The Difference
Illustration★★★★A man said to me some time ago, “How do you account for the fact that Mohammed began his work six hundred years after Christ, and yet he has now more disciples than Christ?” I replied, “A man can be a disciple of Mohammed and not deny himself, nor have any cross. He can live in the darkest, blackest, foulest sin; but if any man will be a disciple of Jesus Christ, he must come out from the world, he must take up his cross daily and follow Jesus.”
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D. L. Moody, Anecdotes and Illustrations (©1898, public domain)
The point
Unlike a disciple of Mohammed, a true disciple of Jesus Christ must deny himself, take up his cross, and forsake worldly sin to follow Him.
Scripture
Luke 9:23
Audience
Adults
Tone
Challenging · Convicting
To tell aloud
under a minute · 89 words