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Luke 9:23
23.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.
The chicken and the pig were talking in the back lot one day. The chicken said, “We have a great life here.” The pig responded, “Yes, it’s nice.’ The Chicken: “Our farmer takes great care of us. He feeds us & gives us a great place to live.” The Pig: “Yes, it is all really good.” The Chicken: “I would like to do something great for him.” The Pig: “That sounds amazing what should we do.” The Chicken: “I know Let’s give him a ham and egg breakfast in the morning.” The Pigs mouth drops open: and you can hear a pin drop---. The Chicken: “What’s wrong with breakfast?” The Pig: “For you, that’s involvement. For me, that’s commitment!” That story is super cute and all but there is a hard reality if you want to be a lifelong disciple of Christ, and that reality is commitment. Not only in …show more content…

He goes off to pray and there His disciples come around him and He ask them who do they think He is. Ole Peter gets is right this time by responding “The Christ of God.” I want us, myself included to wrap our hearts and minds around what it takes to be a disciple of Christ. Just as a master baker prepares all the ingredients for the perfect cake. Here is what is takes to make a true disciple of Jesus.

I. We Must Desire After Jesus
A. I want us this morning to look at the word “if’ for a moment. I am no grammarian by any means, but the word struck me as I began to look at this text. We can look at the commands Jesus gave. Ex. Love the Lord God… Go into all the world… Love your neighbor…

B. The word if however, begins a conditional sentence, with two parts. The first part of this is “if any one desires to come after me.” Is the condition. Jesus is giving us a choice. You can either follow Him or do not have to. Like Everything in life, we have a choice to

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