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Luke 14:33 - Jesus Our All in All.

Luke 14:33 (NKJV) So likewise, whoever of 
you does not forsake all that he has cannot be 
My disciple.  

Luke 14:33 (AMP) So then, any of you who 
does not forsake (renounce, surrender claim to, 
give up, say good-bye to) all that he has cannot 
be My disciple.  

INTRODUCTION

Jesus audience was well aware of what it 
meant to carry ones own cross. When the Romans 
led a criminal to his execution site, he was 
forced to carry the cross on which he would die. 
This showed his submission to Rome and warned 
observers that they had better submit too. Jesus spoke 
this teaching to get the crowds to think through 
their enthusiasm for him. He encouraged those who 
were superficial either to go deeper or to turn 
back. Following Christ means total submission to 
him"perhaps even to the point of death. [Life 
Application SB] 

COMMENTARY PEARL

   In giving ourselves to God, we must 
necessarily give up all that would separate us from Him. 
Hence the Saviour says, "Whosoever he be of you 
that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be 
My disciple." Luke 14:33. Whatever shall draw 
away the heart from God must be given up. Mammon 
is the idol of many. The love of money, the 
desire for wealth, is the golden chain that binds 
them to Satan. Reputation and worldly honor are 
worshiped by another class. The life of selfish ease 
and freedom from responsibility is the idol of 
others. But these slavish bands must be broken. We 
cannot be half the Lord's and half the world's. We 
are not God's children unless we are such 
entirely.  
   There are those who profess to serve God, 
while they rely upon their own efforts to obey His 
law, to form a right character, and secure 
salvation. Their hearts are not moved by any deep sense 
of the love of Christ, but they seek to perform 
the duties of the Christian life as that which 
God requires of them in order to gain heaven. 
Such religion is worth nothing. When Christ 
dwells in the heart, the soul will be so filled 
with His love, with the joy of communion with 
Him, that it will cleave to Him; and in the 
contemplation of Him, self will be forgotten. Love to 
Christ will be the spring of action. Those who feel 
the constraining love of God, do not ask how 
little may be given to meet the requirements of 
God; they do not ask for the lowest standard, but 
aim at perfect conformity to the will of their 
Redeemer. With earnest desire they yield all and 
manifest an interest proportionate to the value of 
the object which they seek. A profession of 
Christ without this deep love is mere talk, dry 
formality, and heavy drudgery. SC44,45 

COMMENTARY

A Holy Obsession
   When one of my granddaughters was little, 
she loved to collect stuffed animals. Whenever I 
traveled, she asked me to bring one home for her. But 
one day when we were talking on the phone, she 
said, Papa, Im not obsessed with stuffed 
animals anymore. Im just obsessed with talking to 
you. 
   That warmed my heart. And I thought about 
how, as believers, we should feel that way about 
our relationship with God. We should all be able 
to say, Lord, Im obsessed with talking to 
You, walking with You, hearing from You, and 
knowing You. 
   In Luke 14, Jesus made this statement: 
So you cannot become my disciple without giving 
up everything you own (verse 33 NLT). The 
New King James Version translates it this way: 
Whoever of you does not forsake all that he has 
cannot be My disciple. 
   Does that mean its a sin to have a car 
or a house or money in the bank? Of course not. 
From the original language, we could also 
translate this verse So you cannot become My 
disciple without surrendering your claim to 
everything you own. 
   Its a recognition that God is the 
owner. God is in control of it. We recognize that 
were simply stewards of what we have for a period 
of time. 
   To be His disciples, we must turn over 
the title deeds of our lives to Christ. We are 
not actually owners; we are stewards. Everything 
we have will be passed on to someone else one 
day. 
   It is not wrong to have a career, but it 
is wrong if a career has you. It is not wrong 
to have possessions, but it is wrong if your 
possessions have you. Things have their place, but not 
the most important place. 
   As Christians, our only real passion and 
obsession in life should be Jesus Christ. [Greg Laurie 
from Harvest Ministries; 
https://www.harvestdaily.com] 

Losing Yourself and Finding Gods Best
   When Jesus said, Whoever of you does 
not forsake all that he has cannot be My 
disciple, did He mean that Christians must take a vow 
of poverty and give away every possession? 
   No. Jesus was saying that we need to 
surrender our claim to our possessions. It simply 
means that we understand the ID tags on all that 
we have are not ours; theyre Gods. 
   It means that you recognize it is the 
Lords family that He has given you. It is the 
Lords life that you are the steward of. They are 
the Lords resources that you are spending. It 
is the Lords house that He has given to 
you. 
   The Bible says, Or do you not know 
that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit 
who is in you, whom you have from God, and you 
are not your own? For you were bought at a 
price; therefore glorify God in your body and in 
your spirit, which are Gods (1 Corinthians 
6:19-20 NKJV). 
   We surrender our claim and say, Lord, 
it belongs to You. What do You want me to 
do? Then we pursue the path that He has for us. 
   The apostle Paul summed it up well when 
he said, I have been crucified with Christ; 
it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in 
me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I 
live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and 
gave Himself for me (Galatians 2:20 NKJV). 
   The crucified life really means one 
thing: dying to self. It means losing yourself and, 
in the process, finding yourself. Through death 
you find life. 
   What it doesnt mean is that we will be 
miserable and unable to live life to its fullest. It 
means the opposite. When we discover Gods plan 
for us, life becomes what it was meant to be. 
[Greg Laurie from Harvest Ministries; 
https://www.harvestdaily.com] 

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