Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did.

by John Mark Comer

Surely Jesus intended us to weigh both options. I have no doubt he would encourage you to run a cost-benefit analysis on both possible futures: one where you follow the Way and the other where you follow your own path. When you do the math, you may conclude that, yes, following Jesus will cost you—a lot. But here’s the thing: Not following Jesus will cost you even more. It will cost you life with God, the very purpose for which you were created. It will cost you access to the inner life of the Trinity, the “peace…which transcends all understanding,” and the “joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory.”[17] It will cost you freedom from the bondage of sin, healing from the wounding of sin, forgiveness from the guilt and shame of sin, and adoption into the family of God out of the isolation of sin. People often complain about how hard the spiritual life is. And the honest truth is, yes, it is. But what’s missing from this diagnosis is that the unspiritual life is even harder.

Nowhere does Comer warn that not following Jesus will end in eternal separation from the Father, ie. hell.