"THE CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP"
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What did ya’ll learn about last week?
As we begin this morning - Let me ask you a question - “What do you “wish” for?”
Matthew 16:24–28 (NASB95)
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.
25 “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
26 “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
27 “For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and will then repay every man according to his deeds.
28 “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”
“wish” - (thelo) - verb, present. active, indicative, third person, singular - finite verb - wish; want
Sense: to desire - to feel or have a desire for; want strongly
“after” - (opiso) - preposition - improper preposition - after; behind; back
Sense: to follow (behavior) - to behave in accordance or in agreement with
19 And He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”
20 Immediately He called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went away to follow Him.
15 for some have already turned aside to follow Satan.
“deny” - (aparneomai) - verb, aorist, middle, imperative, third person, singular - finite verb - deny
Sense: to deny (acknowledge) - to refuse to recognize or acknowledge
Finally, aparneomai can denote a positive form of denial. Jesus exhorts all disciples to deny themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow Christ (Mt 16:24; Mk 8:34). This is a call to selfless, total commitment to the Lord. In a real sense, we face a double choice: to choose to put our own interests and ourselves first and thus deny the Lord Jesus, or else to deny ourselves and in place of that to choose to live for God.
“take up” - (airo) - verb, aorist, active, imperative, third person, singular - finite verb - take away; take up; pick up
Sense: to lift up - to take and lift upward
“cross” - (stauros) - noun, accusative, singular, masculine - direct object of the dependent clause - cross
Sense: cross (instrument) - a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece onto which individuals wrists and feet were nailed as a form of execution.
(3) Finally, the NT applies stauros metaphorically to all followers of Christ. Jesus declares in the gospels that the way of Christ, the way of the “cross,” is also the way for all Christians as we take up our cross and follow him (Mt 10:38; Lk 9:23; 14:27). These sayings of Jesus implore Christians to bear the cost of Christian discipleship and be willing to sacrifice ourselves in service to him and to others. This message is as pertinent to us today as it was to the disciples in Jesus’ day. We too have a “cross” to bear in our faithful and obedient life and witness
“follow” - (akoloutheo) - verb, present, active, imperative, third person, singular - finite verb - follow; go after; obey
Sense: to follow (behavior) - to behave in accordance or in agreement with.
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Mt 4:20 Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.
Mt 4:22 Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.
Mt 4:25 Large crowds followed Him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan.
Mt 8:1 When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.
Mt 8:10 Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, “Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel.
Mt 8:19 Then a scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”
Mt 8:22 But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead.”
Mt 8:23 When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.
Mt 9:9 As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax collector’s booth; and He said to him, “Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.
Mt 9:9 As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax collector’s booth; and He said to him, “Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.
Mt 9:19 Jesus got up and began to follow him, and so did His disciples.
Mt 9:27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
Mt 10:38 “And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
Mt 12:15 But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and He healed them all,
Mt 14:13 Now when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded place by Himself; and when the people heard of this, they followed Him on foot from the cities.
Mt 16:24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.
Mt 19:2 and large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.
Mt 19:21 Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
Mt 19:27 Then Peter said to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?”
Mt 19:28 And Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Mt 20:29 As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.
Mt 20:34 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes; and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.
Mt 21:9 The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest!”
Mt 26:58 But Peter was following Him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and entered in, and sat down with the officers to see the outcome.
Mt 27:55 Many women were there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ministering to Him.
Parallel Gospel accounts -
Mark 8:31–37 (NASB95)
31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
32 And He was stating the matter plainly. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. 33 But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.”
34 And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.
35 “For whoever wishes 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 does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? 37 “For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Luke 9:22–25 (NASB95)
22 saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day.”
23 And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
24 “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.
25 “For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?
SO WHAT?
I leave you with two questions -
What are you wishing for?
What are you following?