Conflicting Desires
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Following Jesus
Following Jesus
Matthew 16:24–26 (NKJV)
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.
36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?
37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.
24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
25 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?
26 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.
A conversation with the Disciples (Mat 16)
A conversation with the Disciples (Mat 16)
If you desire
++To come after me
++To follow me
++To be my disciple
You must
++Deny yourself
++Take up your cross
++Follow Him
A conversation with the people and the disciples (Mark 8)
A conversation with the people and the disciples (Mark 8)
If you desire
++To come after me
++To follow me
++To be my disciple
You must
++Deny yourself
++Take up your cross
++Follow Him
A conversation with the everybody (Luke 9)
A conversation with the everybody (Luke 9)
If you desire
++To come after me
++To follow me
++To be my disciple
You must
++Deny yourself
++Take up your cross
++Follow Him
Today God is having a conversation with us saying
Today God is having a conversation with us saying
If you desire
++To come after me
++To follow me
++To be my disciple
You must
++Deny yourself
++Take up your cross
++Follow Him
This is about competing desires
++A desire for God
++A desire for me’
What does it mean to be like Jesus?
What does it mean to be like Jesus?
Most people want to be the
++Successful Jesus
++Miracle working Jesus
++The wise Jesus
Very few want to be with in suffering.
Very few want to be with in suffering.
8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.
The old testament speaks of Him
The old testament speaks of Him
3 He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.
Knowing Jesus
Knowing Jesus
13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
14 So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
A download from heaven
A download from heaven
The pathway to glory was suffering
The pathway to glory was suffering
26 Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?”
No cross, No Crown
No cross, No Crown
46 Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
2 Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
3 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.”
We Must Believe
We Must Believe
38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Three things to follow Christ.
Three things to follow Christ.
To follow Christ we must
++Deny ourselves
++Take up our cross
++Follow Christ
Deny Yourself
Deny Yourself
To Deny Ourselves
++Our Thoughts
++Our Feelings
++Our Successes
++Our Failures
1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
To take up Your cross.
To take up Your cross.
To take up our cross.
++everyone has a cross to bear
++a burden to carry
1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
Jesus promises relief
Jesus promises relief
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Suffering is temporary
Suffering is temporary
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.
14 If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, Till my change comes.
Follow Jesus
Follow Jesus
Following Jesus
++is a matter of Desire
23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.
Following Jesus
++Is a matter of desire
++Is a daily thing
++Is a permanent thing
62 But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
21 And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people answered him not a word.
23 Therefore let them give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it.
24 Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord; and the God who answers by fire, He is God.” So all the people answered and said, “It is well spoken.”
Our God still answers by fire
Our God still answers by fire
11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.
6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,
7 that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you;