“MISTREATED” – “DISGRACED” – “REWARDED”

What does it really mean to follow Jesus ?

• respectable addition to my life
• fire insurance
• avoid tribulation
• escape “great tribulation”
• good for business
• good P/R, mostlyl

NO !
THAT’S NOT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS !

What does it really mean to follow Jesus ?

(1)Choice
(2)Consequence
(3)Conclusion

If you make the (1)Choice to sincerely follow Jesus—give up the temporary pleasures this sinful world offers . . .•

You will experience the (2)Consequence of that decision—
— MISTREATED like other persecuted Christians (around the world today, and through history).
— DISGRACED for being a ‘Jesus follower’, hated by everyone, everywhere.

— REWARDED, by Jesus, with Jesus, seeing Jesus—greater than anything in the world.
You see the goal, the (3)Conclusion of your choice

• By faith Moses ★chose★ to be ★mistreated★ with God’s people, rather than enjoy the “pleasures of sin”¿ for a season in Egypt, as adopted son of pharoah’s daughter.