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OUTLINE
·      TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
   1.     Am I going to believe Jesus?
   2.     Am I going to obey Jesus?

·      JESUS’ CALL: RADICAL ABANDONMENT
   o   What does Radical Abandonment look like? – Luke 9:57-62
      §  The Cross over Comfort (vs. 57-58)
      §  Mission over Maintenance (vs. 59-60)
      §  Undivided Hearts over Indecisive Minds (vs. 61-62)

   o   Not an isolated teaching
      §  Luke 14:25-33
      §  Mark 10:17-23
      §  Matthew 4:18-22
      §  Matthew 12:47-50
      §  Matthew 16: 24-26

·      WHAT ABOUT US?
   o   The cost of non-discipleship
      §  To those who don’t know Christ now, and will die without knowing Christ (2 Thessalonians 1:7;     
          Revelation 20:15; Matthew 9:37-38; Romans 10:14-15)
      §  To the poor & needy
          ·      Around 3 billion people live on less than two dollars a day
          ·      1.4 billion people live on less than US$1.25/day
          ·      30,000 children will die today of either starvation or preventable diseases
          ·      (Proverbs 14:31, 21:13, 28:27; Matthew 25:41)
      §  To us (Matthew 7:21-23, 16:26)

    o   Finding the Treasure (Matthew 13:44)

    o   Is He worth it? (Luke 14:33)