SF358 - THE FACTS ABOUT FOLLOWING(Luke 14 25-35)

@PAGE NUMBER = SF358

@TITLE = THE FACTS ABOUT FOLLOWING

@LEVEL ONE = LUKE 14:25‑35

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@ILL TEXT = "Being a Christian is a journey, not a destination."

@ILL TEXT = ‑‑Bettye Huddle

@LEVEL TWO = Jesus likened the Christian life to the building of a tower and the fighting of a battle

@LEVEL FOUR = Both require proper preparation and consideration.

@LEVEL TWO = In this passage He presents for us Three Facts About Following Him

@LEVEL ONE = 1A.  YOU CANNOT STAY WHERE YOU ARE AND GO WITH GOD

@LEVEL TWO = Types of Adjustments You Will Face

@LEVEL TWO = 1B.  In Your Circumstances ‑ Where you are.

@SCRIPTURE = MATTHEW 4:18‑22

@LEVEL TWO = 2B.  In Your Relationships ‑ Who you love.

@SCRIPTURE = MATTHEW 5:43‑48

@LEVEL TWO = 3B.  In Your Actions ‑ How you worship.

@SCRIPTURE = MATTHEW 6:5‑8

@LEVEL TWO = 4B.  In Your Thinking ‑How you suceed.

@SCRIPTURE = MATTHEW 20:25‑28

@LEVEL TWO = 5B.  In Your Commitments ‑ Who you trust

@SCRIPTURE = LUKE 14:26‑27

@LEVEL TWO =  6B.  In Your Beliefs ‑ Who you include.

@SCRIPTURE = ACTS 10:9‑20

@PAGE NUMBER = Page 2

@LEVEL ONE = 2A.  OBEDIENCE IS COSTLY TO YOU AND THOSE AROUND YOU

@ILL TEXT = If you've never meet the devil, it's because you and he have been going the same direction.  You just change direction by turning to Jesus and start obey him in life and you will meet the forces of hell head on!

@ILL TEXT = Adrian Rogers

@LEVEL TWO = 1B.  Costly To You

@SCRIPTURE = 2 CORINTHIANS 11:23‑28

@SCRIPTURE = Galatians 6:17 (NIV)  ...for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.

@POEM TEXT = Lord, send me anywhere, only go with me,<R>Lay any burden on me, only sustain me,<R>Sever any tie but the tie that binds me to Thyself.

@POEM TEXT = David Livingstone

@LEVEL FOUR = I cannot know and do the will of God without paying the price of adjustment and obedience

@LEVEL FOUR = I must adjust my plans and programs to what God is doing.

@LEVEL TWO = 2B.  Costly To Others

@LEVEL THREE = Jesus Death (John 19:17‑37)

@LEVEL FOUR = Mary had to watch her son die.

@LEVEL FOUR = Fear and pain in the hearts of the disciples.

@LEVEL THREE = I can trust God to care for my family

@LEVEL THREE = I must not deny others the opportunity to sacrifice for their Lord.

@PAGE NUMBER = Page 3

@LEVEL ONE = 3A.  OBEDIENCE REQUIRES TOTAL DEPENDENCE ON GOD TO WORK THROUGH YOU

@SCRIPTURE = John 15:5 (NIV)  "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

@LEVEL TWO = 1B.  It never works! He does!

@LEVEL TWO = 2B.  The key is my relationship to a person.

@LEVEL TWO = 3B.  Waiting on Him is always worth the wait.

@LEVEL TWO = 4B.  Real praying is one of the most demanding things I will ever do.

@LEVEL ONE = APPLICATION

@LEVEL TWO = What adjustments has God told you to make?

@LEVEL FOUR = In Your Circumstances

@LEVEL FOUR = In Your Relationships

@LEVEL FOUR = In Your Thinking

@LEVEL FOUR = In Your Commitments

@LEVEL FOUR = In Your Actions

@LEVEL FOUR = In Your Beliefs

@LEVEL TWO = Is your obedience costing you anything?

@LEVEL TWO = Are you totally depending on God?

@ILL TEXT = You will have to pay the price to be God's man, woman, boy, or girl in a pagan world.  If you're not the paying the price then you're not really serving Christ.

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