1. The Cost of Following Jesus Matt 8:18-22 Matt 8-9:34 【 Following Christ 】 Series

2.  Mt 8:1-4 Jesus Cleansed a Leper  Mt 8:5-13 Jesus Healed the Centurion's Servant  Mt 8:14-17 Jesus Healed Peter's Mother-in-Law  Mt 8:18-22 The Cost of Following Jesus  Mt 8:23-27 Jesus Calmed a Storm  Mt 8:28-34 Jesus Healed Two Men with Demons  Mt 9:1-8 Jesus Pardoned and Healed a Paralytic  Mt 9:9-17 Jesus Called Matthew, His Love Brings Joy and Renewal  Mt 9:18-26 Jesus healed a girl and a woman  Mt 9:27-31 Jesus Healed two blind men  Mt 9:32-34 Jesus healed a Man Unable to Speak

3. Matthew 8-9:35 The Main Point is NOT ： Imitate Jesus. The Main Point Is: Who is this Jesus? How then Should We Follow Him?

4. The Cost of Following Jesus Mt 8:18-22

5. 1. To Follow Christ You Must Count The Cost (18-20) 2. To Follow Christ You Must Pay the Cost NOW (21-22)

6. The Cost of Following Jesus Mt 8:18-22  Matthew 10:37-38 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. “is not worthy of me”, Luke = “cannot be my disciple”

7. The Cost of Following Jesus Mt 8:18-22 1. To Follow Christ You Must Count The Cost (18-20) 2. To Follow Christ You Must Pay the Cost NOW (21-22)

8. The Cost of Following Jesus Mt 8:18-22  Isaac Watts – when I survey the wonderous cross “Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were a present far too small. Love so amazing so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all. ”