Vaughn Thompson continued the "(W)hole" series, revealing wisdom from Peter's confession of Christ in Luke 9:18 - 27. Therein, Jesus states that whoever chooses to follow Jesus, must "deny himself and take up his cross daily." In order to follow Jesus, then, there must be radical change. Our hearts are naturally wicked, and thus, we must strive to surrender our natural selves to walk out the gospel. Vaughn outlined three things we must surrender. We must surrender to His call, and proclaim Jesus for who He is. We must also surrender to His process of salvation and transformation to continually work in us. Finally, we must surrender to His leading, and follow Jesus as he calls us to move forward. The nature of the call should not be mistaken for our dreams and desires although they may coincide. Rather, understand that the call comes from outside of us and speaks to the inside of us. Only then can we recognize the voice of God calling us to do the things we may not otherwise want to do.
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