Kingdom Awareness

Act 14:21-22, “And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,  22  Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.” Do you have what it takes to be a disciple?  Everyone has what it takes to become a disciple, not everyone has what it takes to continue to be a disciple.  When we enter into the kingdom of God, we come as sinners that are born again.  Then embarking on the journey to spread the gospel of the kingdom we can get deterred, mislead, derailed, sidetracked, discouraged, and even peer pressured into turning back.  When trials come, we turn back. When the truth comes which we never heard challenges the lie which we always heard, we turn back.  When the obedience that is required of us test the limits of our fleshly thinking and actions, we turn back.  And when we are faced with standing in front of those who