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The Gospel of jesus

7. 1. The disciple WHO is worth his salt

8. "Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: “If anyone comes to me..."

9. [30] saying, 'This person began to build and wasn't able to finish.'
1. The disciple WHO is worth his salt
Luke 14:25-35 (NIV)
[25] Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said:
[26] “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters---yes, even their own life---such a person cannot be my disciple.
[27] And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
[28] “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won't you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?
[29] For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you,
[30] saying, 'This person began to build and wasn't able to finish.'

10. "If anyone comes to me..."

11. Just because the person you are following is Jesus, That does not make you a follower of Jesus

12. ". and does not hate his father and mother. yes, even his own life
"...and does not hate his father and mother...yes, even his own life...such a person cannot be my disciple."

13. A. Pray Jesus into your heart and you'd be saved
B. Just believe and you'd be saved
C. Accept Jesus as personal savior
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters --- yes, even his own life --- such a person cannot be my disciple."

14. "The Gospel According to Jesus", MacArthur
1. The disciple WHO is worth his salt
"People have been trying to domesticate Jesus’ message for many years."
"The Gospel According to Jesus", MacArthur

15. "The Gospel According to Jesus", MacArthur
1. The disciple WHO is worth his salt
Listen to the typical gospel presentation nowadays. You will hear sinners entreated with words like, “accept Jesus Christ as personal Savior”; “ask Jesus into your heart”; “invite Christ into your life”; or “make a decision for Christ.” You may be so accustomed to hearing those phrases that it will surprise you to learn that none of them is based on biblical terminology.
"The Gospel According to Jesus", MacArthur

16. "The Gospel According to Jesus", MacArthur
1. The disciple WHO is worth his salt
They are the products of a diluted gospel. It is not the gospel according to Jesus.
"The Gospel According to Jesus", MacArthur

17. "The Gospel According to Jesus", MacArthur
1. The disciple WHO is worth his salt
The cost of discipleship; the need to hate one’s own sin; Christ’s call to self-denial; His command to follow Him; and (especially) every mention of submission to Him as Lord were systematically expunged from the message Christians proclaimed to unbelievers.
"The Gospel According to Jesus", MacArthur

18. "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters --- yes, even his own life --- such a person cannot be my disciple."

19. Love for god
Love
Love for family
HATE

21. The Gospel According to Jesus, MacArthur
1. The disciple WHO is worth his salt
"A whole new category —“carnal Christians” —was invented to explain how someone could be converted to Christ and given eternal life but left totally unchanged in heart and lifestyle by such a transaction."
The Gospel According to Jesus, MacArthur

22. 1. The disciple WHO is worth his salt
Luke 14:25-35 (NIV)
[34] “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?
[35] It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out. “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

26. How pure is our discipleship today?

27. How faithful have we been in our covenant with God?

28. 2. The God who eats with sinners

29. 2. The God who eats with sinners
Luke 15:1-2 (NIV)
[1] Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus.
[2] But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

30. a. parable of the lost sheep: The lost

32. Luke 15:3-7 (NIV) [3] Then Jesus told them this parable:
2. The God who eats with sinners
Luke 15:3-7 (NIV)
[3] Then Jesus told them this parable:
[4] “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn't he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?
[5] And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders
[6] and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.'
[7] I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

34. No sinner was too condemned for God to save

35. B. parable of the lost coin: The search

37. 2. The God who eats with sinners
Luke 15:8-10 (NIV)
[8] “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn't she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
[9] And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.'
[10] In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

39. Jesus would get down on his hands and knees to find the one that is lost

40. C. parable of the lost son: The restoration

42. 2. The God who eats with sinners
Luke 15:13-16 (NIV)
[13] “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.
[14] After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.
[15] So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
[16] He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

43. He had neither the character nor the moral values to handle what was given to him

44. [20] So he got up and went to his father.
2. The God who eats with sinners
Luke 15:17-20 (NIV)
[17] “When he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
[18] I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
[19] I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.'
[20] So he got up and went to his father.

45. 2. The God who eats with sinners
Luke 15:22-24
[22] “But the father said to his servants, 'Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
[23] Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate.
[24] For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' So they began to celebrate.

46. 2. The God who eats with sinners
Luke 15:28-30
[28] “The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him.
[29] But he answered his father, 'Look! All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
[30] But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!

47. A. The parable of the lost sheep
B. the parable of the lost coin
C. the parable of the lost son
A. The lost: no one too lost for god to find
B. The SEARCH: he searches till he finds
C. The restoration: he receives all who return to him

48. 1. The disciple who is worth his salt 2. the god who eats with sinners