Matthew 5:10-12 | The Cost & Reward of Discipleship

TEXT: Matthew 5:10-12TITLE: The Cost & Reward of DiscipleshipMAIN POINT: because our reward is great in heaven, we can rejoice even when persecution weighs us downOUTLINE:“When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.”- D. Bonhoeffer, The Cost of DiscipleshipWHERE WE ARE HEADEDMatthew 5:10Revelation 21:1-5WHAT WILL HAPPENMatthew 5:10-11Suffering, then, is the badge of true discipleship. The disciple is not above his master. Following Christ means suffering because we have to suffer…Discipleship means allegiance to the suffering Christ, and it is therefore not at all surprising that Christians should be called upon to suffer. In fact, it is a joy and a token of grace.- D. Bonhoeffer, The Cost of DiscipleshipHOW WE RESPONDMatthew 5:121 Peter 4:12-14RESOURCES: Commentaries used: Bruner, Lloyd-Jones, Stott; The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing, by Pennington; The Divine Conspiracy, by Willard; The Cost of Discipleship, by Bonhoeffer