Will Jesus know you at the throne? 2 Cor. 5:10; Gal.6:17

“From now on let no one trouble me [by making it necessary for me to justify my authority as an apostle, and the absolute truth of the gospel], for I bear on my body the branding-marks of Jesus [the wounds, scars, and other outward evidence of persecutions—these testify to His ownership of me]. Gal. 6:17

“Marks of a Jesus Follower” 1. Embraces God’s mercies! “For God has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all” Romans 11:32 “Marks of a Jesus Follower”

“Marks of a Jesus Follower” 2. Tastes God’s goodness! “Your words were found and I ate them, and Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts” Jer. 15:16 “Marks of a Jesus Follower”

“Marks of a Jesus Follower” 3. Hungers for holiness! “Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness, let the bones which You have broken rejoice” Psalm 51:7-8; Ex. 12:22 “Marks of a Jesus Follower”

“Marks of a Jesus Follower” 4. Pursues God’s agenda! “but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth” Acts 1:8 “Marks of a Jesus Follower”

“Marks of a Jesus Follower” 5. Loves God’s image bearers! “I will most gladly spend and be expended for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?” 2 Cor. 12:15 “Marks of a Jesus Follower”

“Marks of a Jesus Follower” 6. Willingness to die! ”For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death, but life in you” 2 Cor. 4:11-12 “Marks of a Jesus Follower”

“Marks of a Jesus Follower” 7. Boasts about Christ! “But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world” Gal. 6:14 “Marks of a Jesus Follower”

“Marks of a Jesus Follower” 8. Implements temptation strategy! “But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts” Romans 13:14 “Marks of a Jesus Follower”

“Marks of a Jesus Follower” 9. Prepares to meet Jesus! “ For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad” 2 Cor. 5:10 “Marks of a Jesus Follower”

“Marks of a Jesus Follower” 10. Changes the world! “These men who have upset the world have come here also; and Jason has welcomed them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.” Acts 17:6-7 “Marks of a Jesus Follower”

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