Following Jesus - Radford Church of Christ

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“...teaching and
admonishing one
another in psalms
and hymns...”
Col. 3:16
Slide 876.0
CCLI # 2718040
“If anyone serves Me, let
him follow Me; and where I
am, there My servant will be
also. If anyone serves Me,
him My Father will honor.”
Jn. 12:26
It will not be Easy!
“For to this you were called,
because Christ also suffered for
us, leaving us an example, that
you should follow His steps”
1 Pet. 2:21
Luke
9:57-62
v.1
“I Can
Hear my Savior Calling”
Calls through the word
 2 Thess. 2:14 – called by
gospel
 John 6:45 – taught by
God
 Rom. 10:17 - “so then
faith comes by hearing,
and hearing by the word
of God.”
“Take thy cross, and follow me”
"And whoever does not bear
his cross and come after Me
cannot be My disciple.”
Luke 14:27
Cross was instrument of
death
Rather die than DENY !
Be willing to give up
everything
"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.”
Luke 9:23
Voluntary
Deny self
Follow Me - continuous
Luke
v.2
“I’ll9:57-62
go with Him through the
Garden”
Peter, James, and
John did not do this
 Matt. 26:40 - asleep
 Matt. 26:56 – all
forsook, fled
Follow Him in:
 Boldness - Mark 8:38 - ashamed
 Prayer - Luke 22:44-46
 Submission - Luke 22:42
“Father, if it is Your will, take this
cup away from Me; nevertheless not
My will, but Yours, be done.”
“I’ll go with Him all the Way”
• In suffering
• In temptation
• In hard times
• Nothing without can destroy
“For I am persuaded that neither
death nor life, nor angels nor
principalities nor powers, nor
things present nor things to come,
nor height nor depth, nor any other
created thing, shall be able to
separate us from the love of God
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Luke
v.3
“I’ll9:57-62
go with Him through the
Judgment”
Jesus will be there Matt. 25:31
All of us will be there –
Mt. 25:32
“For we must all appear
before the judgment seat
of Christ.”
2 Cor. 5:10
“through the judgment”
“These things I have written to you
who believe in the name of the Son
of God, that you may know that
you have eternal life, and that you
may continue to believe in the
name of the Son of God.”
1 Jn. 5:13
Some will not go with Jesus through
the judgment…
Disobedient - Matt. 7:21-23
Do not obey - 2 Thess. 1:7-9
No compassion - Matt. 25:41
Not in Book of Life – Rev. 20:15
Luke
v.4
“He9:57-62
will give me grace and
Glory”
Grace is now offered
Tit. 2:11-12 – brings salvation
Eph. 2:8-9 – by grace through faith
Glory waiting for those who glory
in the Gospel now
“and go with me, all the way”
Matt. 28:20 “I am with you
always”
Heb. 13:5 “I will never leave
thee, nor forsake thee.
Luke 9:57-62
Chorus
“Where He leads Me I will
Follow”
Obey
Suffer if needed
Live Daily
Fishers of men
Worship
Study Word
Heaven
“I’ll go with Him, All the Way”
Total Commitment – Matt. 6:33
 Lk. 14:33 - forsake all
It is not:
When I get ready
When it is convenient
Those who go with Him all the way
“But there shall by no means enter
it anything that defiles, or causes
an abomination or a lie, but only
those who are written in the
Lamb's Book of Life.”
Rev. 21:27
1. Called through the gospel
2. Go with Him through trials
3. Go with Him through judgment
4. He gives grace and glory
5. I’ll follow where He leads me
Salvation
Hear the gospel
Believe In Jesus
REPENT of your sins
Confess your faith
Baptized Into Christ
(Rom. 10:17)
(Jn. 8:24)
(Lk. 13:3)
(Matt. 10:32-33)
(Acts 2:38)
REMISSION OF SINS
Faithful until death
(Rev. 2:10)
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