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Title: Understanding Our Genetic Code


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Understanding Our Genetic Code
  • Evangelism and Discipleship

2
Evangelism
  • And He said to them, "Go into all the world and
    preach the gospel to all creation.
  • Mark 1615

3
  • "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached
    in the whole world for a witness to all the
    nations, and then the end shall come.
  • Matthew 2414

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I. What is the Gospel?
  • The word gospel comes from the Greek word
    Euaggeliun pronounced (yoo-ang-ghel-eeon)
  • It means a good or joyful message
  •  
  • Websters 1828 dictionary defines it as
  • The history of the birth, life, actions, death,
    doctrines, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus
    Christ a revelation of the grace of God to
    fallen man through a mediator.
  •  

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  • For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the
    power of God for salvation to everyone who
    believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
  • Romans 116

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  • The gospel or good news has miraculous power for
    salvation for everyone who believes. Salvation
    is not just going to heaven, but also means to
    rescue, deliver, make whole, heal, and restore.
  • This is the heart of the whole or Full-Gospel
    message. God wants to heal you in spirit, soul
    and body! Why would anyone be ashamed or
    disappointed in something so awesome and so
    life-changing as the gospel?

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II. What does it mean to Preach the Gospel?
  • Noah Webster defined it as
  • To pronounce a public discourse on a religious
    subject, or from a text of scripture.
  • To discourse on the gospel of salvation and
    exhort to repentance to discourse on evangelical
    truths and exhort to a belief of them and
    acceptance of the terms of salvation. This was
    the extemporaneous manner of preaching pursued by
    Christ and his disciples.

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It is translated from the Greek word-Kerusso
(Kau-roos-so)
  • 1) to be a herald, to officiate as a herald
  • a) to proclaim after the manner of a herald
  • b) always with the suggestion of formality,
    gravity and an authority which must be listened
    to and obeyed
  • 2) to publish, to proclaim openly something
    which has been done
  • 3) used of the public proclamation of the gospel
    and matters pertaining to it, made by John the
    Baptist, by Jesus, by the apostles and other
    Christian teachers

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  • Preaching the gospel is the main avenue of
    evangelism taught and demonstrated by Jesus and
    his disciples, but it is the least used method in
    all of Christianity.
  • We tend to trust in church services, Christian
    radio, Christian TV, Christian books, and
    Christian movies and concerts to reach the
    masses, but forget that 99 of those listening
    are Christians.
  • Preaching the gospel confronts the lost in
    greater numbers and much more cheaply than any of
    these methods, and demonstrates a radical
    Christian life. We want to do all that we can to
    get the good news out, but lets not forget the
    method Jesus used-Preaching the Gospel of the
    Kingdom!

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III. Examples of Preaching in the Old Testament
  • Wisdom shouts in the street, she lifts her voice
    in the square at the head of the noisy streets
    she cries out at the entrance of the gates in
    the city, she utters her sayings "How long, O
    naive ones, will you love simplicity? And
    scoffers delight themselves in scoffing, and
    fools hate knowledge? "Turn to my reproof,
    behold, I will pour out my spirit on you I will
    make my words known to you. Prov. 120-23

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  • Most of the Old Testament preaching took place in
    the gates of the city. Most cities were walled
    off to protect against attack. So all travel
    would come and go through these gates. The bible
    also shows that business was done in the gates
    and court was held and decisions broadcast at the
    gates.
  • Public meetings, peace negotiations, and
    executions were held at gates. The religious
    leaders as well as beggars hung out at the gates
    of the city. This was where people congregated,
    so this is where the prophets preached! Where
    are todays preachers?

12
  • Does not wisdom call, and understanding lift up
    her voice? On top of the heights beside the way,
    where the paths meet, she takes her stand
    beside the gates, at the opening to the city, at
    the entrance of the doors, she cries out
  • "To you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the
    sons of men. "O naive ones, discern prudence
    and, O fools, discern wisdom. "Listen, for I
    shall speak noble things and the opening of my
    lips will produce right things. "For my mouth
    will utter truth and wickedness is an
    abomination to my lips.
  • Proverbs. 81-7

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Jotham
  • And all the men of Shechem and all Beth-millo
    assembled together, and they went and made
    Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar which
    was in Shechem.
  • Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on
    the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted his voice
    and called out. Thus he said to them, "Listen to
    me, O men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
  • Judges 96-7

