Randy Bell
12 Jun 2018

Commands of Christ

Command 2 Part 2: Follow Me Matthew 4:19 (audio/video)

To follow Jesus Christ is to abandon…our goals, our pleasures, and to embrace the purposes of God…

“Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men” – Matthew 4:19

The first disciples understood the call to follow Jesus meant to forsake their way of life and be trained by Him to be His disciple [fishers of men].

Matt 16:24 AMP Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to be My disciple , let him deny himself [disregard, lose sight of, and forget himself and his own interests] and take up his cross and follow Me [cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying, also].

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Randy Bell
18 Jun 2018

Commands of Christ

Command 10: Love Your Enemies (podcast)

Matthew 5:43-48 (NLT2)
43 “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy.
44 But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!
45 In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.
46 If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much.
47 If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that.
48 But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.

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Randy Bell
18 Jun 2018

Commands of Christ

Command 12: Give, Pray, and Fast Secretly (podcast)

Matthew 6:16-18 (NLT2)
16 “And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get.
17 But when you fast, comb your hair and wash your face.
18 Then no one will notice that you are fasting, except your Father, who knows what you do in private. And your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.

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