East Ridge Pres

Luke 14: 25 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Jesus is followed by great crowds of people but he is not impressed by there coming out to hear him. He is not delighted by their numbers and his own popularity. Unlike preachers and politicians and business people he does not try to please them. He does not do what he can to draw more and more. Rise in the polls. The evangelical church today is often more about customers and keeping the customer satisfied and increasing our sales. Or our attendance. People change brands if they don’t find the brand pleasing. Like we change shoes or laptops. We are customers. Jesus wants disciples. Disciples follow and say “yes sir” to every order no matter how rough it gets. They don’t complain about the food or the temperature or the hardship. Or the music or youth ministries.