Make a Decision, and Push All In.

So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him. And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.”

And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”

So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen’s equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.
- 1 Kings 19:19-21

In these verses Elijah gives Elisha the offer to become his disciple by throwing his mantle on him. When Elisha asks about returning to his family, Elijah's response is that the choice is up to him. Elisha had no intent on ever returning to the life he had once lived. So much so that he killed his entire yoke of oxen, destroyed his farm equipment by using it to cook the oxen, and gave the meat to the people. He then willingly became the servant of Elijah because he wanted what Elijah had to teach him.

Elisha was all in. This same scenario was reiterated by Jesus many years later.

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it— lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’? Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple."
- Luke 14:26-33

Jesus' words do not need interpretation, obviously. If we are able to read plain English, and have at least an average cognitive processing capability, we are able to discern that Jesus is saying we must be "all in" if we are to be His followers. If we are not His followers, then we do not have salvation. Pretty simple.

Let us make our call and election sure! Leave the old life, the old man, entirely. We cannot take our life and do "patch work" with Jesus. We must start fresh, new, and let go of EVERYTHING that was. We must examine our self. Are we all in? Are we willing to sacrifice EVERYTHING for what we have in Christ? If we aren't, maybe we should read Jesus' words again. There is NO FENCE. There is NO PART TIME POSITION. There is NO ALMOST. The world is saturated with false doctrine. Say this "sinners" prayer, and you will be saved. NO!! Follow Jesus and obey His words, then you will be saved!! Move all in, or know that you are all out!! This is truth. Make a decision!