Worth it All

Sunday June 8 evening worship

Scripture Reading: Matthew 13:44-46

Matthew 13:44-4644 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

Matthew 13:44-4645 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, 46 who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.

Worth it All• What is the cost?

Matthew 13:4444 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

Matthew 13:45,4645 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, 46 who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.

Luke 14:25-3325 Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them,

Luke 14:25-3326 “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.

Luke 14:25-3327 And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

Luke 14:25-3328 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it—

Luke 14:25-3329 lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’?

Luke 14:25-3331 Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

Luke 14:25-3332 Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.

Luke 14:25-3333 So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

Worth it All• What is the cost? Everything

you have!• Paul thought it was worth it all

2Corinthians 11:23-2823 Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.

2Corinthians 11:23-2824 From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep;

2Corinthians 11:23-2826 in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

2Corinthians 11:23-2827 in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness— 28 besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches.

2Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

2Timothy 4:8Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

Worth it All• What is the cost? Everything

you have!• Paul thought it was worth it all• Peter thought it was worth it all

1Corinthians 4:9-139 For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.

1Corinthians 4:9-1310 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!

1Corinthians 4:9-1311 To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless.

1Corinthians 4:9-1312 And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

1Corinthians 4:9-1313 being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.

1Peter 1:3-53 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1Peter 1:3-54 to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

2Peter 3:13Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

Worth it All• What is the cost? Everything

you have!• Paul thought it was worth it all• Peter thought it was worth it all• John thought it was worth it all

Revelation 1:9I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 7:9,109 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

Revelation 7:9,1010 and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

Revelation 22:1-51 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Revelation 22:1-52 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 22:1-53 And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.

Revelation 22:1-54 They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads.

Revelation 22:1-55 There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.

Worth it All• What is the cost? Everything

you have!• Paul thought it was worth it all• Peter thought it was worth it all• John thought it was worth it all• Jesus thought it was worth it

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John 10:15 As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.

John 10:17-1817 “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again.

John 10:17-1818 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.”

Worth it All• What is the cost? Everything

you have!• Paul thought it was worth it all• Peter thought it was worth it all• John thought it was worth it all• Jesus thought it was worth it

all• Do you think it is worth it all?

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