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Isaiah
  • "Cry loudly, do not hold back raise your voice
    like a trumpet, and declare to My people their
    transgression, and to the house of Jacob their
    sins.
  • Isaiah 581

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Jeremiah
  • The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD,
    saying, "Stand in the gate of the LORD'S house
    and proclaim there this word, and say, 'Hear the
    word of the LORD, all you of Judah, who enter by
    these gates to worship the LORD!'"
  • Jeremiah 71-2

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  • And the LORD said to me, "Proclaim all these
    words in the cities of Judah and in the streets
    of Jerusalem, saying, 'Hear the words of this
    covenant and do them.
  • Jeremiah 116

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  • Thus the LORD said to me, "Go and stand in the
    public gate, through which the kings of Judah
    come in and go out, as well as in all the gates
    of Jerusalem and say to them, 'Listen to the
    word of the LORD, kings of Judah, and all Judah,
    and all inhabitants of Jerusalem, who come in
    through these gates Jeremiah 1719-20

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Amos
  • They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they
    abhor him who speaks with integrity.
  • Amos 510

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Jonah
  • "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim
    to it the proclamation which I am going to tell
    you."
  • So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to
    the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an
    exceedingly great city, a three days' walk. Then
    Jonah began to go through the city one day's
    walk and he cried out and said, "Yet forty days
    and Nineveh will be overthrown."
  • Then the people of Nineveh believed in God and
    they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the
    greatest to the least of them.
  • Jonah 32-5

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IV. Examples of Preaching in the New Testament
  • Now in those days John the Baptist came,
    preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
    "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
  • For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the
    prophet, saying, "The voice of one crying in the
    wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord, make
    His paths straight!'"
  • Matthew 31-3

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Jesus Preached!
  • From that time Jesus began to preach and say,
    "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
  • Matthew 417

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  • And Jesus was going about in all Galilee,
    teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the
    gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of
    disease and every kind of sickness among the
    people.
  • Matthew 423

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  • And Jesus was going about all the cities and the
    villages, teaching in their synagogues, and
    proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and
    healing every kind of disease and every kind of
    sickness.
  • Matthew 935

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  • And it came about that when Jesus had finished
    giving instructions to His twelve disciples, He
    departed from there to teach and preach in their
    cities.
  • Matthew 111

25
  • And He said to them, "Let us go somewhere else to
    the towns nearby, in order that I may preach
    there also for that is what I came out for.
  • And He went into their synagogues throughout all
    Galilee, preaching and casting out the demons.
  • Mark 138-39

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  • "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He
    anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor.
  • He has sent me to proclaim release to the
    captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to
    set free those who are downtrodden,
  • To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord."
  • Luke 418-19

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  • And it came about soon afterwards, that He
    began going about from one city and village to
    another, proclaiming and preaching the kingdom of
    God and the twelve were with Him,
  • Luke 81

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Jesus Teaches Disciples to Preach
  • "And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of
    heaven is at hand.'
  • Matthew 107

29
  • "What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the
    light and what you hear whispered in your
    ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
  • Matthew 1027

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  • "The men of Nineveh shall stand up with this
    generation at the judgment, and shall condemn it
    because they repented at the preaching of Jonah
    and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
  • Matthew 1241
  •  

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  • "And He ordered us to preach to the people, and
    solemnly to testify that this is the One who has
    been appointed by God as Judge of the living and
    the dead.
  • Acts 1042

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Jesus Sends Disciples Out to Preach
  • Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with
    Him and that He might send them out to preach,
    and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast
    out demons
  • Mark 314-15 (NKJ)

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  • And He called the twelve together, and gave them
    power and authority over all the demons, and to
    heal diseases. And He sent them out to proclaim
    the kingdom of God, and to perform healing.
  • Luke 91-2

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Next Week
  • The Disciples Go Out and Preach
  • Three Keys to Successful Evangelism
  • Principles of Fruitfulness
  • Types of Evangelism

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Understanding Our Genetic Code
  • Evangelism and Discipleship-Part 2

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The Disciples Preach!
  • And they went out and preached that men should
    repent.
  • Mark 612 (NAS) 

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  • And they went out and preached everywhere, while
    the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word
    by the signs that followed.
  • And they promptly reported all these instructions
    to Peter and his companions.
  • And after that, Jesus Himself sent out through
    them from east to west the sacred and
    imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.
  • Mark 1620

