be the manna just waiting for them. But this…

“They Have Rejected Me” Often when people refuse to hear and obey, or just flatly reject, the teaching of God presented by a faithful proclaimer of the Word, they seem content to say, “Well, that’s just his idea, and mine is as good as his, and after all I know…