Take Up Your Cross & Follow Me

#7 in Luke: Ministry & Parables
Tim Cartwright

Luke 9:18-27

Identity of Jesus

Luke 9:18–20
• “Who do the crowds say I am?” → John the Baptist… Elijah… a prophet
• “Who do you say I am?” → The Christ of God

C.S. Lewis:
“Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse.”

Jesus’ Mission

Luke 9:21–22
• The Son of Man must suffer, be rejected, be killed, and be raised.

Nick Cady:
“The disciples were only beginning to grasp who He was…”

3 Aspects of Costly Discipleship

• Costly Discipleship Requires Denial of Self
  “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself…”
  
• Costly Discipleship Requires Taking Up Our Cross Daily
  “Every morning we wake to die to self…” — Thabiti Anyabwile
  
• Costly Discipleship Demands the Believer’s Continual, Intentional pursuit of Jesus

What Is the Goal of Costly Discipleship?

Luke 9:25–27
What does it profit a man to gain the world and lose himself?

Philippians 3:7–8
“I count everything as loss… that I may gain Christ.”

The One Who Calls You

• The One who calls you strengthens you.
• The One who leads you walks beside you.
• The One who asks for your life gave His life for you.

What’s your next step?

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