Life of a Disciple, Part 1: Let the Cat Turn Around
Bethel Redding Sermon of the Week
Bethel Redding
4.8 • 529 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2019
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Bill Johnson continues our series of the life of a disciple. This is a life that includes obeying His voice and choosing to carry our cross knowing resurrection will come from our Father. The best thing we can do for those around us is to put God first and learn from Him always. Matthew 10:37, John 13:35, John 15:7-8
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Bethel Church Sermon of the Week. |
| 0:06.0 | We hope you enjoy this message by Pastor Bill Johnson. |
| 0:09.4 | For more information about this podcast and other resources, visit bethel.com. |
| 0:17.9 | All right. |
| 0:18.8 | None of that. |
| 0:19.3 | Never that. |
| 0:23.5 | Why don't you open your Bibles to Matthew, Chapter 10. |
| 0:27.2 | We're going to start there. |
| 0:28.6 | We'll end up in John. |
| 0:30.6 | And we've got a series, The Life of a Disciple. |
| 0:34.4 | And this is week two, Chris Cruz did last week. |
| 0:37.1 | If you weren't here, encourage you to get it |
| 0:38.9 | online. And next week, we've got a real special surprise for you. The issue of discipleship, |
| 0:46.2 | Jesus did not command us to make converts. He commanded us to make disciples. The word disciple means learner. I remember |
| 1:00.8 | Winky Pratton used to tell us years ago, he says, when you stop learning, you stop being a disciple. |
| 1:05.9 | The whole issue of discipleship is that we learn by following. We're actually following in the footsteps of another. |
| 1:14.3 | It's not mimicking a lifestyle. It's not a code of ethics. It's actually a relational journey of trust. |
| 1:22.4 | This relational journey of trust is maybe best illustrated by Jesus' own crucifixion. He gave himself to die. |
| 1:34.7 | His life wasn't taken from him. He gave himself to die. It's my personal conviction that he didn't |
| 1:40.8 | raise himself from the dead. The Holy Spirit of God raised him from the dead. |
| 1:45.3 | So if you think about this for a moment, when Jesus gave himself to become sin, it's the most |
| 1:52.4 | bizarre thing in heaven will understand it clearer. But the problem in all of creation was sin. |
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