GET A LIFE
Being a disciple requires sacrifice like Jesus Christ. Are down for that?
Introduction
Jn 10:27
nMy sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
Total commitment is required of Jesus Christ’s disciples
Mt 10:37-39 See also Mt 16:24-25 pp Mk 8:34-35 pp Lk 9:23-24; Mk 6:8; Lk 14:26-27; 17:33; Jn 12:25
The purpose of discipleship is to become Christlike
Eph 4:22-24 See also Mt 5:48; Lk 6:40; Ro 8:29 God’s purpose in election; Ro 12:1-2; 13:14; 2Co 3:18; 7:1; Eph 1:4; Col 1:28; 3:12; 2Ti 3:17 the purpose of Scripture; 1Pe 1:14-15 a call to holiness; 2Pe 1:5-7; 1Jn 3:2-3
Total commitment is required of Jesus Christ’s disciples
Mt 10:37-39 See also Mt 16:24-25 pp Mk 8:34-35 pp Lk 9:23-24; Mk 6:8; Lk 14:26-27; 17:33; Jn 12:25
The purpose of discipleship is to become Christlike
Eph 4:22-24 See also Mt 5:48; Lk 6:40; Ro 8:29 God’s purpose in election; Ro 12:1-2; 13:14; 2Co 3:18; 7:1; Eph 1:4; Col 1:28; 3:12; 2Ti 3:17 the purpose of Scripture; 1Pe 1:14-15 a call to holiness; 2Pe 1:5-7; 1Jn 3:2-3
It was hard for Jews to imagine that their Messiah, the crown of the nation’s development and the fulfilment of its history, was destined to suffer ignominy, rejection and death. After all, the Messiah was intended to usher in God’s victory.