When the Scriptures speak of denying self, losing ones life, taking up the cross, forsaking all, and following Christ, such as found in the four Gospels preached by Christ, notably: Matt. 10:32-39; 16:24-26; Mk. 8:34-38; 10:21; Lk. 9:23-26, 57-62; 14:25-15:32; Jn. 12:24-25, the subject is indisputably a call to salvation (read also here ) . The call to discipleship is a call to salvation. They are one and the same. When Christ preached to the lost multitudes and professing be