NO TURNING BACK
How far would you go to follow Jesus?
Luke 9.18-26

This is who I am.

Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say I am?" They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life." "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?"  Peter answered, "The Christ of God."   Luke 9.18-20 

This is why I have come.

Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.  Matthew 16.17-18 

This is how it is going to happen.

And he said, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”  Luke 9.22 

This is my calling on your life.

Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”   Luke 9.23 

“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.”   Luke 9.24 

“What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?”   Luke 9.25 

“If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.”   Luke 9.26