a compassionate call to discipleship (luke 6:12-49)
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A Compassionate Call to Discipleship (Luke 6:12-49). A Compassionate Call to Discipleship. As Opposition Mounted…. Jesus chose men to represent him and who would carry on his message after he was gone- Apostles He continued to speak the truth and care for the needs of people - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
A Compassionate Call to Discipleship(Luke 6:12-49)
As Opposition Mounted…• Jesus chose men to represent him and who
would carry on his message after he was gone- Apostles
• He continued to speak the truth and care for the needs of people
• He challenged all who would follow him with the radical kind of life needed to change the world:– A radical life toward God– A radical life toward people
A Compassionate Call to Discipleship
A Compassionate Call to Discipleship
Messengers Chosen- Apostles6:12-16
A Compassionate Call to Discipleship
Jesus’ Impact is Noted6:17-19
Truth without Compassion produces apathetic intellectualism- No heart
Compassion without truth produces ignorant emotionalism - No insight
A Compassionate Call to Discipleship
Philippians 3:12-15Not that I have already obtained all this, or have
already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I
press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. 15
All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently,
that too God will make clear to you.
A Compassionate Call to Discipleship
A Compassionate Call to Discipleship
A Radical Life is Urged6:20-28 Toward God
Blessings and WoesBlessings on the Person
who is…Woes on the Person
who is…Poor Dependent on
GodGet the
Kingdom!Rich Focused on
this world’s Wealth
That is all you get
Hungry Craving God’s truth
Satisfied in the
Kingdom!
Well fed Enjoying this world’s fares
Future Hunger
Weeping Saddened by World’s needs and direction
Joyful in the Kingdom!
Laughing Enthralled with this world’s
good life
Future mourning
and weeping
Hated, excluded,
reviled, spurned
Rejected by the World for
their association with Jesus
Rewarded in Heaven
Well spoken of
Approved by this World’s
people
Associated with the False
prophets of Old
Notice…• Each list describes one kind of person- and four
qualities in each of their lives• God is intimately aware of our lives- he sees into
our hearts!• Our choices here and now have consequences
for eternity- to provide for us blessing both here and now and in the future or to remove it from us.
• God vindicates the Faithful and warns the Self-centered
A Compassionate Call to Discipleship
A Compassionate Call to Discipleship
A Radical Life is Urged6:20-28 Toward God
6:29-38 Toward People
Matthew 9:36When he saw the crowds, he had
compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a
shepherd.
A Compassionate Call to Discipleship
2 Corinthians 4:4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the
image of God.
A Compassionate Call to Discipleship
A Compassionate Call to Discipleship
Four Key Applications6:39-49
4 Key Applications1. Choose your teachers wisely- they will determine your identity and Habits (“be like them”) VV. 39-40
A Compassionate Call to Discipleship
4 Key Applications2. Choose your Perspective carefully- It will determine your usefulness in the lives of others (“take out the speck…”) VV 41-42
A Compassionate Call to Discipleship
4 Key Applications3. Choose your thoughts selectively- they will determine your reputation (“Known by good or evil) VV. 43-45
A Compassionate Call to Discipleship
4 Key Applications4. Choose your actions faithfully- they will determine your ultimate success or ruin VV. 46-49
A Compassionate Call to Discipleship