Sounds of my Writings: The Call Is Still Real

What will it cost to follow Christ? What will it cost, be considered a disciple? Is there still a price to pay to please God?

To come to the full knowledge and love of God, and walk with him will require that you and I come to the end of ourselves. The people and things you and I most treasure in life, our traditions, our friends, our personal dreams, our resources, our strength, our comforts, our philosophies, and even our will - all must be given to receive all that God has for you and me.

Allowing Christ to be Lord of your life requires complete surrender and unblemished faith. Trusting in his sovereign goodness in the valley of decisions, and crossing the threshold of pleasure verse godliness is the price you and I must pay to remain faithful to the call to “follow him”.

Luke 14:25-33

25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters yes, even their own life such a person cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? 29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, 30 saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

31 “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.

33 In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.

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Quotes by Pastor Andy Fernandez

"If you entertain or hearken your ears to the voice of your enemy you will eventually believe everything he says about you and your future. Do not entertain a liar!"

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Sounds of my Writings: The Fear of the Lord

The fear of the Lord, where is it?

The eternal judge who knows the motives of the soul and hearts of men. The one who sits as King over all, his throne established at the plumb line of eternity and earth, sovereignly exposing all that is hidden. Who will stand before him, or sit at his side?

Don’t you know the eternal, the one whose voice is deeper than the sounds of a thousand thunders? You run and hide your face from rain and lightning, but how about from him who is great and stands brilliantly as a burning fire. Is there anyone who would raise his/her voice before him, for he silences the tongues of men and establishes his righteous ones as stars in the midst of a dark sky. How great is our God! For he will judge the living and the dead with just scales.

1 Peter 4:1-6

1Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. 2As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. 3For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.

4They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you. 5But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. 6For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to human standards in regard to the body but live according to God in regard to the spirit.

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