Counting the Cost

Does a small or large congregation mean the Truth is preached there? How does Christ divide with His Word? How is mixing Grace and works leaven? Why must we care only about what Christ says not family or friends? Is Christ a gift or an option? How is the Bible, the Word the Will of God? How is it that we must bear Christ's cross in Him? How did Christ prepare His disciples for His death? How are people in their own religion some of the meanest and bitterest people in this world? Can God condemn some and not others? Why would God have mercy on some and not others? Are we to weigh the cost or is it speaking of Christ Who is the only One Who could pay the cost?