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Introduction
Last time – heartfelt worship.
Today, whole-hearted obedience.
Core Value 4 – We value whole hearted obedience to Christ Jesus through the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit.
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live as Jesus lived
What Would Jesus Do? Better to ask What is the Jesus attitude?
What Would Jesus Do? Better to ask What is the Jesus attitude?
The Sunday School answer to most questions – Jesus.
My own example of learning things like discipleship and leadership – study Jesus.
But not studying the steps or rules or formula.
Studying the attitudes, the frame of reference, the heart.
The Call to Follow
The Call to Follow
Look at the Gospels, the story of Jesus.
He didn’t go around asking people to pray a prayer to Him.
He didn’t tell them to invite Him into their heart.
What was Jesus calling people to?
Repent – turn from your sin.
Follow Me.
Example of standing in line at McDonald’s and a stranger tapping you to “follow me.”
I rather like the example of being in the middle of a job at work like the fishermen were.
Jesus’ first and last words to Peter = “Follow Me”
Matthew 4:19
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Matthew 4:
Mark 2:13
(cut off last phrase)
After Jesus called His disciples to follow and chose the 12, He began to teach them.
Did he give them rules or directions or steps and then send them away?
Nope.
After Jesus called His disciples to follow and chose the 12, Did he give them rules or directions or steps and then send them away?
Nope.
After Jesus called His disciples to follow and chose the 12, Did he give them rules or directions or steps and then send them away?
Nope.
He began to teach them.
A disciple follows, learns, obeys.
Follow = go where I go, do what I do.
Learn = observe the what but understand the heart of the issue.
Obey = Do what Jesus says, but be careful to follow the heart, not just the rules.
Jesus shows in the Sermon on the Mount that obedience is not just about rules but about humility and understanding and attitude and a new set of values.
The follower must learn to understand the why.
Sermon on the Mount – Following Jesus means humility, confession, forgiveness, purity/holiness, compassion, service, generosity.
New Values (new attitude), New Patterns of Living
Priorities centered on the eternal rather than the material.
Wholehearted obedience
Immediate Obedience
, and immediately they left their nets and followed him
they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.
they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.
they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.
and he rose and followed him.
(just from follow)
It is not for us to choose which way we shall follow.
That depends on the will of Christ.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Complete obedience
enter through the narrow gate, narrow way.
enter through the narrow gate, narrow way.
I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to Father except through me.
The narrow gate is obedience… The broad gate is simply doing whatever I want to do.
Dallas Willard
The narrow gate is obedience… The broad gate is simply doing whatever I want to do.
Dallas Willard
love me keep my commands
We often picture Jesus as white, feminine looking, long robes, sandals, gentle, meek.
We often picture Jesus as white, feminine looking, long robes, sandals, gentle, meek.
Jesus is a MAN.
Following Jesus is not easy.
We talk about the free gift of salvation.
Certainly, Jesus died to give or buy back our freedom.
Salvation may be a free gift for us, but it cost Jesus His life.
Jesus does say that following Him is costly.
obedient to death on a cross
obedient to death on a cross
my goal is to share in suffering and death
my goal is to share in suffering and death
deny self, take up cross and follow Jesus.
Die as Jesus died.
deny self, take up cross and follow Jesus.
Die as Jesus died.
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Jesus says take up your cross and follow me, not take up your cross-stitch and watch me.
Not passive, not spectator sport.
Deny yourself.
Lose your life.
When we follow Jesus we release all other claims on our life and are bound to Jesus.
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whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
any one who does not renounce all he has cannot be my disciple.
any one who does not renounce all he has cannot be my disciple.
Jesus doesn’t call us to somewhere He hasn’t been, or call us to something He hasn’t done.
Jesus gave His life, He carried His cross.
He calls us to do the same.
Holy Spirit Presence
He also doesn’t call us to go it alone.
Jesus doesn’t give us a set of rules or steps to follow and then send us out on our own.
He invites us to come with Him.
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Love Me, keep My commands, Helper with you forever
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