The Apprentice: Following Jesus in the Real World Message #4

First Love Church April 28, 2013

Counting the Cost

If you want to be my disciple, you must hate everyone else by comparisonyour father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sistersyes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. 27 And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple. 28 But dont begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it? 29 Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you. 30 They would say, Theres the person who started that building and couldnt afford to finish it! 31 Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down with his counselors to discuss whether his army of 10,000 could defeat the 20,000 soldiers marching against him? 32 And if he cant, he will send a delegation to discuss terms of peace while the enemy is still far away. 33 So you cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own. Luke 14:26-32 (NLT) Matt 13:44-46

Apprenticeship 101
What discipleship to Christ is not: 1. A disciple is not a _______________________________ of Christian

2. Its not about being a full time Christian worker

3. Its not just about accepting Christ, praying the prayer, or asking Jesus to come into your heart

What discipleship is: 1. Being transformed from ___________________________________________

What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthyfull of greed and self-indulgence! 26 You blind Pharisee! First wash the inside of the cup and the dish, and then the outside will become clean, too. Matt 23:25-26 (NLT)

Life Group Questions: 1. What stood out to you from todays message? 2. What do you desire more than Christ and his Kingdom? 3. What would you miss out on if you do not decide to be an apprentice of Jesus?

2. ______________________________________ Jesus in what he is doing in the world right now

Matt 28:18-20