1. “DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN?” BLANK CONTRACT SIGN___________ “Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” MATHEW 16:24

2. “DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN?” 1.…IF ANY MAN WILL COME AFTER ME…. *WHO OR WHAT ARE WE GOING AFTER? (1SAM 13:14/ DAVID) 2. …LET HIM DENY HIMSELF…. *TO FOLLOW JESUS, WE MUST DENY SELF *WHO’S ON THE THRONE IN OUR LIFE? 3. …AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS…. *TO REIGN WITH JESUS, WE MUST SUFFER WITH JESUS 4. …AND FOLLOW ME…. *ARE WE WILLING TO FOLLOW JESUS OVER OTHERS

3. “DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN?” MATHEW 16:25 “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.” THE STORY OF THE CROSS 1 PETER 5:10 WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT GOD DELIVERS US FROM OUR SUFFERING & NOT OURSELVES…

4. “DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN?” MATHEW 16:26 “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” 1 JOHN 2:15 WE WANT THE WORLD BUT THE BIBLE SAYS TO ‘LOVE NOT THE WORLD’ *WE CAN GAIN THE WORLD, BUT WE LOSE THE FATHER *WHEN WE LOSE THE FATHER, WE LOSE OUR: PEACE, JOY, SALVATION, ETC.

5. “DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN?” SITUATIONS MAY BE EMERGENCIES TO US, BUT THEY ARE NOT TO GOD. *GOD KNOWS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING

6. “DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN?” AFTER THE SUFFERING, COMES THE RESURRECTION! ISAIAH 53:2B