Discipleship

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Discipleship
Jesus style
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Lets Recap
? Jesus was not interested in numbers, but level
of desire.
? The parables He spoke challenged peoples level
of desire.
? That level of desire corresponded to how bad
they saw their need to be.
? That need was exhibited in their desperation to
find a solution to their problem. The
greater their need, the greater their
desperation to find the solution.
? No matter what the outward symptoms were, that
problem is sin, that solution is death, and
Jesus is the only One who can solve it.
? We were absolutely helpless and hopeless in our
sins. Nevertheless, Jesus died on our
behalf.
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Realizing the level of our need is not only
important in deciding to come to Christ for our
salvation, but it is also foundational to
making right choices as we follow Christ day by
day.
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The Importance of Repentance
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Luke 158-10 Or what woman, having ten silver
coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a
lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until
she finds it? And when she has found it, she
calls her friends and neighbors together, saying,
Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece
which I lost! Likewise, I say to you, there is
joy in the presence of the angels of God over one
sinner who repents.
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What is repentance?
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Repentance
metanoéo, to change ones mind, to
think completely differently about something, to
do a mental 180 turn.
Confession
homologéo, to say the same thing about
something, to be in agreement with an authority.
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Mark 14-5 John came baptizing in the
wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance
for the remission of sins. Then all the land of
Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him
and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River,
confessing their sins.
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Repentance
metanoéo, to change ones mind, to
think completely differently about something, to
do a mental 180 turn.
Confession
homologéo, to say the same thing about
something, to be in agreement with an authority.
These are not the same as saying you are sorry.
That is merely an expression of emotion and may
or may not be expressing repentance.
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Luke 1511-32 Then He said A certain man had
two sons. And the younger of them said to his
father, Father, give me the portion of goods
that falls to me. So he divided to them his
livelihood. And not many days after, the younger
son gathered all together, journeyed to a far
country, and there wasted his possessions with
prodigal living. But when he had spent all,
there arose a severe famine in that land, and he
began to be in want. Then he went and joined
himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent
him into his fields to feed swine. And he would
gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that
the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.
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But when he came to himself, he said, How many
of my fathers hired servants have bread enough
and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will
arise and go to my father, and will say to him,
Father, I have sinned against heaven and before
you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your
son. Make me like one of your hired servants.
And he arose and came to his father. But when
he was still a great way off, his father saw him
and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck
and kissed him. And the son said to him,
Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your
sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your
son. But the father said to his servants,
Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and
put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.
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Repentance is a decision that is made between two
opposing options.
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The Dual Makeup of Humanity
birth
death
Physical Life
practical
Spiritual Life
positional
The marred image of God in all of us
new birth
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Romans 718-23 For I know that in me (that is,
in my flesh) nothing good dwells for to will is
present with me, but how to perform what is good
I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I
do not do but the evil I will not to do, that I
practice. Now if I do what I will not to do, it
is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in
me. I find then a law, that evil is present
with me, the one who wills to do good. For I
delight in the law of God according to the inward
man. But I see another law in my members,
warring against the law of my mind, and bringing
me into captivity to the law of sin which is in
my members.
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Are you getting mixed signals?
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So which one will you choose?
The old life of sin and selfish behaviour
The new life of peace and living for God and
others
Who I was without Christ
Who I am in Christ
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Which sounds more appealing?
The old man
The new man
A slave to sin
A child of God
Is under the Law
Is living in grace
Paid with death
Rewarded with righteousness
Separated from God
Walking in the Spirit of God
Controlled by guilt
Constrained by love
Fearful
Free
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Hebrews 913-14 For if the blood of bulls and
goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the
unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the
flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ,
who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself
without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from
dead works to serve the living God?
Hebrews 61-3 Therefore, leaving the discussion
of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go
on to perfection, not laying again the foundation
of repentance from dead works and of faith toward
God, of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of
hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of
eternal judgment. And this we will do if God
permits.
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Repentance is not just turning from something,
but turning to something.