{"id":367,"date":"2011-10-18T08:51:33","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T12:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=367"},"modified":"2011-10-23T11:29:38","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T15:29:38","slug":"signs-they-invest-in-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2011\/10\/signs-they-invest-in-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs – They Invest In Others"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SERIES:\u00a0 Signs
\nTITLE:\u00a0\u00a0 They Invest in Others\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nTEXT:\u00a0 Luke 9:23-25 (p.867); John 1:35-51 (p.886); I Cor.11:1\u00a0<\/h3>\n

I.\u00a0IT INVOLVES A COMMITMENT TO (JESUS CHRIST)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It is possible to be\u2026a camp-follower without being a solider of the king; to be a hanger-on in some great work without pulling one’s weight\u2026It is one of the supreme handicaps of the church that in the church there are so many distant followers of Jesus Christ and so few real disciples.”\u00a0 William Barclay in Luke<\/p>\n

3 essentials to being a disciple in Luke 9<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0A disciple must (deny himself).\u00a0
\n2.\u00a0A disciple must take up his (cross daily).
\n3.\u00a0A disciple must (follow Him).\u00a0<\/p>\n

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”\u00a0 Jim Elliott<\/p>\n

II.\u00a0IT INVOLVES A COMMITMENT TO (TIME)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

How did Jesus foster His inner circle?<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0His approach was (personal).\u00a0
\n2)\u00a0His approach was (individual).\u00a0<\/p>\n

III.\u00a0IT INVOLVES A COMMITMENT TO THE (BENEFITS)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

I Cor.11:1 (p.958)<\/p>\n

Two quotes worthy of learning:<\/p>\n

“God is not so much interested in our ability, as He is our availability.”<\/p>\n

“The world has yet to see what God can do with and for and through and in a man who is fully and wholly committed to Him.”\u00a0 Words said to D.L. Moody<\/p>\n

NEXT:\u00a0 They Exhibit Generosity- I Cor.16:1-2; 2 Cor.9:6-15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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