He's calling people to a total commitment.

To come to that place where you don't look at physical death,

but he makes the call so that you can surrender all of your life,

all of your life to him fully and completely,

to love him and to serve him.

Because those that come to Jesus Christ with self-renouncing faith receive true eternal life.

I am falling.

I am falling in love. I am falling in love. I am falling in love. I am falling to have you with us to see. Welcome to somebody loves you radio. The Bible teaching ministry ministry of Roll Reese in Diamond Bar, California.

Well, it's great to have you with us today. As we continue our focus on the transformative

power of Jesus' cross, Roll will urge you to fully surrender to your Savior. Jesus died to secure

the way to heaven, but only those who repent of sin, turning to him with all of their hearts, will experience that gift of eternal life.

Jesus will return one day for his people, and you want to be ready. The title of today's study is The Cost of Discipleship.

In Matthew chapter 16, beginning in verse 24,

here's Roll Rees.

If you have your Bibles turn with me to the book of Matthew,

we are in the gospel of Matthew.

We're in 16 chapter of Matthew,

chapter 16, verse 24 through 26 this morning.

And it's always kind of hard when you know as a leader and you're leading

people what's ahead. Jesus already knew what was going to happen. In the mind of the disciples,

they were beginning to imagine in their minds how cool it was going to be to go to Jerusalem and in Jerusalem that the Lord

was going to fight against Rome and Rome would be defeated and then the Lord would set up his

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