3. Luke 14:25-35 (NLT)
25 A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and
said to them, 26 “If you want to be my disciple, you must
hate everyone else by comparison—your father and mother,
wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own
life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. 27 And if you do
not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my
disciple. 28 “But don’t begin until you count the cost. For
who would begin construction of a building without first
calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish
it?
4. Luke 14:25-35 (NLT)
29 Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before
running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you. 30
They would say, ‘There’s the person who started that building and
couldn’t afford to finish it!’ 31 “Or what king would go to war
against another king without first sitting down with his counselors
to discuss whether his army of 10,000 could defeat the 20,000
soldiers marching against him? 32 And if he can’t, he will send a
delegation to discuss terms of peace while the enemy is still far
away. 33 So you cannot become my disciple without giving up
everything you own.
5. ⇒ Christ is to be first in a person's life: before family, even before
self.
⇒ Christ is to be put before family: even if one's family opposes
his decision to follow Christ.
⇒ Christ is to be put first: before the companionship and comfort
and pleasure of family and home.
⇒ All—even family and self—are to be put behind Christ and His
mission. All must be denied and put behind a person's love and
devotion to Christ and His cause.
Preacher's Outline and Sermon Bible - Commentary - The Preacher's Outline
& Sermon Bible – Luke
7. Requirement #2:
Deny Yourself and Take up the Cross
"And whoever does not bear his cross and come after
Me cannot be My disciple." (Luke 14:27)
"If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me."
(Luke 9:23)
8. The word denial means to
repudiate; to disdain; to disown; to
forfeit; to totally disregard.
9. Requirement #3:
Forsake All That You Have
"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 14:28)
16. 1 Corinthians 9:1-2 (NASB)
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle?
Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are
you not my work in the Lord? 2 If to
others I am not an apostle, at least I
am to you; for you are the seal of my
apostleship in the Lord.
20. Feb 6, 2017
March 6, 2017
April 3, 2017
May 1, 2017
June 5, 2017
No July
No August
September 11th
(Only 2nd Monday of the year)
October 2, 2017
November 6, 2017
December 4, 2017
2017 Men’s Monday Schedule
