K074. Jesus asked, Are you prepared to lose everything for me?

I have said that He did not tell us (everyone) to sell everything; but He did tell us (everyone) to take up our cross.
How about being prepared to lose everything for Him? Yes, I would think that He did say it or mean it too:
Luk 9:23-26 KJV  And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.  (24)  For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.  (25)  For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?  (26)  For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.

Losing our life is losing everything. So, do you agree that Jesus did tell us to be prepared to lose everything for Him? Of course, whether we will finally lose everything or not is not the question; the question is whether we are prepared to lose it for Him? If we are not prepared to lose everything for Him, we are still not willing to take up our cross for Him even if we are made poor for Him. Jesus would not want us to do it unwillingly. He wants us to have a heart that is prepared to lose everything for Him; not a heart that will keep everything for the old flesh. Hence, it is meaningless if we sing everyday that Jesus is the center of our hearts but we are never prepared to lose anything for Him.

Now, the final question: If we are prepared to lose everything, are we afraid to lose riches, comfort, prosperity, reputation, recognition, safety, security, salvation, favor, or grace? Of course not. If we have the mentality of losing reputation or favor, why should we be afraid of condemnation all the time? Why do we still need to hear vain repetition of assurance of riches, peace, no condemnation, favor, or hyper grace from many man's preachers over and over again? Why do we need to confess hyper grace, righteousness, prosperity, health, and wealth radically or ritualistically, or do like other religious people who do not know God?

I can say that we do not need to hear any of assurance of no condemnation from the 'very anointed preachers' and we can still prosper and find peace by the words of Jesus Christ. We can just do and teach His warnings, hard sayings, or commandments without feeling any condemnation. We have no secret. We simply repent and submit to His words.
Many people still want to cling on to the 'no condemnation' or 'hyper grace' messages because they are afraid of keeping the hard sayings and commandments of the Lord. Of course, we need assurance from the Lord when we are afraid. But if we always use the 'no condemnation'  messages to replace or 'push out' all the words and commandments of the Lord from our hearts, it simply shows that we have no faith or no willingness to keep them. Our argument that "a believer who has no condemnation, no guilt, or no conviction to repent will always have hyper grace to repent" is just a hyper excuse.

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