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James 1:15
(15)Then, after desire has
conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin,
when it is full-grown, gives birth to
death.
THE GOSPEL
(Sin Separates You From God)
Romans 3: 9-18
9 What shall we conclude then? Do we
have any advantage? Not at all! For we
have already made the charge that Jews
and Gentiles alike are all under the power
of sin.
10 As it is written: “There is no one
righteous, not even one;
11 there is no one who understands;
there is no one who seeks God.
Romans 3: 9-18
12 All have turned away, they have together
become worthless;
there is no one who does good, not even one.”[a]
13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues
practice deceit.”[b]“The poison of vipers is on their
lips.”[c]
14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and
bitterness.”[d]
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 ruin and misery mark their ways,
17 and the way of peace they do not know.”[e]
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”[f]
The passage is entitled NO ONE IS RIGHTEOUS.
ALL – two times
NO ONE – four times
NOT EVEN ONE – two times
TOGETHER - once
The passage is entitled NO ONE IS RIGHTEOUS.
ALL – two times
NO ONE – four times
NOT EVEN ONE – two times
TOGETHER - once
practice deceit.”
The State of Man...
B. Corrupted by the Heart, Matthew 12:34
2/19/2018
“Suppose one of you wants to build a
tower. Will he not first sit down and
estimate the cost to see if he has enough
money to complete it? For if he lays the
foundation and is not able to finish it,
everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
saying, “This fellow began to build and was
not able to finish.”
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“Or suppose a king is about to go to war
against another king. Will he not first sit
down and consider whether he is able with
ten thousand men to oppose the one
coming against him with twenty thousand? If
he is not able, he will send a delegation
while the other is still a long way off and will
ask for terms of peace. In the same way,
any of you who does not give up everything
he has cannot be my disciple.”
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A. First, Let Us Study Verses 25-27
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Jesus spells out the cost of discipleship.
1. What were the conditions laid down by
Jesus for a person who wants to become His
disciple?
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3. Jesus doesn’t ask us for more than He
gave. He endured all kinds of suffering
while on earth, and gave up His life for us
on the cross. So when He asks us to
“carry our cross” (v 27), He means that
we should “die to ourselves” and “to the
world,” and live with Him.
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How do we apply this?
A. Somebody hurts us deeply. What used
to be our reaction, and what should be
our reaction now?
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B. Let Us Now Study Verses 28-30
“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower.
Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost
to see if he has enough money to complete it?
For if he lays the foundation and is not able
to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule
him, saying, “This fellow began to build and
was not able to finish.”
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Counting the Cost of Becoming a Disciple
1. To what did Jesus compare a man who
wants to be His disciple? (v 28)
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2. Why do you think Jesus gave the
illustration of the unfinished tower? Why
do some who profess to be believers fail
to continue in their faith?
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Counting the cost of Not Becoming a Disciple
1. a) What kind of decision did the king of
the 10,000-strong army face?
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b) What did Jesus say was the only sensible
decision for this king to make?
Answer: To surrender.
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C. What did the two kings represent?
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2. a) Is it possible for a true Christian to be
just a believer and not a disciple of
Christ?
Answer: No. A person who doesn’t want to pay the
cost of discipleship, desiring only to be “a believer”
(so he can go to heaven) is like a member of the
crowd in Luke 14:25. These people want something
from Jesus, but they are not willing to follow Him.
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Jesus as Savior and Jesus as Lord are two
sides of a coin. We cannot have one
without the other. Romans 10:9 says, “If
you confess with your mouth Jesus is
Lord... you will be saved.” 1 Corinthians
6:19, 20 says “You are not your own; you
were bought at a price.” Jesus great
commission to us is “Go and make
disciples of all nations...”
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b) “But the standard seems so high! I don’t
know if I can meet it.”
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D. Your choice