My Messages to the World

The cost and sacrifice of becoming a disciple of Yeshua was, “sell everything you have and give to the poor”. If someone was not willing to do this, they simply were not able to become a disciple of Yeshua and learn from him directly. What Yeshua taught was extremely valuable and required a high level of commitment and sacrifice from those learning from him directly. The 12 disciples of Yeshua had all given up everything they had to become disciples of Yeshua. Becoming disciples of Yeshua and learning from him directly cost them everything they had. Based on my experience over the years in teaching many people directly, I’ve learned that when personalized discipleship becomes too easy and its given for free and there are no high requirements for obedience and sacrifice, those learning will never take it seriously to the level of perfect obedience. It will at best be, just another pass time for its participants, or a social club. And if the participants do sacrifice everything they have, this still does not guarantee that they will reach perfect obedience either, which is why even among the 12 disciples that all sacrificed everything there was still one of them that was a traitor. So we never really know until later in time, when their actions reflect if they truly belong to God or not. Sometimes people might surprise us, and who was not expected to reach the finish line gets there, and who was expected to reach the finish line does not get there. Even so, if that level of betrayal happened under Yeshua’s direct discipleship and teaching, it is much more likely to happen to any of us who teach in the current time. Discipleship and raising a community is extremely difficult, and it cannot succeed if it does not come at a high cost and sacrifice and commitment to its participants.