Scott Palmer - The Cost of Following Jesus - SENT – Part 4

The Cost of Following Jesus
SENT – Part 4
March 19, 2023
Matthew 10:32-39

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.”   Matthew 10:34 (CSB)

What does this mean?

1.   We ACKNOWLEDGE Jesus _________________________. (32-37)

“If anyone is ashamed of Me and My message in these adulterous and sinful days, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when He returns in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.” Mark 8:38 (NLT)

“If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine.” Matthew 10:37 (NLT)

2.   We DENY ourselves in _____________________________. (38-39)

“Anyone who wants to be My follower must love Me far more than he does his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters—yes, more than his own life—otherwise he cannot be My disciple.” Luke 14:26 (LB)

“I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 (CSB)