Come follow me

Featuring: Ian Bentley

Date: Sunday, 28 July, 2013

Jesus still calls people today. He calls those who are not yet followers to come and follow him. Why should we do that? Because of what we hear from Jesus telling us of his love for us, what we hear about Jesus, who he is, his nature as God and because of what he has done, not just the great miracles but his death on the cross. If you are here today and have not accepted that call or if you are listening to this on download and are yet to start following Jesus let me encourage you to hear his call today and respond with a yes. But then many of us have been following for sometime and it may be that Jesus is saying to us I want you to do something for me. It wasn’t long ago that Gordon heard the call to be ordained. That may not be the way for us but there may be some area of service either here in Christ Church or elsewhere that God has for us. Peter was in a sense the first in a long line of Christians down the ages who have heard Jesus calling them to follow and calling them to service. Through the words of Jesus and his actions they have taken seriously that call and countless thousands have responded some like CT Studd giving up much to take the gospel to a very different culture others to mission and ministry in the place where they work. The response often does mean sacrifices have to be made but the cause of the kingdom of God and the gospel makes those sacrifices worthwhile.

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"hear his call today and respond with a yes"

Permalink Submitted by herb payne on Wed, 04/09/2013 - 17:43

It's really hard to hear the "still small voice" and tune out all the noise from our lives. Who has practical ideas that are workable in today's world?

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