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DISCIPLESHIPAt the heart of the solution is…

Being a disciple of Christ involves…1. Learn the ways of Christ. Mat. 11:28-30 • 1 Thes. 4:1-2 • Col. 2:6-7 • Eph. 4:20-24 There will be either conformation or transformation (Rom. 12:1-2; Heb. 2:1) 2. Follow in the steps of Christ. Luke 9:23 • John 10:27 • 1 Pet. 2:21 • Luke 9:62; Heb. 12:2 We must do what we learn (James 1:22-25) 3. Imitate the mindset of Christ. Phil. 2:4-5 • 1 Cor. 10:32-11:1 • Eph. 4:32-5:2 • Mat. 26:39 What doesn't come naturally, must come studiously.

Why follow Jesus so intently?1. He loves you so much. John 15:13; Gal. 2:20 2. He leads you so perfectly. Heb. 4:15; 1 Pet. 2:22 3. He looks after your welfare eternally. Mat. 16:24-26; John 6:66-69

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Lesson #4 — September 24, 2014

Truth Family Discipleship

“The Big Three”

1. Abide in the Word John 8:31-32 2. Love One Another John 13:34-35 3. Bear Much Fruit John 15:8

“None of Self, All of Thee”

Where He leads, I’ll follow… Matthew 8:18-20 … with no hesitations … Matthew 8:21-22 … with every fiber of my being. Matthew 16:24

Illustration of DiscipleshipThe Little Children

Matthew 19:13-14; 18:1-5

“Jesus was not rejecting the positive aspects of adulthood, but the self-sufficiency, pride, sophisticated denial, and self-deception that are learned with years of practice in a sinful world.”

Stuart K. Weber, The Holman New Testament Commentary(B & H Publishing: Nashville, 2000), p 286.

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“If anyone desires to come afterMe, let him

deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.”

Matthew 16:24

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Resources

blueletterbible.org

Resources

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Resources

Blue Letter Bible(Free Mobile App)

roberthatfield.net/family

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BRIEFING:CROSSroads:

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Lesson #4 — September 24, 2014