This is what it means to follow Christ. That's why Jesus said,

Count the Cost, right? Better think about it.

You better think about it like a man going to build a tower.

You better think about it like a man going to go to war.

You better make sure you can make the required sacrifice

because self denial is very difficult because self-love is very dominant.

SLAVORY

Just the thought of it causes anger in many people and you can understand why.

But could being a slave ever be something to cherish, to rejoice in, even to long for?

Today on Grace to you, John MacArthur looks at a critical truth in the Bible,

the issue of being a slave of Christ as John continues his series titled,

Lessons for a Modern Day Disciple. As you are about to hear, the most basic relationship

all believers have with Christ is that of slave and master.

And now here's John with a lesson.

If you would open your Bible to John chapter 15, John chapter 15,

I just want to read two verses to you, verses 14 and 15.

And from this address an issue that is of deep concern to me.

It was in the spring of last year that I got on an airplane to fly across the Atlantic

to England to minister at the banner of truth conference at Lester University,

North of London. I had a wonderful week with some precious, precious men there

from the UK and from other parts of Europe who gathered around the great doctrines of scripture.

It was refreshing to my own soul, deeply refreshing to my own soul.

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