1st Quarter 2014 Lesson 13 the Cost of Discipleship

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1 Disciples and Scripture 2 Discipling Through Metaphor 3 Discipleship and Prayer 4 Discipling Children

5 Discipling the Sick 6 Discipling the Ordinary 7 Jesus and the Social Outcasts 8 With the Rich and Famous

9 Discipling the Powerful 10 Discipling the Nations 11 Discipling Spiritual Leaders 12 Harvest and the Harvesters

13 The Cost of Discipleship

Discipleship Contents


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Discipleship Our Goal

We will look at discipleship asthe process by which we becomefollowers of Jesus and, as such,

better soul-winners.


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Discipleship Lesson 13, March 29

The Cost of

Discipleship


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The Cost of Discipleship Initial Words

Indeed, all who desire to live a godlylife in Christ Jesus will be persecuted (2 Tim. 3:12, ESV). [B]ecause Christ also

suffered for you, leaving you anexample, so that you might follow in

his steps(1 Pet. 2:21, ESV).

Whatever the cost of discipleship is,considering the ultimate reward, that

cost is cheap enough.


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The Cost of Discipleship Quick Look

1. Calculating the Cost (Luke 14:26)

2. Responding to the Cost(Luke 14:27)

3. Comparing the Cost(Luke 18:28-30)


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Luke 14:26 NKJV If anyone comesto Me and does nothate his father andmother, wife and

children, brothersand sistershe cannot beMy disciple.

The Cost of Discipleship 1. Calculating the Cost


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1. Calculating the CostFirst Priority

Hatred in this context may indicateloving less. Whenever family receives

precedence and Christ becomessecondary, Jesus relinquishes

lordship. Serving multiple masters isimpossible. Christ certainlysupported strong family

connections.


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1. Calculating the CostFirst Priority

Such connections, however, receivestrength from unshakable

foundations. That foundation meansloving God unreservedly, first and

foremost. God disallows every

barrier, interruption, or distraction.Discipleship exacts the supremeprice: undivided loyalty to Christ.


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Luke 14:27 NKJV

And whoever

does not bear hiscross and comeafter me cannotbe My disciple.

The Cost of Discipleship 2. Responding to the Cost


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2. Responding to the CostBearing Our Cross

Discipleship means accepting Christas Savior and Lord. Following Jesus

means that you are ready to undergothe same suffering that Christ did.Christ Himself has assigned him or

her a cross, without which theyabsolutely cannot become His

disciple.


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2. Responding to the CostBearing Our Cross

Conversion releases believers fromthe burdens of sin, not from theresponsibilities of discipleship.

By taking the name of Christ and bypublicly revealing that choice through

baptism, every believer must beaware that discipleship comes with

a cost.


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2. Responding to the CostDisciplined Response

The cost of discipleship involvesdiscipline. Every impulse, everyimagination, every ambition, andevery desire must be submitted

to Christ.Every possession, physical or invisible,

every talent and ability, andeverything of value must be under

Christs command.


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2. Responding to the CostDisciplined Response

What we dont surrender to Him can,and inevitably will, become an idol,with the potential to lead us astray.

Never must he allow his attention tobe diverted by amusements, luxuries,

or ease. All his habits and passionsmust be brought under the strictestdiscipline. The Acts of the Apostles 311.


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The Cost of Discipleship 3. Comparing the Cost

Luke 18:28-30 NKJV See we have left all and followedYou. So He said There is no onewho has left house or parents or

brothers or wife or children,

for the sake of the kingdom of God,who shall not receive many times inthis present time, and in the age to

come eternal life.


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3. Comparing the CostThe Rewards of Discipleship

The Rewards of discipleship maylikewise be measured throughcomparison with the costs.

Those costs may include emotionalsuffering, social rejection, physical

torture, financial deprivation,imprisonment, and death itself.


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The cost of following Jesus can behigh, perhaps the costliest thing thatanyone can do.

But one thing is sure: whatever wegain in this life, whatever we

accomplish, whatever we make forourselves, it is only temporary.It is something that will not last.

It will vanish and vanish forever.


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We have the promise, the hope, ofredemption, of a new life in a newworld, one without sin, suffering,

and death.At the same time, because we have

been given this hope, this promisewe seek to point others to the samehope, the same promise.

h C f i i l hi


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The Cost of Discipleship Final Words

Thus, we ask, Where are thereapers?

Where are those willing to comealongside Christ and share the risks?Will you accept Gods invitation not

to only be a disciple but to makedisciples, regardless of the cost to

yourself?

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