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Our choices define us. Good or bad, right or wrong, our choices are a revelation of who we are and what we are made of.
2. This is especially true when it comes to Jesus. Who we say Jesus is defines our now and our eternal destiny. It’s the most important decision a person will ever make.
3. Tonight, as we continue our study in Matthew’s Gospel, we will learn from our Savior’s perspective what it means when a person says, “I have decided to follow Jesus.”

Matthew 10:24-42

Context
1. In Matthew 10, Jesus selected twelve of His disciples to be His apostles.
2. We noted last week that before they could be His apostles, “those who are sent”, they first needed to be His disciples, “those who are taught.”
3. Being a disciple is more than just being a student for it involves a wholehearted commitment to applying the teachings of Jesus to one’s life.
4. Before Jesus sent out the twelve, He gave them instructions because, as His official representatives, they must say what He would have them say and do what He would have them do. His authority rested on them.
5. When we come to the verses that we are studying tonight, Jesus spelled out in greater detail what it means to be His disciple.
6. What we will discover is that the Gospel is serious business because the consequences are eternal.
7. Jesus wanted them and He also wants us to understand not only the cost of being a disciple of Jesus Christ, but also the blessings that come with being His disciple.

I. Stand for the Truth (24-31)

• In verse 24, Jesus began this section rather ominously when He said, “A disciple is not above his teacher.”
• Meaning, if we look at how the world received Jesus, His teachings and His miracles, we will have insight into how the world will receive those who confess they are disciples of Christ.
• Jesus went on to say, “It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher.”
• If they called Jesus “Beelzebul”, which means “lord of the flies” (i.e. “Satan” or the “chief false god”), His disciples should not be surprised if they are called the same names and treated the same way. (25)
• Once again, Jesus was confronting the religious order of the day because the scribes and Pharisees no longer stood for the truth nor were they concerned for the redemption of men’s souls. They were only concerned about their personal gain and power, meaning their ability to control others through religion.
• Instead of acknowledging their sin and repenting, the scribes and Pharisees rejected God’s revelation that Jesus is the Messiah, the One who is True and speaks the truth, and called Him the father of lies, Satan.

A. The truth is the truth will win
1. Verse 26 is a great source of encouragement for Jesus declared, “Do not fear them”. Why? Because the truth is the truth will win!
2. The enemy of our souls, Satan, is a liar and he uses lies as a weapon blind the minds of the unbelieving and shackle people with fear.
3. But Jesus said, “Do not fear them” because the truth will be revealed and the truth will win.
4. We know how the end will end!

APPL – When light confronts darkness there will be tribulation. When truth confronts lies there will be tribulation.
• So, stand firm on the truth and in the truth.
• Where there is truth there is freedom!

John 8:31-32, 36, So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5, For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ

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