The Reward of Following After Christ Luke 18 28-30

Read the passage: Luke 18

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+18&version=ASV

v.28 1. There is a great desire for the believer to be included in the possibility and

not in the impossibility.

(Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.)

responding to v. 22

v.29 2. The follower of Jesus must place Jesus first as His priority.

(And He said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left

  house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s 

sake,)

v.29 3. It is the kingdom of God which is everlasting; the believer is privileged to 

be part of this everlasting kingdom.

(for the kingdom of God’s sake,)

v.30 4. The follower of Christ will be rewarded by Christ.

(Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world

  to come life everlasting.)

v.30 5. To forsake all for Christ is to gain far more of Christ and from Christ.

6. To hold onto the world is to perish with the world.

see v. 22, 23

7. To gain Christ is to have all He is for all of eternity; to deny Christ is to

have nothing for all eternity.

in a sinner’s hell with the devil and his demons

What God's People Possess Joshua 1 2-9

Read the passage: Joshua 1

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v.2 1. God’s directive.

(now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, …)

v.3, 2. God’s bounds of appointment.

   4 (Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given

you, …)

v.5 3. God’s protection.

(There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy

life: …)

v.5 4. God’s record to lean upon.

(so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.)

v.8 5. The word of God.

(this book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth:)

v.9 6. God’s assuring counsel.

(Have not I commanded thee?)

v.9 7. God’s assuring fulfillment.

(for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.)

Having Your Prayers Answered Luke 8 51-56

Read the passage: Luke 8

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+8&version=ASV

v.41 1. What a blessing to ask of Jesus.

(and he fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought Him that He would come 

into his house: …)

v.51 2. What a blessing to be present when Jesus works His work.

(and the father and the mother of the maiden.)

v.52 3. What a blessing to not be overcome with the barriers and limitations of the

fearful and unbelieving.

(And all wept, and bewailed her? …)

v.54 4. What a blessing to witness the power of God’s hand.

(And took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid arise.)

Why didn’t Jesus use her earthly name?

v.55 5. What a blessing to see truth is as truth is revealed to be.

(And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway:)

The victory of Christ over death.

v.55 6. What a blessing to see validation of the life given from Christ.

(and He commanded to give her meat.)

She was hungry needing nourishment; but also this was evidence of her

being alive.

v.56 7. What a blessing to have the truth filling the heart within.

(And her parents were astonished: but He charged them that they should

  tell no man what was done.)

Which Has Greater Value? Luke 16 19-23

Read the passage: Luke 16

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+16&version=ASV

v.19 1. All the world’s goods now or the abundance of heaven to come.

(a certain rich man which was clothed in purple and fine lined, and …)

v.19 2. All man’s ways seemingly  rewarded now or God’s reward for eternity.

v.20 3. The accusation of missed opportunity or the reward of God’s grace.

(a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores.)

v.21 4. Impoverished physical condition now or the promise and presence of true

   25 riches in eternity.

(And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table:)

(But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy 

good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but not he is comforted, and

thou art tormented.)

v.21 5. All of modern medicine’s solutions and extensions now or dwelling in

heaven’s perfection with a glorified body forever.

(moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.)

v.22,6. All the world can offer and still dieing or all heaven offers and living forever

  23 with Jesus.

(And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels

  into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;)  (And in

  hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments,)

v.23 7. God’s justice or God’s mercy.

(in hell … seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.)

The Blessing of Leftovers-II Mark 8 8

Read the passage: Mark 8 

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark+8&version=ASV

(So they did eat and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.)

Where there is more than enough.

1. It reveals God’s unlimited capacity though we see limited opportunity. 

(v.4-From whence can a man satisfy these men …)

2. It reveals the ready presence of God’s supply.

(v.7-And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, …)

They didn’t have to work it up; do it out themselves.

3. It reveals God’s greaterness than the greatness of the need(s).

4. It reveals the security of being in Christ’s presence.

The wilderness is no threat if a believer is with Jesus.

It shows the necessity of Christ’s presence in ministry.

5. It reveals the basis of Christ’s invited partaking-grace, and the adequacy of it.

Not all responded-all were extended grace.

6. It reveals the intent of God’s provision- the fullness of men.

Believers need understand this  truth.

John 10: 10

7. It reveals the continuity of man’s need; he cannot survive on leftovers, but must have a fresh supply of God’s provision.

Jesus was revealing Himself to be the bread of life; the sustainer of man’s heart.

Man couldn’t make it happen again.

There was no formula left, only the person of Jesus revealed.

God's Addition Luke 12 31

Read the passage: Luke 12

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(But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added

  unto you.)

1. It will be God given, in fact God’s gift.

2. It will be right.

in timing, in amount, in authority

3. It will be in harmony with scriptures.

4. It will exalt the Son of God and reveal Him as Savior.

5. It will be complete, nothing need be added.

6. It will endure, will have no ending.

7. It will satisfy and fulfill the heart which is before God.

Sufficient Care Matthew 6 25-31

Read the passage: Matthew 6

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+6&version=ASV

v 25 1) God has a higher ground for His children to gain than concern or anxiety for physical needs of care. 

(be not anxious) ••• for eat, drink, clothes. 

V 25 2) God desires to take His children to greater realms of faith-to gather spiritual gain. 

(is not life more than food and the body than rainment?)

v 26 3) Man is not capable of gaining God's higher ground by his own efforts. 

(they sow not ••• )

 doesn't depend upon man 

v 26 4) God's care for creatures is adequate, why not for His own children? 

(behold ••• are ye not much better than they?) 

v 27 5) Man cannot attain God's greater realm unless God chooses to give it. 

V 28 6) True growth can only come from God.

 ( … how they grow) 

V 29 7) Even Solomon did not attain the full manifestation of God's glory for man. 

(even Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these. )

v 30 8) God's sufficiency is adequate to meet His children's needs forever. 

(the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, … ) 

v 30 9) The testimony of God's sufficiency is convincingly apparent to the faithful. 

(0 ye of little faith) 

v 3110) God is sufficiently able in care of His own and in taking them to the heights of His glory. 

Finding God's Way Psalms 77 13

Read the passage: Psalms 77

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(Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary; who is so great a God as our God?)

1. It is our staying close to Him.

2. It is our genuinely seeking Him.

3. It is our hearing Him.

4. It is our waiting before Him.

5. It is our following Him.

6. It is our worship of Him.

7. It is our acknowledgment of His greatness.

Christ's Message-abundance of Heart Luke 6 45

Read the passage: Luke 6

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+6&version=ASV

(A good man out of the good measure of his heart bringeth forth that which

  is good: and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth

  that which is evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.)  

1. The heart is to be protected by the believer.

2. What is continually placed into or allowed in the heart is of critical influence

on the expressions of that life.

3. When a believer defiles the temple, he will have a mixed message; his 

heart is not full of the abundance of scriptures.

4. Only that which comes from Jesus is truly abundant.

John  10: 10

5. The treasures of a lost man’s heart are worldly and may be of abundant 

worldly proportion, but not of spiritual proportion.

6. The believer is to speak, that is to minister, always from an abundant

position, that is a full heart from Christ.

7. There is always certainty of ministry from a truly abundant heart, one in

fellowship with the Savior.