{"id":94174,"date":"2026-02-22T15:18:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=94174"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:18:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:18:35","slug":"what-price-obedience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-price-obedience\/","title":{"rendered":"What Price Obedience?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>by David Gibson<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What it cost Abraham: his homeland (Acts 7:2-3; Hebrews 11:8-10).<\/li>\n<li>What it cost Joseph: imprisonment (Genesis 39).<\/li>\n<li>What it cost Moses: the pleasures of sin and the treasures of Egypt (Hebrews 11:24-26).<\/li>\n<li>What it cost Jesus: His blood (I Peter 1:18-19).<\/li>\n<li>What it cost John the Baptist: his head (Mark 6:17-29).<\/li>\n<li>What it cost Stephen: his life (Acts 7:54-60).<\/li>\n<li>What it cost Matthew: his job (Matthew 9:9).<\/li>\n<li>What it cost Paul: his prestige (Philippians 3:4-8).<\/li>\n<li>What it cost John: exile (Revelation 1:9).<\/li>\n<li>What it cost the Hebrew Christians: loss of their property (Hebrews 10:32-34).<\/li>\n<li>What it cost Epaphroditus: his health (Philippians 2:25-30).<\/li>\n<li>What it cost the Christians of Asia Minor: rejection by their peers (I Peter 4:1-4).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They believed it was well worth it. For those who are faithful, for every cost there is abundant compensation (Mark 10:28-30).<\/p>\n<p>What has it cost you?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by David Gibson What it cost Abraham: his homeland (Acts 7:2-3; Hebrews 11:8-10). What it cost Joseph: imprisonment (Genesis 39). What it cost Moses: the pleasures of sin and the treasures of Egypt (Hebrews 11:24-26). What it cost Jesus: His blood (I Peter 1:18-19). What it cost John the Baptist: his head (Mark 6:17-29). What&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1901,182,188],"class_list":["post-94174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-cost","tag-suffering","tag-trials"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45075,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/counting-the-cost\/","url_meta":{"origin":94174,"position":0},"title":"Counting the Cost","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Luke 14:25-35 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If you look into history, most religious leaders consider their success based on the size of the crowd that follows their teaching. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jesus did not. 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Hamilton Text: Hebrews 1:1-14 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Christ has been appointed heir of all things \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Everything belonging to the Father are Christ\u2019s - John 16:15 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The nations were given to him as an inheritance - Psalms 2:8 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0All things are gathered together under his rule - Ephesians 1:10 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0D.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0All\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":55681,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/consider-the-cost-first-to-lessen-the-debt-later\/","url_meta":{"origin":94174,"position":4},"title":"Consider the Cost First to Lessen the Debt Later","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 11, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"by Kent Heaton The burden of debt robs happiness and joy from life. 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