Understanding Christianity

Jesus addresses the crowd and issues three radically impossible conditions for following Him. We often think that we can fulfill these conditions with intensity and devotion in order to become a disciple of Jesus. What Jesus does in this passage is actually preach the LAW to crush us and show us our utter sin and guilt and inability to give up all and take up our cross and follow Him. The law condemns, but the gospel grants the grace to be Jesus' disciple. The point of this passage is to challenge us to sit down and count the cost of what it means to truly follow Jesus. Dr. Sean Cole explains the distinction between law and gospel and how often get this passage wrong. www.seancole.net