Part 3 - Theres a big difference between a believer and a disciple. Thecross-bearing life produces disciples: thats what makes all the difference.Whilst its true that you cannot be a disciple without first becoming abeliever, a believer must make a conscious choice to go further with the Lordto be a disciple. Its ahigh calling to be called a disciple!

Jesus makes the point that if we are going to be cross-bearers, success will only come through persistence even when weve considered all the costs.

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Part 35 - It wasnt uncommon for the Lord Jesus to be seen eating and drinkingwith people. Often these people were the undesirables of society. On occasion (ofwhich this wasone) Jesus was invited or sought by a Pharisee to dine together.

Simon, likely a Pharisee of note in his town and his day invited Jesusover for a meal. Jesus was Simons guest.Yet,Simons behaviour toward Jesus signalled a certain attitude toward Him. Oftenits our behaviour towards others that is most telling about our own values andperceptions about ourselves.

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Part 2 - We have learned that prior to us living the kind of fulness of the Christian life that Christ intended, there is the prerequisite of cross-bearing that needs to happen. Although this is a largely unpopular thing. It is necessary if we will see our lives used to the maximum for Christ.

It is true that our life in Christ comes with the gift of salvation. We need not earn any merit with Christ to be saved. However, the Christian life does come with a cost. Cross bearing entails costs that must be paid. We see the parts of cross-bearing that will cost us.

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Part 1 - Usually, we attribute fulfilment to pleasure and joy. It may eventually bring all that, but the way to a life that breeds great satisfaction is found in self-denial and cross bearing. Sacrifice brings about freedom. Loss brings about gain. Suffering brings about satisfaction. Anguish brings about peace. All these paradoxes have been demonstrated through Jesus own cross bearing. The question then is will we bear our cross? Thats the question proposed by our Lord Jesus.

Therewill be those who will tell you that cross bearing is notnecessary. Yet, what we find is that cross bearing is an absoluteprerequisite to living the Christian life to the fullest.

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YaYA Camp 2021: Dig In - What stood out about the ANZACs was the courage they showed, the conviction to press on in the most difficult of circumstances and the willingness to follow their orders even at the risk of death. In our text, there are two types of spies. Ten were bad and two were good. The overwhelming odds that these spies faced was balanced out by the Promises of God. That is the case for us as believers. That is the case for us today. We choose though what kind of Christian we are: those who wholly follow the Lord and those who dont.

As we start the week off for YaYA Camp, we will consider Caleb and Joshua and by grace emulate their courage to wholly follow the Lord in the face of overwhelming odds.

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Resurrection Sunday - They say that seeing is believing. Often when we consider all theclaims of Scripture we can wish to be transported to the time and the verymoment of whats beingdescribed so we can see for ourselves. Yet, thesufficiency of Scriptures should fill us with a greater hope. The Word of Godinvites us often to have a look. The Biblebrings to light the hidden and theinvitation has been to see!

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Resurrection Sunday - We often equate Easter to new life, hope, beginnings, the cross, peaceetc. All these are great themes that can be seen and observed through Scripturebut the Easterstory is all about victory in Christ.In Pauls masterful declaration of the Gospel, we see repeated is theimportance and effect of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Yet, what heconcludes then is that we havevictory because of all that the Gospel entails.

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All over the world, billions are drowning in the waters of sin and despair. We hear their cries and yet we remain in the comforts of life; the comfort of our half-empty lifeboats, the comfort of our church pews or lounge chairs, the comfort of our jobs, the comfort of our university degrees, etc. All the while 151,000 people die every day with the vast majority entering into eternity with torment and anguish. We must lift up our eyes to the field for they are white unto harvest. The biggest problem this world faces is not COVID-19, but it is a sin problem. The solution to this can be only found in Jesus Christ. The question is will the cries of the lost fall upon deaf ears or will we do something about it? In this sermon, Brother Keegan Moodley preaches for our Missions Emphasis Sunday a message entitled Compelled To Go.

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As we have our Missions Emphasis Sunday, the question is posed. Is it Resistance or Reluctance? As we read 2 Peter 3 another question is presented. What matter of person ought you to be? As Christians, we have a great commission to reach the lost. Yet, though the call has not changed, there is still much work to be done. Thus we wonder, does the lost world remain unevangelised, due to Restrictions imposed by Governments, or the Resistance of the people; or due to the Reluctance of Gods people to wholly surrender and obey Gods call? In this sermon, Brother Niranjan Sundararaj preaches for our Missions Emphasis Sunday detailing 4 Areas God desires us to be diligent in.

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Part 34 - John the Baptist couldnt escape the very human characteristic of doubt. Here we see how Jesus deals with someone who doubts. This ought to be a comfort to us because when we truly are one of His, our doubting doesnt reframe us in His mind. In fact, what we find is that Jesus defends John despite others making judgment about him.

We continue this study to see that Jesus was teaching a larger audienceabout the doubt that was inherent in them. The crowd thought the lesson wasmerely about oneindividual (John the Baptist) but Jesus has a way of turningthe tables to help us see that our judgments of others ought rather bejudgments on ourselves.

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