Count the Cost 2
February 27, 2022
- Matthew 10:21–22 (NKJV)
“Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. 22 And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.”
There is a
to following Christ
- Acts 4:13-17 (NIV)
When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished, and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. 14 But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say. 15 So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.
16 “What are we going to do with these men?” they asked. “Everybody living in Jerusalem knows they have done an outstanding miracle, and we cannot deny it. 17 But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn these men to speak no longer to anyone in this name.”
What gave them the
and boldness?
- Acts 17:6 (KJV)
“and when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also”
*This was considered a
One of the most dangerous places in the entire world is to be in the
of a
God!
“They took note that these men had been with Jesus.”
Making mere
people into
Disciples
*“When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished, and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.” *
idiotes (id-ee-o’-tace) – ignorant, untrained, unschooled
- Acts 19:11-12 “God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, so that even handkerchiefs…that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured…”
Moved from
to
- Acts 2:44-45 “All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.”
From Living for
to Living for
Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me…”
Galatians 6:14 “May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”