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The Marks of Discipleship: Understanding Revelation’s Call to Follow the Lamb

Discover the profound insights from Revelation 14:1-5 and 15:1-4 regarding true discipleship. This exploration challenges our perception of reality and calls us to embrace a radically different vision inspired by the Lamb. The characteristics of the Lamb's people are revealed: they recognize their worth as God's offering, strive to live blamelessly, and persist in faith amid chaos. United by a God-oriented song, they exemplify the essence of discipleship in a world that often misguides. Are you among the 144,000 called to follow the Lamb?

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The Marks of Discipleship: Understanding Revelation’s Call to Follow the Lamb

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  1. Revelation 14:1-5 & 15:1-4 Will I be a disciple? Or Whose disciple will I be?

  2. Things are not what they seem! • How are things different than they appear? • What is the nature of reality as this vision describes it? • The call to discipleship is a call to live in and by a radically alternative vision of reality.

  3. Two Related Scenes Revelation 14a Revelation 15a

  4. Mt. Zion: Rev 14a • The LAMB and NOT theLION. • Mt. Zion • 144,000 • Are You among them?

  5. 7 Distinguishing Marks of the Lamb’s People 1. The Lamb's people know that they are not their own any more.

  6. 7 Distinguishing Marks of the Lamb’s People 2. They know they are an offering, a sacrifice to God.

  7. 7 Distinguishing Marks of the Lamb’s People 3. They know they are engaged to the Lamb. Three Options: Celibacy. Holy Warriors Metaphorically: betrothed to Jesus!

  8. 7 Distinguishing Marks of the Lamb’s People 4. They want to be like the Lamb! How?: No lying. Blameless

  9. 7 Distinguishing Marks of the Lamb’s People 5. They are Followers, NOT Leaders.

  10. 7 Distinguishing Marks of the Lamb’s People 6. They win the victory over the beast. OVERCOMING: Ostricization. Financially excluded. Starved. Threatened with death. Killed.

  11. 7 Distinguishing Marks of the Lamb’s People 7. They are known by the song they sing. The Song they sing is: Saturated with scripture. Radically God-oriented!

  12. Its Not About ME! The “horizontilization of the holy”

  13. Sing the Song Standing on the Sea • From Mountain to Sea • Sea equals trouble/chaos. • A disciple is one faithful in the midst of the mess, not safe on the mountain.

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