1. Are you a true Christ-follower Mark 1:14-20; 14:27-31, 50-52

2. “It is arrogant and intolerant to believe that Jesus is the only way to God, other religions take different paths to the same God.”

3. “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” John 14:6 (NASB)

4. President George W. Bush

6. A disciple of Christ is one who… Is a baptized believer Is a follower of the triune God Is a student of the Word Is obedient to the Word Is a teacher of future disciples, a disciple-maker

7. Bartholomew – skinned alive and beheaded James, the lessor – stoned and clubbed to death Andrew – crucified upside down on an x-shaped cross Judas – suicide by hanging Peter – crucified upside down John – thrown into boiling oil but survived, died an old man Thomas – impaled by a spear James the great – beheaded Philip – crucified Matthew – burned to death Jude – axed to death Simon – axed to death

9. DISCUSSION GUIDE 1.According to Jesus in (Mark 1:14-15) how does one become a Christ-follower? Repent of your old way of life and believe in the Gospel.

10. DISCUSSION GUIDE 2.Have you done this in your life? If so, when?

11. DISCUSSION GUIDE 3.Jesus called the Disciples to drop everything and to follow Him. How did they respond? (vs. 16- 20) They immediately left everything, their vocation, their families, their way of life and followed Him.

12. DISCUSSION GUIDE 4.When you became a Christ- follower did you have to give up anything significant?

13. DISCUSSION GUIDE 5.What does Peter’s failure in (Mark 14:29-31) teach you about staying alert in your own commitment?

14. DISCUSSION GUIDE 6.What are your greatest temptations that would cause you to deny Christ?

15. DISCUSSION GUIDE 7.Peter was not alone in denying Christ. The Scripture says all of the disciples did (Mark 14:50). What enabled them to return to faith and stand up for Christ even in their own deaths?

16. DISCUSSION GUIDE 8.Do you need to renew your commitment to Christ today? What steps can you take?

17. DISCUSSION GUIDE 9.What is the symbolic significance of the “linen cloth” in the following passages? a.(Mark 14:51-52)The cloth was naked shame b.(15:46)It became Jesus’ cloth of shame in death c.(16:5)It became the young man’s garment of glory

18. DISCUSSION GUIDE 10.Do your neighbors, work associates, family members and others see Jesus in you? Would they say you are a true Christ-follower?

19. A true Christ-follower... 1. Puts Jesus first in all things (Mark 8:34-38) 2. Follows Jesus’ teachings (John 8:31-32) 3. Is fruitful (John 15:5-8) 4. Loves other disciples (John 13:34-35) 5. Makes disciples of others (Matthew 28:18-20)

20. Christ Demands Our All Christ says, "Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want you. I have not come to torment your natural self, but to kill it. No half-measures are any good. I don't want to cut off a branch here and a branch there. I want to have the whole tree down. I don't want to drill the tooth, or crown it, or stop it, but to have it out. Hand over the whole natural self, all the desires which you think are innocent as well as the ones you think are wicked—the whole outfit. I will give you a new self instead. In fact, I will give you myself: my own will shall become yours." —C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity