Jesus' Terms & Conditions...Have you checked the box?...Matthew 16:21-28
A friend of mine took the step of baptism last Saturday afternoon. He followed what he read of his Savior in the Scriptures and made a public testimony and demonstration of dying in Christ so we might live for Him. This played right into the passage this Sunday as we looked at Jesus' terms and conditions of what it means to follow Him. I encourage you to listen to the video below of the whole service from Sunday when we cover the passage Matthew 16:21-28. Jesus has just told His disciples of the road map going forward. They will be traveling to Jerusalem; Jesus will suffer many things from the hands of the religious leaders; He will be killed; and He will rise again on the 3rd day. Jesus will share this road map with His disciples many times before getting to Jerusalem and add more details along the way. This plan is not accepted by Peter and we assume the other disciples as well. Peter objects to the One he just called, "The (only) Christ, the (only) Son, of the ...