The Road to Discipleship

All true disciples of Jesus Christ will eventually go to and through their own temptations and trials.

They will go to:
1. Gethsemane
A. Agony as in Matthew 26:36-56
2. Gabatha
A. Judgment as in John 19:13-16
3. Golgotha
A. Suffering as in Matthew 27:33-35

This the disciple will do ALONE with the Lord.

In order to get TO these places, they will go THROUGH:
1. Bethel
A. Awe Struck as in Genesis 28:10-19
2. Peniel
A. Wrestling with God as in Genesis 32:24-30

In all of this, God's promise to us is
1 Chronicles 28:20 (NASB)
Then David said to his son Solomon, "Be strong and courageous, and act; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you until all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.

Do not be deterred or dismayed as you proceed on your life's journey.