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Count the cost, Lk. 14:25-35  Daily costs *Food *Clothes *Shelter

Count the cost in spiritual matters  Called to be disciples, Mt. 11:28-30 *Privilege *Responsibilities  Not just, *Faith *Repentance *Baptism

Count the cost in spiritual matters  Cost of discipleship VS. Worldliness, Heb. 11:24-26  Cost of discipleship VS. Eternal Life, 2 Cor. 4:16, 17

Love our neighbors, Mt. 22:39  Those nearby  Those in need, Lk. 10:25-37

Husbands love wives, Eph. 5:25  Nourish, cherish, Eph. 5:29  Physical, 1 Tim. 5:8

Wives love husbands, Titus 2:4  Homemaker, Titus 2:5  Humble, submissive, 1 Pt. 3:1-4

Parents love children  Mothers, Titus 2:4  Fathers, Eph. 6:4

Children love parents, Eph. 6:1-3  When younger  When older

Love ourselves, Eph. 5:28  Not selfishness, Phil. 2:3, 4  Value, dignity, Gen. 1:26, 27; 1 Cor. 7:23

Love our enemies, Mt. 5:44  Call us names  Gossip, slander

The Lord comes before self, Deut. 6:5; Mt. 22:37, 38  All else depend on this  Keep commands, Jn. 14:15; 1 Jn. 5:3

Relationship to others VS. God… Love God MORE, Acts 4:18-20; 5:29  Atheist parent forbids child to read Bible, Read anyway, Acts 17:11  Mother tells daughter not to be baptized, ignore her, Mk. 16:16

Relationship to others VS. God… Love God MORE, Acts 4:18-20; 5:29  Husband forbids wife from worshipping, go, Heb. 10:25  Baptist demands you stop exposing error, press on, Eph. 5:11

Relationship to others VS. God… Love God MORE, Acts 4:18-20; 5:29  Friend offers you drugs or pornography, refuse it, Rom. 13:13, 14  Brother cries out against preaching truth, preach on, 2 Tim. 4:2-5

Count the cost in spiritual matters  Cost of discipleship VS. Worldliness, Heb. 11:24-26  Cost of discipleship VS. Eternal Life, 2 Cor. 4:16, 17