by David Gibson<\/p>\n
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
What has it cost you?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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…<\/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_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"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_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. In fact, in our reading for today Jesus explains how hard and how much is expected from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":95790,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/remembering-the-cost-of-freedom\/","url_meta":{"origin":94174,"position":1},"title":"Remembering the Cost of Freedom","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Download Audio by Garry Floyd Scripture Reading: \"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.\" - The Gospel of John 15:13 Introduction Read the Story of Lt. (SEAL) Michael P. Murphy More than 1.2 million\u00a0U.S. military members have lost their lives in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":91329,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/does-it-cost-too-much\/","url_meta":{"origin":94174,"position":2},"title":"Does It Cost Too Much?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by David Gibson The parable is only one verse long, but what a lesson is packed in those few words! \"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":98413,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/get-saved-quick-schemes\/","url_meta":{"origin":94174,"position":3},"title":"Get Saved Quick Schemes","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Chadwick Brewer \"But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God\" (II Corinthians 4:2). Some ways of presenting salvation seem\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":49192,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/does-god-expect-us-to-do-our-part\/","url_meta":{"origin":94174,"position":4},"title":"Does God expect us to do our part?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: When Simon helps carries Jesus' cross in Mark 15:21, does it have any special meaning? I remember a pastor talking about how Jesus told Christians to deny ourselves and take up our own cross (such as in Luke 9:23), but He could not carry His own cross. Simon had\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"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":5},"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. In our economic crisis, our world has been propelled into a dark period of hardship, sadness, and depression. As many have spent their time enjoying whatever the heart finds to do the day of reckoning brings about\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}