Matthew Chapter 10

Matthew 10:16-18 ~ The Conditions of the Twelve Apostles Part 1

The proper approach to difficulties is to approach them as shrewd as snakes and unsophisticated as doves. And the purpose for our difficulties is to go through the difficulties surrendered to Christ, willing to receive the sacrifice that those difficulties bring to our lives. Not looking to get out of it. Not looking for the difficulties to pass. But looking to suffer through the difficulties so that the testimony and witness of Christ would be effective in our lives.

Matthew 10:34-36 ~ The Cost of Discipleship Part 1

"I want people to see my decision to respond to and be obedient to Christ. And I want them to get upset about that. Because I want them to see their need for Christ; to see that they are walking in rebellion to Christ. I want them to know and I want them to see that their eternal soul is dependent upon how they respond to Christ, not religion, and if they continue in their own way they will die in their sins. My witness to people is the things that I suffer and the things that I sacrifice for. But as for me and my household, as for me and my life, I will serve the Lord. I will suffer for it in relationships, in opportunities, in circumstances, in situations. That is my testimony."

Matthew 10:37-39 ~ The Cost of Discipleship Part 2

"I cannot overemphasize this. I cannot go too far if I emphasize it every week. Remember this morning I started off with saying we are two thousand years removed from the actual person of Jesus Christ being here, from an actual identification with Him Himself and we have a book called the Bible. And it is through the Bible that we relate back two-thousand years, but we've lost the reality of a personal relationship with Him as they had back then. We have Christ with us today, but we would rather study a book."