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  • And departing, they began going about among the
    villages, preaching the gospel, and healing
    everywhere.
  • Luke 96

39
  • But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven,
    raised his voice and declared to them "Men of
    Judea, and all you who live in Jerusalem, let
    this be known to you, and give heed to my words.
  • Acts 214

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  • And Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each
    of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ
    for the forgiveness of your sins and you shall
    receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
  • "For the promise is for you and your children,
    and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord
    our God shall call to Himself."
  • And with many other words he solemnly testified
    and kept on exhorting them, saying, "Be saved
    from this perverse generation!
  • Acts 238-40

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  • Therefore, those who had been scattered went
    about preaching the word. And Philip went down
    to the city of Samaria and began proclaiming
    Christ to them.
  • And the multitudes with one accord were giving
    attention to what was said by Philip, as they
    heard and saw the signs which he was performing.
  • For in the case of many who had unclean
    spirits, they were coming out of them shouting
    with a loud voice and many who had been
    paralyzed and lame were healed.
  • Acts 84-7

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  • So then those who were scattered because of the
    persecution that arose in connection with Stephen
    made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and
    Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to
    Jews alone.
  • But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and
    Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking
    to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.
  • Acts 1119-20

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Paul Preaches
  • Acts 920 immediately Paul began to proclaim
    Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is the Son
    of God."  
  • Acts 1535 But Paul and Barnabas stayed in
    Antioch, teaching and preaching, with many others
    also, the word of the Lord.

44
  • Acts 1717 So Paul was reasoning in the synagogue
    with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and
    in the market place every day with those who
    happened to be present.

45
  • "But I do not consider my life of any account as
    dear to myself, in order that I may finish my
    course, and the ministry which I received from
    the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel
    of the grace of God.
  • "And now, behold, I know that all of you, among
    whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will see
    my face no more. "Therefore I testify to you
    this day, that I am innocent of the blood of all
    men. "For I did not shrink from declaring to
    you the whole purpose of God.
  • Acts 2024-27

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  • And he stayed two full years in his own rented
    quarters, and was welcoming all who came to him,
    preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching
    concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all
    openness, unhindered.
  • Acts 2830-31

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  • But what does it say? "The word is near you, in
    your mouth and in your heart"-- that is, the word
    of faith which we are preaching
  • Romans 108

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  • For since in the wisdom of God the world through
    its wisdom did not come to know God, God was
    well-pleased through the foolishness of the
    message preached to save those who believe.
  • For indeed Jews ask for signs, and Greeks search
    for wisdom but we preach Christ crucified, to
    Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles
    foolishness
  • 1 Corinthians 121

49
  • And my message and my preaching were not in
    persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration
    of the Spirit and of power,
  • 1 Corinthians 24

50
  • Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and
    so you believed.
  • 1 Corinthians 1511

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  • 2 Corinthians 45 For we do not preach ourselves
    but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your
    bond-servants for Jesus' sake.
  •  
  • Colossians 128 And we proclaim Him, admonishing
    every man and teaching every man with all wisdom,
    that we may present every man complete in Christ.

52
  • 1Thessalonians 29 For you recall, brethren, our
    labor and hardship, how working night and day
    so as not to be a burden to any of you, we
    proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

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  • 2 Timothy 417 But the Lord stood with me, and
    strengthened me, in order that through me the
    proclamation might be fully accomplished, and
    that all the Gentiles might hear and I was
    delivered out of the lion's mouth.

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Understanding Our Genetic Code
  • Evangelism and Discipleship

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We Must Preach!
  • And how shall they preach unless they are sent?
    Just as it is written, "How beautiful are the
    feet of those who bring glad tidings of good
    things!
  • Romans 1015

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  • preach the word be ready in season and out of
    season reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great
    patience and instruction.
  • 2 Timothy 42

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V. Three Keys to Successful Evangelism
  • For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of
    power and of love and of a sound mind.
  • 2 Timothy 17

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1. God Has Given Us Power
  • but you shall receive power when the Holy
    Spirit has come upon you and you shall be My
    witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
    Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the
    earth.
  • Acts 18

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Power
  • The word power is translated from the Greek word
    dunamis (doo'-nam-is)
  • it means force or specifically miraculous power!
    Its the same word we get dynamite from.

