“Matthew 16:24”

“describes what that cost is in one way. Matthew 16:24. He says, "If anyone would come after me, let them deny themsself, take up his cross, and follow me." I'm going read again. If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. So, the cost was self-denial. The cost was turning away from from your old way of life, saying, "My hopes, my dreams, they're all gone. Jesus, whatever you want, I surrender. Here's my life from here on out. No”

“these words, what I want you to notice first is a key theme in Jesus's teaching here as he opens this message to this group of people. Over and over again, it's a theme that's summed up by a single word repeated throughout this book and throughout the gospel accounts. And it is the word blessed. 16 times in Matthew, five times in Mark, 24 times in Luke, three times”

“slide and I want to pull my uh scripture here so I just want to read those because they're they're really good good places to uh to be reminded of God's God's truth number one it strengthen my faith in scripture Matthew 24:35 behold behold I have told you in advance that's what God does with prophecy 2 Timothy 3:16 some of the scripture is inspired by wait a minute oh it says all not some of the scripture all all scripture is inspired by God and”