Jesus desires that you become His disciple by learning from Him and letting Him lighten your load from sin. He desires you to be baptized to unite with Him in death and new life and to put on Christ. After baptism, Jesus desires that you keep His commandments such as loving others and bearing fruit through serving and saving souls. The overall message is to reflect on what Jesus desires from you today in becoming and living as His faithful disciple.
5. ✤ In this lesson, however, I want to
ask "What Would Jesus Desire?"
a.What would Jesus desire of you
today?
b.Is there something Jesus would
want you to do today?
c.Is there something Jesus would
want you to be doing everyday?
6. Which of the two servants most characterize your
life: The one who is faithful or the one who is
negligent? Which one should you be?
✤ Father, I want to be a faithful servant. I don’t want
to be a disciple who ignores my responsibilities. I
want to be a person who reflects Your Son’s
influence in what I say and also in what I do.
Forgive me when I have failed to do so in the past.
Perhaps a part of my problem is my failure to
anticipate Your Son’s return. Again, forgive me.
Your Son is coming again. Awaken within my heart
a proper expectation of His promised return. May I
increasingly become the faithful servant Jesus
describes in His parable. May I prove to serve Him,
not out of fear or dread, but I want to be a faithful
servant. I want to be faithful servant! May I be so
today! In Jesus’ name. Amen.
7. I believe Jesus would desire..
✤ THAT YOU BECOME HIS DISCIPLE
✤ He wanted His apostles to make disciples.
✤ A disciple is a learner, a follower.
✤ A disciple is one who desires to become like His teacher.
8. WHY DOES JESUS WANT YOU TO BE HIS DISCIPLE?
✤ Learn from Him how to become free from the
burden of sin. Because He knows that you
are under the burden of sin.
1) For freedom from sin is true
2) Only in Him can we become:
a) The legal guilt-free of sin
b) John 8:31-36
9. Romans 6:12-14 (NLT)
✤ 12 Do not let sin control the way you live; do
not give in to sinful desires.
✤ 13 Do not let any part of your body become an
instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give
yourselves completely to God, for you were
dead, but now you have new life. So use your
whole body as an instrument to do what is right
for the glory of God.
✤ 14 Sin is no longer your master, for you no
longer live under the requirements of the law.
Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s
grace.
10. Jesus clearly wants you to be His disciple, to
learn from Him and to
let Him lighten your load; are you His
disciple? Jesus also desires...
✤ As explained by Paul...
a. In baptism you united with Christ in
His death and raised with Him to a new
life - Ro 6:3-7
b. In baptism you put on Christ - Ga 3:27
c. In baptism you experience the working
of God, Who forgives you of all your sins
and raises you with Christ - Col 2:11-13
11. Jesus therefore desires for you to enter in
with this new relationship with Him. Have you
been baptized? If so, then Jesus also desires
that you...
✤ THAT YOU KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS
✤ WHAT ARE SOME OF HIS COMMANDMENTS?
✤ 1. To love the brethren - Jn 13:34-35
a. Which is one way we show the world we are truly
His disciples
2. To bear fruit - Jn 15:8
a. Such as saving souls, serving others, showing love
b. Bearing fruit comes only through Jesus - Jn 15:4-5
12. Certainly there is more that Jesus
would desire of us:
✤ Others taught to His apostles through
the Spirit - Jn 16:12-13
✤ But I wanted to use the current
popularity of WWJD to simply remind
you..
✤ Not only to ask "What Would Jesus Do?"
in a particular situation
✤ But to ask "What Would Jesus Desire?"
of you right now!
13. I hope I have encouraged you to
reflect on what Jesus would want
you to do today:
✤ a. If you have not
committed to become His
disciple...
✤ b. If you have not been baptized...
✤ c. If you are not observing His
commands...
