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<div class="SSN_title">"THE CHRISTIAN RATIONALE"</div>
<div class="SSN_rnum">I. THE TERMS OF DISCIPLESHIP.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">A. Deny himself.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. What? Those things that if you continued in them would by their very nature destroy you.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">a. He does not wish to take from you any good or helpful activity.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">b. "I have come that they might have life."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. Those things that stand in the way of your coming.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">a. What is keeping you from submitting your life to Christ today.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">B. "Take up His cross."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. What is meant by this?</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">a. What did it mean in His life?</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">b. The full surrender of His will to the Father.</div>
<div class="SSN_level5">1. "Let this cup pass, nevertheless not what..."</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">c. The full surrender of your will to God.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">C. "Follow Me."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. To follow Him you must keep your eyes on Him.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. To follow Him you must stay close to Him.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">a. Leading German pastors to restaurant in Huntington Beach.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">b. Peter followed a far off, the next thing He did was to deny Him.</div>
<div class="SSN_rnum">II. "FOR WHAT IS A MAN PROFITED IF HE GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD AND LOSE HIS OWN SOUL?"</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">A. What is the greatest desire of your life? What are you striving to achieve?</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. Wealth?</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. Fame?</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">3. Power?</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">B. Your soul and spirit is the most valuable part of you.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. It used to be that the body was worth 96 cents reduced to its chemical components. Now it is more, inflation.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. Still not worth much once you're soul and spirit departs.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">3. It's a liability to your family and friends.</div>
<div class="SSN_level5">a. They must pay to dispose of it.</div>
<div class="SSN_rnum">III. WHAT WILL A MAN GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SOUL?</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">A. We see what he has given.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. A few moments of pleasure.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. His foolish pride.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">3. The approval of the worldly crowd.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">B. What would you sell your soul for?</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">C. What God gave in exchange for your soul.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. "For God so loved the world..."</div>
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