Commitment of Discipleship

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Committed To Following Christ

• Luke 957-62

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Committed To Following Christ

• He taught to count the cost Lk 957-62
• Requires self denial (57-58)
• We must put Christ 1st in our lives (59-60)
• Requires focus (61-62) Gen 1924-26
• Relationships Luke 1426
• If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his
  father and mother, wife and children, brothers
  and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he
  cannot be My disciple.

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Committed To Following Christ

• He taught to count the cost Lk 957-62
• Requires self denial (57-58)
• We must put Christ 1st in our lives (59-60)
• Requires focus (61-62) Gen 1924-26
• Relationships Luke 1426
• Christ left us an example to follow
  Phil 21-12

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Committed To Following Christ

• Paul was a great example of commitment
• He endured much as a Christian
  2 Cor 1123-29, 2 Cor 45-10
• He taught others the need to live for Christ Gal
  220
• I have been crucified with Christ it is no
  longer I who live, but Christ lives in me and
  the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
  faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave
  Himself for me.

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Committed To Following Christ

• Paul was a great example of commitment
• He endured much as a Christian
  2 Cor 1123-29, 2 Cor 45-10
• He taught others the need to live for
  Christ 2 Cor 59, 15
• Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or
  absent, to be well pleasing to Him.
• He died for all, that those who live should live
  no longer for themselves, but for Him who died
  for them and rose again.

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Committed To Following Christ

• Paul was a great example of commitment
• He endured much as a Christian
  2 Cor 1123-29, 2 Cor 45-10
• He taught others the need to live for Christ Gal
  220, 2 Cor 59, 15
• Remained committed even in the face of death 2
  Tim 46-8

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Committed To Following Christ

• Some are hindered by
• False teachers 2 Peter 21-2
• Temptations Luke 814
• Now the ones that fell among thorns are those
  who, when they have heard, go out and are choked
  with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and
  bring no fruit to maturity.

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Committed To Following Christ

• Some are hindered by
• False teachers 2 Peter 21-2
• Temptations Luke 814
• Things that are not sinful of themselves Matt
  633
• But seek first the kingdom of God and His
  righteousness, and all these things shall be
  added to you.

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Committed To Following Christ

• Some are hindered by
• False teachers 2 Peter 21-2
• Temptations Luke 814
• Things that are not sinful of themselves Col
  31-2
• If then you were raised with Christ, seek those
  things which are above, where Christ is, sitting
  at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things
  above, not on things on the earth.

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Committed To Following Christ

• Some are hindered by
• False teachers 2 Peter 21-2
• Temptations Luke 814
• Things that are not sinful of themselves Matt
  633, Col 31-2
• They are enemies of the cross
  Phil 318-19

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With A Lack Of Commitment

• The Lords church will suffer
• Services will be lifeless
• Poor attendance
• Few conversions
• Children will be lost
• They themselves will be lost
• A church can die