This week we wrap up our three-part mini-series on the call to discipleship and the invitation Christ has given us to "come and FOLLOW ME.”
The call to follow Christ is not one we should take lightly as it is a call to turn our back on our old self, die to our sin and be made new. There is no greater commitment and no greater submission than that of abandoning ourselves to follow Him. But for those who are willing, there is also no greater reward than to walk with God! To know Him and be known by Him, and to join Him in the eternal work of building His kingdom. To go and make disciples!
2 Corinthians 5:16-20
“From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
John 6:66-69
“After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”