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  • I was with you in weakness and in fear and in
    much trembling, and my message and my preaching
    were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in
    demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that
    your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men,
    but on the power of God.
  • 1 Corinthians 23-5

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  • But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills,
    and I shall find out, not the words of those who
    are arrogant but their power.
  • For the kingdom of God does not consist in words
    but in power. What do you desire? Shall I come
    to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of
    gentleness?
  • 1 Corinthians 419-21

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The Disciples Pray for Power
  • "And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and
    grant that Your bond-servants may speak Your word
    with all confidence, while You extend Your hand
    to heal, and signs and wonders take place through
    the name of Your holy servant Jesus."
  • And when they had prayed, the place where they
    had gathered together was shaken, and they were
    all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to
    speak the word of God with boldness.
  • Acts 429-31

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Authority
  • And having summoned His twelve disciples, He gave
    them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them
    out, and to heal every kind of disease and every
    kind of sickness.
  • Matthew 101  

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Authority
  • The word translated authority comes from the
    Greek word exousia (ex-oo-see'-ah)
  • it means more priviledge, or delegated influence.
    We have authority because of who we are in
    Christ.

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Power and Authority
  • And He called the twelve together, and gave them
    power and authority over all the demons, and to
    heal diseases.
  • Luke 91

66
  • Jesus said to them, "Is this not the reason you
    are mistaken, that you do not understand the
    Scriptures or the power of God?
  • Mark 1224

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2. God Has Given Us Love
  • We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems
    and trials, for we know that they help us develop
    endurance. And endurance develops strength of
    character, and character strengthens our
    confident hope of salvation.
  • And this hope will not lead to disappointment.
    For we know how dearly God loves us, because he
    has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts
    with his love.
  • Romans 53-5

68
  • When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them
    because they were confused and helpless, like
    sheep without a shepherd.
  • He said to his disciples, "The harvest is great,
    but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who
    is in charge of the harvest ask him to send more
    workers into his fields."
  • Matthew 936-38

69
Jesus and the Rich Man
  • Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him and
    said to him, "One thing you lack go and sell all
    you possess and give to the poor, and you will
    have treasure in heaven and come, follow Me."
  • But at these words he was saddened, and he went
    away grieving, for he was one who owned much
    property.
  • Mark 1021-22

70
Matt 2029-34
  • As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd
    followed Him. And two blind men sitting by the
    road, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried
    out, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"
  • The crowd sternly told them to be quiet, but they
    cried out all the more, "Lord, Son of David, have
    mercy on us!"

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  • And Jesus stopped and called them, and said,
    "What do you want Me to do for you?" They said
    to Him, "Lord, we want our eyes to be opened."
  • Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes
    and immediately they regained their sight and
    followed Him.

72
1 Corinthians 131-8
  • If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels,
    but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong
    or a clanging cymbal.
  • And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know
    all mysteries and all knowledge and if I have
    all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not
    have love, I am nothing.
  • And if I give all my possessions to feed the
    poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but
    do not have love, it profits me nothing.

73
  • Love is patient, love is kind, is not jealous
    love does not brag and is not arrogant, does
    not act unbecomingly it does not seek its own,
    is not provoked, does not take into account a
    wrong suffered, does not rejoice in
    unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth
    bears all things, believes all things, hopes all
    things, endures all things.
  • Love never fails!

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  • But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
    patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
    gentleness, self-control against such things
    there is no law.
  • Gal 522-23

75
3. We Have Been Given a Sound Mind
  • For, "Who can know the Lord's thoughts? Who
    knows enough to teach him?"
  • But we understand these things, for we have the
    mind of Christ.
  • 1 Cor 216 NLT

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  • Be diligent to present yourself approved to God
    as a workman who does not need to be ashamed,
    handling accurately the word of truth.
  • 2 Timothy 215

77
  • but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts,
    always being ready to make a defense to
    everyone who asks you to give an account for the
    hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and
    reverence
  • 1 Peter 315

78
Matt 1623-27
  • 23 But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind
    Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me for
    you are not setting your mind on God's interests,
    but man's."

79
  • 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone
    wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself,
    and take up his cross and follow Me.
  • 25 "For whoever wishes to save his life will lose
    it but whoever loses his life for My sake will
    find it.

80
  • "For what will it profit a man if he gains the
    whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a
    man give in exchange for his soul?
  • "For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory
    of His Father with His angels, and WILL THEN
    REPAY EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS.
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