2. Are You Fit for the Kingdom?
(Luke 9:57-62)

3. I. The Shallow Scribe (vs. 57-58) II. Jesus Calls One (vs. 59-60)
III. Another Disciple (vs )
Are You Fit for the Kingdom? Luke 9:57-62

4. IV. What About You? Are You Fit for the Kingdom? Luke 9:57-62
A) Divided affections?
Are You Fit for the Kingdom? Luke 9:57-62

5. Matthew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”

6. Luke 14:26-33
“If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. 27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. 28 For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him,

7. Luke 14:26-33
30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 33 So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.”

8. 2 Timothy 4:10
“for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.”

9. James 4:8
“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”

10. IV. What About You? Are You Fit for the Kingdom? Luke 9:57-62
A) Divided affections?
B) Unstableness?
Are You Fit for the Kingdom? Luke 9:57-62

11. 1 Corinthians 15:58
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.”

12. Ephesians 2:19-21
“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord,”

13. Ephesians 4:14
“As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;”

14. Colossians 2:6-7
“Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.”

15. IV. What About You? Are You Fit for the Kingdom? Luke 9:57-62
A) Divided affections?
B) Unstableness?
C) Fear?
Are You Fit for the Kingdom? Luke 9:57-62

16. Revelation 21:8
“But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

17. IV. What About You? Are You Fit for the Kingdom? Luke 9:57-62
A) Divided affections?
B) Unstableness?
C) Fear?
D) Slothful /Lazy?
Are You Fit for the Kingdom? Luke 9:57-62

18. Hebrews 6:11-12
“And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”

19. Romans 12:10-11
“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; 11 not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;”