Take Notes x Take Notes <p class="p1">Jonathan W. Jarboe, MBA, D.Ed.Min</p> <p class="p1">President & CEO</p> <p class="p1">The Baptist Foundation of California</p> <p class="p1">March 19, 2023</p> <p class="p1">Legacy Living</p> <p class="p1">Luke 14:25-33 NLT</p> <p class="p1">A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them, 28 "If you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone else - your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters - yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. ?" And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple. 28 But don't begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it? 29 Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you. 30 They would say, 'There's the person who started that building and couldn't afford to finish it! 31 Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down with his counselors to discuss whether his army of 10,000 could defeat the 20,000 soldiers marching against him? 32 And if he can't, he will send a delegation to discuss terms of peace while the enemy is still far</p> <p class="p1">away. * So you cannot become my disaple withou giving up everything you</p> <p class="p1">Acts 1:8 NLT</p> <p class="p1">"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere - in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."</p> <p class="p1">Legacy living requires me to</p> <p class="p1">1. GIVE UP <span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></p> <p class="p1">Luke 14:26-27 NLT</p> <p class="p1">"If you want to be my disciple, you must. by comparison. hate everyone else - your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters - yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. 27 And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me you cannot be my disciple."</p> <p class="p1">Ephesians 5: 15-16 ESV</p> <p class="p1">Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.</p> <p class="p1">2. LET GO OF <span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span> …TODAY AND TOMORROW</p> <p class="p1">Luke 14:28-30 NLT</p> <p class="p1">But don't begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it? 29 Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you. ∞ They would say, 'There's the person who started that building and couldn't afford to finish it!"</p> <p class="p1">Matthew 6:20-21 NLT</p> <p class="p1">Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. 21 Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.</p> <p class="p1">3. PASSIONATELY OFFER MY <span style="text-decoration: underline;"> , ,</span> AND <span style="text-decoration: underline;"> .</span></p> <p class="p1">Luke 14:31-32 NLT</p> <p class="p1">"Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down with his counselors to discuss whether his army of 10,000 could defeat the 20,000 soldiers marching against him?</p> <p class="p1">32 And if he can't, he will send a delegation to discuss terms of peace while the enemy is still far away."</p> <p class="p1">1 Corinthians 12:27 NLT</p> <p class="p1">All of you together are Christ's body, and each of you is a part of it.</p> <p class="p1">Luke 14:33 NLT</p> <p class="p1">"So you cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own."</p> Email Your Notes
