GOSPEL READING: LUKE 14:25-33
In the same way, every one of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.
Great crowds were travelling with Jesus. They were not following him. They were travelling with him or along with him. They have seen many miracles they have heard him giving heart probing sermons and he was in fact out of the ordinary for the crowds. They liked him and they wanted to see more of these.
Jesus wanted them to be his followers. He did not want them to be just co-travellers. He wanted them to be followers. He also gave them criteria for being followers. They have to prefer him (Jesus) to his parents and relatives. Each one has to carry his or her own cross (no letting someone to carry the cross) and he or she has plan his goals in life and ready to renounce everything for the sake of his goal.
நற்செய்தி வாசகம்: லூக்கா 14:25-33
அப்படியே, உங்களுள் தம் உடைமையை எல்லாம் விட்டுவிடாத எவரும் என் சீடராய் இருக்க முடியாது.
சீடனாய் இருப்பதற்கும் உடன் பயணிப்பதற்கும் உள்ள வித்தியாசத்தை நன்றாக கூறுகிறார் இயேசு. கூட்டங்கள் உடன் பயணித்தன. சீடன் எல்லாவற்றையும் விட்டுவிட்டு பின்செல்ல வேண்டும்.
