What is the Cost of Being a Committed Christian?

What is the Cost of Being a Committed Christian?


1.  You must be born-again.  Having Jesus in your heart will be your
first step to being a committed disciple of Jesus Christ.  Jesus told
Nicodemus in John 3:3, "ye must be born again."

2.  You must be a baptized believer in Jesus.  After salvation, being
baptized is the main, first step of obedience.

3.  You need to be a tithing member, reading your Bible on a daily
basis, praying on a daily basis, witnessing for Jesus whenever the
situation arises, and attending church (Sunday School and all church
services.)  WHY?  II Peter 3:18---a slacker of any of these cannot grow
to full maturity in Jesus Christ.  You cannot expect a child to grow
with out proper nourishment and so it is with the "child of God".

4.  To be a committed disciple after all these things (1-3) are dealt
with, there is one main ingredient---giving your entire life, body,
family, marriage, etc to the complete ownership of Jesus Christ.  
Letting Him be the controller of what happens in your life.  Going to
the back seat of the car and letting Him have the wheel.  Then and
only then does your salvation, your church, your children, your
family, and yes, even your very existence become His completely and
you will notice in your life that you will experience less satanic
dominance, satanic influence, and less satanic resistance concerning
your wanting to serve the Lord.  Just tell satan, "You're not going to
defeat me in this move of mine to serve Jesus."  Do as Jesus did, "Get
behind me, satan".  Start quoting verses (that's why we encourage
scripture memorization).  Being faithful to church and to the things of
Christ takes hard work, but there is great reward if we just follow
Him.  Let me challenge you, Christian, fight the good fight of
faith---but don't try it on your own---include Jesus---let Him be your
first line of defense against satan.  Satan cannot stand against the
Master--it is impossible for 'ole slippery foot to succeed against God,
Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.

--Pastor Fryer