Mentoring Manna: Who are you willing to die for? © 2003 Pastor Keith Hassell MM00006 Who would you die for? John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” Who would you be willing to die for? Your mother? Father? Wife? Children? Friend? Stranger? Country?…

Elements of Sacrifice 2 Samuel 24:18-25 Let's first consider a few historical views of sacrifice. In the fourth century A.D., St. Augustine said of sacrifice: A true sacrifice is every work which is done that we may be united to God in holy fellowship, and which has a reference to that supreme good and…

How was Jesus the perfect sacrifice? Did Jesus become a sinner? What did the sacrifice of Jesus cost?

In order to take hold of the gospel and embrace the free grace of God in Christ, we must count (accept) the cost of laying down our lives. In this message, Pastor John walks us through this requirement, its reality, and the reasons for doing so.

Jesus' Kingdom is upside down in it's priorities. Jesus teaches us to esteem others as better than ourselves and to lay down everything to be His disciple. The call to the Christian life is a call to total surrender of ourselves and our rights to the will and authority of another. While the generation of Jews to which Jesus was sent mostly rejected Him, some believed. While judgement came on those who rejected Him, some were rescued. The same is still true; for Jew or Gentile (non-Jew) alike. Jesus rescues sinners. Count the cost and come, follow Him. Shared by Jason Stuart Percy on Sunday, August 1, 2021 at Refuge Christian Fellowship in Tallahassee, FL.