THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP
1 Samuel 20
David: When Faith Takes The Lead – Part 5
Luke 14.26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.” (esv)
THERE IS COST AND COMFORT IN FOLLOWING JESUS:
REQUIRES Willingness To Lose The World To Gain CHRIST
v. 2 “Look, my father doesn’t do anything, great or small, without confiding in me.” (niv)
v. 13 “… the LORD … has been with my father.” (esv)
v. 16 “Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, ‘May the LORD call David’s enemies to account.’”(niv)
v. 31 “For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established.” (esv)
v. 33 “Saul hurled his spear at him to strike him.” (esv)
John 15.18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.” (esv)
James 4.4 “… friendship with the world is hostility toward God … So whoever wants to be the friend of the world becomes the enemy of God.” (csb)
PROMISES Calmness In The Steadfast Love Of CHRIST
v. 8 “… you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you.”
v. 14 “… show me the steadfast love of the LORD …” (esv)
v. 42 “Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other …” (niv)
Romans 5.1 & 3 “… we have peace with God … we rejoice in our sufferings …”
vv. 14–15 “If I am still alive, show me the steadfast love of the LORD, that I may not die; and do not cut off your steadfast love from my house forever …” (esv)
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