To be a disciple was to be actively involved in the discipling process. So, a disciple was a learner or a follower, someone who was actually learning and someone who was actually following.

These are the three areas of a person's life that will most present themselves as an idol that would stop you from loving God with all your heart, soul mind and strength: your relationships with other people, people will use excuses, "oh, it's my family, my kids, my parents" and they wont follow Jesus. So Jesus says "you've got to love me more than that."

Jesus offers us a way of escape. It's called repentance. We either repent or we perish.

The gospel of Jesus is a gopsel of grace. We are saved not by our works but by the grace of Jesus Christ. But the following of Jesus Christ is a relationship where He is our master, He is our boss.

Because Jesus said we either do one of two things; we either fear God, confess Jesus and experience the help of the Holy Spirit or we fear man, we deny Jesus and we blaspheme the Holy Spirit.

And what Jesus essentially is saying; be on guard against pharisaicism, legalism and hypocrisy.

The means by which the light of Christ comes into your life needs to be maximized so that all the light of Chist can come in and enlighten all of your life.

Jesus Christ has the authority to transform a person's life; to set someone free from bondage!

How many of you have had every prayer you have ever prayed answered exactly the way you prayed it?

There are certain spiritual truths and certain spiritual principals that are so important you repeat them. You don't just say them once, you say them on many occasions.