No such thing as Partial Commitment or Total Commitment

It’s either you’re Committed or Not Committed

Are You Committed or Spectator?

Commitment - a pledge to fulfil, an obligation, to obligate ourselves to a cause.

Synonyms: responsibility, vow, resolution, determination.

The problem with commitment is it’s always conditional

We are good in making excuses

Jesus gave a parable to combat excuse making.

They were invited to "the great feast, but they all with one accord began to make excuse.

Excuses We Make

1. The first made an excuse regarding possessions

Vs. 18 “I bought a piece of land and I must go and see it. So please excuse me.

2. The second made an excuse in the realm of business or work.

Vs. 19 “I have bought five yoke of oxen and I am going to test it, so please excuse me”

 3. The third made his excuse concerning family/ relationships

Vs. 20 “I have married a wife, and therefore cannot come…So please excuse me”

The challenge for us is the tendency to misrepresent commitment

Commitment can be circumstantial

The problem is when Commitment is conditional on circumstances & time

God will not accept any of our excuses

Vs 24 “For I say unto you that none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper”

God’s Requirement is plain and simple

Count the cost

Vs. 27 “And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be my disciple”

Vs. 33 “So likewise whoever of you does not forsake ALL THAT HE HAS cannot be my disciple”