Sermons on Self-denial

Disciples Are Made, Not Born Introduction:  Christians are born, but disciples are made.  When I say that Christians are born, I mean that they are born again, born from above in a moment of time when they turn in faith to Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of their sins.  Disciples, on the other hand, are made, not born.  When Jesus gave the great commission to his disciples in Matthew 28:19, he said, “Go, therefore, and make disciples.”  One does not become a disciple instantaneously.  It is a process, a…