Jesus, willing to sacrifice commands us to do the same

 Vince Miller's 9 Attributes of a man, says our apathy is defeated by Jesus's actions

Matthew 20:28 - Jesus came to serve and give his life as a ransom for many.

John 15:13 - Greater love - lay down your life for your friends.

"A man is willing to make hard sacrifices. While it is natural to be a taker, God's man is a giver. He understands that God is a generous giver who gave the ultimate sacrifice for all men. He believes that Christ’s sacrifice is the means of his salvation, but sacrifice is also the method of his sanctification. This attribute requires self-evaluation, radical priority, renewed positioning, an attitude that is willing, and a mindset that loses everything to win that of real value." - Vince Miller

Luke 14:25-35 Loving God more than our highest priorities: life, family, work, and rule. Enables us to give more to these priorities from the position of Jesus' disciple. 

• Coming to Jesus, we must see how badly we've done with our lives (Luke 14:26) and understand that sin's penalty is death (Luke 14:27). We must surrender our lives. When Jesus says "hate" it's "to love less than." Our lives include our heritage, ancestors, and their past achievements (father and mother). Our lives include our descendants, our future, our close family relationships, our wife and children.
• We need to see the cost is beyond the foundational conversion, but the finish line. The finish line requires effort and investment. Evaluate our commitment, more than zeal. 
• Jesus is king and we make peace with him while we can. We surrender everything to him. Lose to win, knowing God is set to win at the end of time. Lose in this lifetime or loss in eternity
• Salt is good. People are good. Salery is derived from Salt. Soldier is a derived from Salt. Salt that loses it's "saltiness" is good for nothing and thrown out. 

Don't waste your life. Give your life to Jesus and get involved in finding out God's good plan for your life.

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you - Romans 12:1-3