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The cost of consecrated living for Christ can be high.
• Abraham had to yield up his son (Genesis 22:1–19).
• Daniel was cast in the lions’ den (Daniel 6).
• Stephen was killed by stoning (Acts 7).
• Paul spent years in prison (Act 7).
• Jesus died on the cross (Hebrews 12:2).
How much does it cost me?
“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me” (Luke 9:32).
Paul is not mentioned in Acts7.