A Water Well Church - Message Notes 2-26-12

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Luke 9:18-27, 51,

Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.” “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”  Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.”   ²¹ Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. ²²And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”  ²³ Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. ²⁴ For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. ²⁵ What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self? ²⁶Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.    ²⁷ “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”

51 – As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

It takes deterimination, perserverance and courage to be a radical follower of Jesus Christ.   Jesus set out to Jerusalem with all that meant.  He could have stayed in a comfortable place but He went to the cross.  Have you left your comfortable place to go to Jerusalem?

When you leave your comfortable place you join Jesus in digging wells of living water all around.  What does it look like for a believer and a church to be in the well drilling business?