Psalm 105:1-3

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Psalm 1051-3 Oh give thanks to the Lord call
upon his name make known his deeds among the
peoples! Sing to him, sing praises to him tell
of all his wondrous works! Glory in his holy
name let the hearts of those who seek the Lord
rejoice! Standing on the Promises vs. 1,2,4,5
410 Footsteps of Jesus vs. 1,3,4 685 1
Chronicles 2911Yours, O Lord, is the greatness
and the power and the glory and the victory and
the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and
in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O
Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.
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Disciples Are Made Not Born
(Part 3 of 6)
The Cost of Discipleship
Luke 1425-35
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DISCIPLESHIP
Discipling others is the process by which a
Christian with a life worth emulating commits
himself or herself for an extended period of time
to a few individuals who have been won to Christ,
the purpose being to aid and guide their growth
to maturity and equip them to reproduce
themselves in a third spiritual generation."
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The Franklin Expedition (1845)
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Supplies

• An Auxiliary Steam Engine with 12 days of Coal (2
  to 3 year journey)
• 1,200 volume library
• A Hand Organ Playing 50 Tunes
• China Place Settings for Officers and Men
• Engraved Silver Flatware of Victorian Design
• The Flatware was Engraved with the Officer's
  Initials and Family Crests
• No Special Clothing for the Arctic

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Sir John Franklin and the 138 men perished
because they underestimated the requirements of
Arctic exploration.
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In Luke 14, Jesus did for His followers what Sir
John Franklin did not do for his. He told them
what it would require of them to follow Him and
be His disciple.
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Troubling Statistics
In the SBC if a church has less than 200 members,
only about 50 of those will attend on a given
Sunday. (on average)
For mega churches the average is about 30-40
Hundreds of Churches report zero baptisms in the
last year
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The Need
To hear the call of Christ for our lives
To heed the call of Christ for our lives
To hold the call of Christ close in our hearts
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Luke 1425-35 (ESV)
25Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned
and said to them, 26If anyone comes to me and
does not hate his own father and mother and wife
and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and
even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
27Whoever does not bear his own cross and come
after me cannot be my disciple.
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Luke 1425-35 (ESV)
28For which of you, desiring to build a tower,
does not first sit down and count the cost,
whether he has enough to complete it?
29Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is
not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock
him, 30saying, This man began to build and was
not able to finish.
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Luke 1425-35 (ESV)
31Or what king, going out to encounter another
king in war, will not sit down first and
deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand
to meet him who comes against him with twenty
thousand? 32And if not, while the other is yet a
great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for
terms of peace.
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Luke 1425-35 (ESV)
33So therefore, any one of you who does not
renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
34Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste,
how shall its saltiness be restored? 35It is of
no use either for the soil or for the manure
pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear,
let him hear.
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5 qualifications Christ Himself gave for being
His disciple
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1) Unquestionable love and loyalty (vs. 25-26)
25Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned
and said to them, 26If anyone comes to me and
does not hate his own father and mother and wife
and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and
even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
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1) Unquestionable love and loyalty (vs. 25-26)
hate - miseo - to detest, by extension to
love less
Genesis 2930-31 (ESV) So Jacob went in to
Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah,
and served Laban for another seven years. When
the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her
womb, but Rachel was barren.
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1) Unquestionable love and loyalty (vs. 25-26)
Luke 1426 (NLT) If you want to be my disciple,
you must hate everyone else by comparisonyour
father and mother, wife and children, brothers
and sistersyes, even your own life. Otherwise,
you cannot be my disciple.
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1) Unquestionable love and loyalty (vs. 25-26)
? It was more important to Jesus to have
authentic followers than crowds of people making
Him popular
? It was insulting to Jesus to be treated like a
popular rock star than the Son of God
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1) Unquestionable love and loyalty (vs. 25-26)
? One of the greatest sins of the 21st century
church is one of caring more about high
attendance and offerings than about having
unquestionable love and loyalty to Jesus Christ
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2) Undeniable devotion and determination (vs. 27)
Luke 1427 (ESV) Whoever does not bear his own
cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
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2) Undeniable devotion and determination (vs. 27)
Christianity has not been tried and found
wanting it has been found difficult and not
tried. G.K. Chesterton
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2) Undeniable devotion and determination (vs. 27)
2 truths to remember
? The cross means death
? The cross is carried on your shoulder
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Christ says, 'Give me All. I don't want so much
of your time and so much of your money and so
much of your work I want You. I have not come to
torment your natural self, but to kill it. No
half-measures are any good. I don't want to cut
off a branch here and a branch there, I want to
have the whole tree down. I don't want to drill
the tooth, or crown it, or stop it, but to have
it out. Hand over the whole natural self, all the
desires which you think innocent as well as the
ones you think wicked - the whole outfit. I will
give you a new self instead. In fact, I will you
Myself my own will shall become yours.' C.S.
Lewis
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3) Thorough investigation, deliberation, and
comprehension (vs. 28-32)
28For which of you, desiring to build a tower,
does not first sit down and count the cost,
whether he has enough to complete it?
29Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is
not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock
him, 30saying, This man began to build and was
not able to finish.
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3) Thorough investigation, deliberation, and
comprehension (vs. 28-32)
31Or what king, going out to encounter another
king in war, will not sit down first and
deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand
to meet him who comes against him with twenty
thousand? 32And if not, while the other is yet a
great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for
terms of peace.
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3) Thorough investigation, deliberation, and
comprehension (vs. 28-32)
The rash builder (vs. 28-30) and The reasonable
king (vs. 31-32)
Count the costs understand the choice you are
making
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3) Thorough investigation, deliberation, and
comprehension (vs. 28-32)
How we follow Jesus will either bring ridicule or
honor to our life
How we follow Jesus will either bring admiration
or insult to the Savior
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4) Total renunciation of possessions and person
(vs. 33)
33So therefore, any one of you who does not
renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
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4) Total renunciation of possessions and person
(vs. 33)
To be a disciple of Christ is to intentionally
have no other options
To be a disciple of Christ is to intentionally
surrender everything you have to Christ
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4) Total renunciation of possessions and person
(vs. 33)
But we never can prove the delights of His
love Until all on the altar we lay For the favor
He shows,for the joy He bestows, Are for them
who will trust and obey.
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5) Understanding of calling and consequences(vs.
34-35)
34Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste,
how shall its saltiness be restored? 35It is of
no use either for the soil or for the manure
pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear,
let him hear.
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5) Understanding of calling and consequences(vs.
34-35)
? the warning Jesus wanted to impress upon His
listeners was the danger of becoming an
ineffective disciple
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5) Understanding of calling and consequences(vs.
34-35)
? the desire of Jesus was to have disciples that
understood what it took to be His disciple and
that passionately followed after Him to fulfill
His will in this world
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God always gives His best to those who leave the
choice with Him.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to
gain what he cannot lose. Jim Elliot
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Wherever He Leads I'll Go vs. 1,3,4
598 Ephesians 320-21 20 Now to him who is
able to do far more abundantly than all that we
ask or think, according to the power at work
within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and
in Christ Jesus throughout all generations,
forever and ever. Amen.
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