Sacrifice & Commitment THE COST OF IDENTIFYING WITH CHRIST

We are simply and solemnly asking, “If the world is to be evangelised, if men and women of all nations are to be brought into the Kingdom of God, what kind of sacrifice will be needed? What is the price to be paid? What will it cost us?”

The cost of identifying with Christ

There is no other place to begin our quest than at the Cross of Christ, where by His sacrifice He became the Redeemer of the world. Sacrifice was the outstanding principle of Christ’s fruitful life. Fruitfulness in evangelism will be ours in proportion to the degree the Cross of Christ is operative in us. Christ taught this and lived it.

We must produce fruit

Sacrifice was the outstanding principle of Christ’s fruitful life.

Jesus taught it as a revolutionary spiritual principle as He spoke to the Greeks in Jerusalem during those final days before Calvary. He said, “Except a corn of wheat fall  into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.” – John 12:24, KJV

Bearing the Cross

The Greek outlook on life was very much that of the world today—seeking self-gratification, self-culture, and self-enjoyment. Jesus proclaimed that only as we die to self and renounce the self-centered life, can we experience the abundant life that produces a harvest for His Kingdom. There was no other way for Him than the way of the Cross. And we, the followers of a cross-bearing Saviour, should not be cross-evading disciples.

The law of spiritual harvest

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