D-T-RDEFINE THE

RELATIONSHIP

THE COST OF BEING A DISCIPLE

LUKE 9:23-27

23 THEN HE SAID TO [THEM] ALL, “IF ANYONE WANTS TO COME WITH ME, HE MUST DENY HIMSELF, TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY, AND FOLLOW ME. 24 FOR WHOEVER WANTS TO SAVE

HIS LIFE WILL LOSE IT, BUT WHOEVER LOSES HIS LIFE BECAUSE OF ME WILL SAVE IT.

Luke 9:23-24

25 WHAT IS A MAN BENEFITED IF HE GAINS THE WHOLE WORLD, YET LOSES OR FORFEITS HIMSELF? 26 FOR WHOEVER IS ASHAMED OF ME AND MY WORDS, THE SON OF MAN WILL BE ASHAMED OF HIM WHEN HE COMES IN HIS GLORY AND THAT OF THE FATHER AND THE HOLY

ANGELS.

Luke 9:25-26

27 I TELL YOU THE TRUTH: THERE ARE SOME STANDING HERE WHO WILL NOT TASTE DEATH UNTIL THEY SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD.”

Luke 9:27

WHAT HAS FOLLOWING

JESUS COST YOU?

A DISCIPLE PUTS GOD’S WILL FIRST

• A DISCIPLE MUST DENY HIMSELF.• MAN'S TENDENCY IS TO INDULGE

HIMSELF.• THE BELIEVER IS TO DENY HIMSELF

BY SUBMISSION TO THE THINGS OF GOD.

A DISCIPLE TAKES UP THE CROSS OF CHRIST

• THE CROSS DOES NOT MEAN MERELY BEARING ONE'S PARTICULAR HARDSHIP IN LIFE

• THERE IS A DOUBLE MEANING IN "TAKE UP THEIR CROSS." – IT MEANS TO FOLLOW JESUS TO THE

DEATH IF NECESSARY. – IT ALSO MEANS TO DIE TO SELFISH

DESIRES AND AMBITIONS

A DISCIPLE TAKES UP THE CROSS OF CHRIST

• THE CROSS DOES NOT MEAN MERELY BEARING ONE'S PARTICULAR HARDSHIP IN LIFE

• THERE IS A DOUBLE MEANING IN "TAKE UP THEIR CROSS."

• DYING TO SELF: –MEANS BEING DEAD TO SIN–MEANS ALIVE TO GOD–MEANS SUBMISSION TO GOD

A DISCIPLE TAKES UP THE CROSS OF CHRIST

• THE CROSS DOES NOT MEAN MERELY BEARING ONE'S PARTICULAR HARDSHIP IN LIFE

• THERE IS A DOUBLE MEANING IN "TAKE UP THEIR CROSS."

• DYING TO SELF. • THIS IS NOT A ONCE-FOR-ALL DEAL.

A DISCIPLE MUST FOLLOW JESUS

• MAN'S TENDENCY IS TO FOLLOW SOMEONE ELSE AND TO GIVE ONE'S FIRST ALLEGIANCE TO SOMETHING ELSE.

• FOLLOWING JESUS MUST BE CONTINUAL.

• FOLLOWING JESUS DOESN'T MEAN WALKING BEHIND HIM, BUT TAKING THE SAME ROAD OF SELF-DENIAL AND SELF-SACRIFICE.

• JESUS IS CALLING YOU TODAY TO FOLLOW.