Luke 14:25-25 – “True Discipleship”

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, April 5th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Luke 14:25-35

INTRO

  • Previous verses… Who is invited and who is coming into the  Kingdom?
  • The cost of discipleship.
  • Multitudes were following him.
  • Attraction is not the same as discipleship.

What is a disciple?

A saved person who is learning to live under the Lordship of Christ.

  • Following & Learning
  • I do not follow to get…I follow because I have already been given. (Not what He is going to do, but what He has done)
  • Love Christ and Love the things that He loves
  • Following with Passion, Purpose, Persistence
  • Acts 11:26

A disciple is someone:

  • that has accepted Jesus as their personal Savior and Lord
  • that is growing daily in their relationship with Him
  • that is serving Him by their involvement and ministry within the fellowship of His Church

True Disciples love Jesus more than anything else – v. 26

Above family and self

  • Hate…Not in the general since… lesser love.
  • Love Christ more
  • Value, importance, attention.

True Disciples bear their own cross – vv. 27-33

  • Deny self – v. 27
    • Obedience. Following after.
  • A life of sacrifice (Time, Talents, Treasures)
  • Give up…our plans, ambitions, desires
  • Give Him our best… not our left overs

Two Illustrations – vv. 28-32

  • Tower, King in battle
  • Consider what is at stake
  • What commitment is needed
  • Anticipating the future. Continuing on

33 So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple

True disciples continue on – vv. 34-35

  • Salt.
  • Preserves… Enhances.
  • Salt that is not salt… is useless.
  • John 15:1-7

The What Now

  • We need to check the genuineness of our repentance and faith.
  • Have we counted to the cost. Have we given the Lord our all.
  • In our desire to see people saved we can be guilty of lowering the expectation of following Christ.
  • It is easy to say that “I believe in Jesus” Conversion is when we say we believe and we live for Christ.
    • Saved now…disciple later
    • Savior… then Lord
  • As a true believer are we growing daily as a disciple?


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