because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life.”1 Our reply to the grace of the gospel should not come with a half-hearted yes. The call to “follow me” cannot be a shuffling after Jesus. We respond to Him with our whole-hearted yes at all times. We follow Him with full awareness of the long and hard road ahead, with a daily step-by-step pursuit. The call to follow Jesus is not an Olympic 100-meter sprint. This is not nine seconds of the absolute best we
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