The Radical Demands of the Gospel

Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple... So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple." -Luke 14:25-27, 33

I DARE you to listen to this sermon by David Platt, pastor of the Church of Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama. I don't say that to be cute or catchy. I dare you to listen because I know how easy it is to not click on a link and listen to a sermon, especially when you see a passage like the one quoted above associated with it. I dare you because I know that our sinful flesh recoils at the thought of self-denial, earthly sacrifice, dangerous risk, and complete abandonment to God. I dare you because the absolutely necessary prerequisites of salvation which Jesus commands are all but totally ignored in American Christendom, yet YOUR ETERNAL SOUL will experience either eternal joy in God's presence or eternal torment under God's wrath, depending on whether or not you accept Jesus on His terms!

Jesus is worthy of reckless abandonment to Him! God is supremely satisfying to those who have left all for the treasure of Him! We dare not settle for risk-less, heartless, safe, empty Christianity! If we do, we will miss out on Jesus!

If you can stomach the first sermon, What the Gospel Demands, here's the rest of the series. (I'm listening to the third sermon now.)
2: The Gospel Demands Radical Sacrifice
3: The Gospel Demands Radical Compassion
4: The Gospel Demands Radical Urgency
5: The Gospel Demands Radical Giving
6: The Gospel Demands Radical Abandonment (Part 1)
7: The Gospel Demands Radical Abandonment (Part 2)
8: The Gospel Demands Radical Abandonment (Part 3)

Update: Follow-up blog post here.
Update 2: Another follow-up post here.

You can also download the videos, audios, sermon notes, and small group study guides of these sermons here.