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Attitude of the Righteous

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John 12:26
If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall My servant also be; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
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Jesus is saying in today's verse that we are to follow Him and as He is saying this He is headed for glory and to be with the Father. Of course, as He is saying these things He is also headed there on a path that goes to the cross along the way! When multitudes were going along with Him earlier Jesus told them that they could not be His disciples unless they were willing to carry their own cross and give up all their own possessions. {Lk.14:27,33} He told them to count the cost. That is still true for us today!

“And a certain scribe came and said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go." And Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." And another of the disciples said to Him, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father." But Jesus said to him, "Follow Me; and allow the dead to bury their own dead." {Matt.8:19-22}

The Lord was not demanding payment for our salvation. Indeed He had spoken long beforehand through the prophet Isaiah saying, "Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. {Is.55:1} That wonderful truth would ring throughout the ages. The apostle Paul would write moved by the Holy Spirit, salvation is the free gift of God {Eph.2:8} However, never was there ever a more costly gift—Jesus paid for it on the cross with His blood! It was the required blood of an unblemished Lamb! {Lev.17:11}

There is simply no greater gift-giver than our Father in heaven who gave His own Son so that we would have life—life abundant and filled with joy. However, we must remember that He also said that abundance is not about possessions! {Lk.12:15} True abundance is all about what fills your heart, not your pockets!

“Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails; ...” (1 Corinthians 13:4-8)
 
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