In building a house, the contractor must first make plans for the house and from the plans then evaluate what it will to cost to complete it, so that he doesn't begin a project that he cannot finish because he didn't accurately count the cost (Luke 14:28-30). Likewise, before Jesus began building His elect Church in time, from eternity the Son of God covenanted and planned with His Father to save His elect, and then agreed upon the cost to build the Church. Before the first living stone was laid upon Jesus the Rock, the righteousness of Christ was determined to be the Church's only merit and the sacrifice of Christ determined to remove all of the Church's demerit. This was the infinite price to purchase the salvation of undeserving sinners chosen in Christ. And though Jesus has once and for all paid the price for the eternal salvation of all His elect, it is a mistake to think that there is no cost to the Christian in following Christ. We pay nothing for our salvation, but we must be willing to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Jesus even if means losing our dreams, our jobs, our homes, our family, our friends, our freedom, or even our lives. That is the cost to us in seeing the Church built. Faith is the means. Loving sacrifice is the evidence of faith. The main points from our text are: (1) The Cost to Christ (Matthew 16:21-23); (2) The Cost to Every Christian (Matthew 16:24-27).
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