1. Matthew 16:13-25  The Confession The Confession, the Warning, and the Calling

Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

1. Matthew 16:13-25  The Confession  The Warning  The Calling

Romans 6:3-5 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,

Galatians 2:19-20 For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

2. True Belief  Jesus is the Christ  He had to suffer and die  Those who follow Him will also have to suffer and die The Confession, the Warning, and the Calling

A true believer is one… - Who changes his thinking and behavior to what Christ wants - Who totally surrenders to Christ as if he died and a new person was born

Are you a true believer? Do we understand that following Christ will cost us everything? What is Satan telling you? Where are your great sacrifices being made?