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The Cost of Discipleship
Hospitality is one of the principal ways of demonstrating righteousness. We see this clearly exhibited for us in Genesis 19, when Lot showed himself to be the only righteous man in Sodom, or when the man in Gibeah of Benjamin sheltered the levite in Judges 19. Both Sodom and Gibeah were marked by God for destruction as a result of their wickedness, which was shown in their inhospitable behavior. And note that Sodom was destroyed by fire from heaven, which…
Surrender to Jesus
After eliciting a confession from Peter of whom he thought Jesus was, Jesus set forth the terms of discipleship. It was a free gift that would cost you everything. Self-denial and radical abandon are what it costs to follow Jesus. This stands in stark contrast to Herod and the crowd. Herod longed to be entertained by Jesus, and the crowd wanted a mighty servant. Their desires betrayed their own misunderstanding of who Jesus was. In Matthew’s account of the confession, Jesus…