Fearless Discipleship

Savior and Teacher-A Study of Matthew PART 22
Rev Leo Schuster
08 July 2012

Matthew 10:26-39
26"So do not be afraid of them.  There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.  27What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs.  28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.  Rather be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.  29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?  Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.  30And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.  31So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

32"Whover acknoledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.  33But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.

34"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth.  I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.  35For I have come to turn

"'a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law agaisnt her mother-inlaw--
36a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.'

37"Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.  39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

ENVIRONMENT
--Expect a social divide when you follow Jesus.
--Comfort produces complacency.
--Conflicts produce profoud faith.
--Peace and resistance comes from following God.

FEARS
--It's hard to follow Jesus, but remeber Healing is on the way.
--My ultimate fear of Jesus makes it easier to deal with lesser worldy fears.
--The Lord is a tower of strength.
--Remember that I am important to God.
--Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

DEVOTION
--Daily denying of self to follow Christ regardless of the consequences.