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Discipleship Costs Even More Than HS2 (Luke 14.25-33)

Before I looked at the readings for this week, I prayed, please God, please just let it be something easy. Something like, they shall know you are my disciples by your love, or treat others as you would like to be treated. Or even something uncontroversial. Jesus spoke to his disciples saying “kittens are quite nice.” But no. We’ve got two quite difficult passages from scripture this week. I’ve also got to say if I’m being honest with you folks, I really struggled to get my head around the Gospel passage this week, I don’t know about you, but the idea that Jesus tells us to hate other people just boggles my mind! It seems totally out of character with the Jesus I know and love. What the actual heck is going on here? Jesus’ point is a simple one. Discipleship costs, and we should be aware of that. Discipleship which lacks commitment is useless. If you’re an athlete and you don’t train, and eat nothing but cheeseburgers, you won’t win the race. If you’re a chorister or a sing