…Steady
as You Go!”
KEY
VERSE: v. 52
“And behold, a man named Joseph…went to Pilate and asked
for the body of Jesus.”
FOCUS: Devoted followers of Jesus are willing to stand and speak out.
INTRODUCTION: “Jesus
demands public confession. We can
be sure of His sympathy with those who are moving through doubt to faith.
He dealt in this manner with the doubts of Thomas.
But Jesus spoke plainly on the subject of secret discipleship.
He said: ‘Whosoever
therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before My Father
who is in heaven. But whosoever
shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in
heaven.’”
~ Holmes Rolston
I.
DISCIPLESHIP REFLECTS A WHOLE NEW LIFESTYLE
II.
DISCIPLESHIP OVERFLOWS INTO MEANINGFUL ACTION
III. DISCIPLESHIP GROWS INTO A FULL LIFE COMMITMENT
CONCLUSION:
“Joseph waited until Jesus was dead, and then he gave Him a tomb.
It is one of the tragedies of life that we place on people’s graves the
flowers we should have given them when they were alive.”
~ Wm. Barclay
PREACHING: Pastor Holland Lewis