What does the Bible say about sacrifice and following Christ?

In Mark 10:28-31, Peter asks Jesus what reward they can expect for leaving everything to follow Him. Jesus responds by emphasizing that those who forsake family and land for His sake will receive a hundredfold in this life and eternal life in the world to come. This illustrates that leaving all to follow Christ should not be viewed as a loss but a grace-filled privilege. Paul’s declaration of counting his losses as dung (Philippians 3:8) highlights that true gain in Christ supersedes worldly loss. The call to sacrifice is met with the promise of spiritual and relational abundance in the body of Christ, which far outweighs any earthly loss.