The cost of being a Disciple of Christ

We have been told by Christ that following Him is not going to be easy. The moment that we commit our lives to Him means that we are willing to take the cost of being His disciple. A disciple who is willing to take up his cross and deny himself for the sake of Christ. I was amazed on how early Christians proved this with their lives. This week I learned two things. These are being bold enough to defend our faith and to not conform to the ways of this world.

Early Christians had shown us the example on how they intellectually defended their faith to the educated people who tried to question their beliefs. Justin was one of the apologies who answered the accusation against Christianity. This issue is not new to us. Now a days, there are lots of "atheist" and other cultic groups who are against our belief and it is our opportunity, as Christians, to take our stand and be bold enough to defend our faith. However not all Christians are being educated on how to defend their faith. And we are so privileged that we are being taught of the basic doctrines here in BTC. Therefore, it must be a our duty to teach our fellow believers in Christ about the basic doctrines of our belief.

The world today is getting hostile and hostile. And this is a big challenge for us Christians, are we still willing to take the cost of following Christ even if it cost us our lives or our family? In the video that we have watched this week, I observed that Lactantuis was a somewhat conforming to the emperor just for the safety of all Christians. Though I would say that God had used him for the rapid growth of Christianity, still we could not deny the fact that he conformed to the emperor. This made me think of my own life. Wickedness is so rampant in our world today and as followers of Christ I should live my life different form the ways of this world. I should not conform to the pattern of this world just for my safety.

As a follower of Christ, now that I have been taught about how to defend my faith, the steps that I am going to take is to continue to study the scripture in order for me to be prepared to give an answer to those who will ask about my belief and to teach the people in our church about basic doctrines, after I graduate here in BTC.