BEING A DISCIPLE IN A BROKEN WORLD- SUFFERING // Sunday, June 5, 2022 // Pastor Jeff Hines

Sunday — June 5, 2022

Being a Disciple in a Broken World:

Suffering

Matthew 4: 19 & 20 (ESV)

    …he said to them,   “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”   20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

Matthew 28: 18 – 20 (ESV)

     Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

1.               Cappadocia Map

2.               Cave Dwellings

3.               Modern Accommodations

4.               Bedroom

5.               Pool

6a. Cave Church     b.     c.     d.     e.

Why does a disciple have to suffer?

6.               Picture of Gethsemane

7.               Jesus Praying

8.               Gethsemane Stone

1 John 2: 5 & 6 (NLT)

    …those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him. 6 Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.

Matthew 16: 24 (NLT)

    Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.

Hebrews 2: 14 & 15 (NLT)

    Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death. 

 15 Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.

Matthew 5: 11 & 12 (NLT)

    “God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. 

    12 Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted in the same way.

John 15: 18 – 20 (NLT)

     “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. 19 The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.  20 Do you remember what I told you? ‘A slave is not greater than the master.’ Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you.

Colossians 1: 24 (NLT)

     I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am participating in the sufferings of Christ that continue for his body, the church.