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First Baptist Church Delray

Sermon Application Questions

March 8, 2026

Pastor Steve’s Message: “All In”

Scripture: Luke 14:25-35 (ESV)

Review the Exegesis of the Scripture

Read Luke 14:25–27

Now great crowds accompanied him (Jesus), and he turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.”

1.     What were some of the reasons that crowds of people were attracted to Jesus?

2.     What does it mean to be a “disciple?”

3.     How important is it to Jesus to put Him above every other relationship?

4.     How far does He expect us to go to follow Him?

Read Luke 14:28–30

(Jesus continued,) “For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’”

5.     What was Jesus teaching about commitment to Him with this illustration?

Read Luke 14:31–32

(Jesus continued,) “Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.”

6.     What else do we learn about commitment to Jesus with this illustration?

Read Luke 14:33

(Jesus continued,) “So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.”

7.     What about our claim to all our riches and all our relationships?

Read Luke 14:34–35

(Jesus continued,) “Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

8.     How is a committed disciple of Jesus like salt?

9.     If a person is following Jesus as a part-time role or as a secondary pursuit which is doomed to failure, what does that mean about their salvation?

Make Personal Applications of the Lessons

10.  Consider a struggle or difficulty you have had in your life. Do you think Jesus failed you? Do you deem Him worthy of your wealth, relationships, health, and reputation if He asks for it?

11.  Was there someone who inspired your walk with Christ by seeing the way they trusted Him with a financial setback, a loss of someone dear, a chronic illness, or a change in the way people viewed them once they were sold out for Him?

12.  Which of these signs are revealing to you that your commitment to Christ may be partial rather than complete?

a.     I don’t turn to Jesus first.

b.     My relationship with Jesus can be strained and it doesn’t really bother me.

c.     I think about building wealth more than I think about building disciples.

d.     I frequently complain that Jesus is asking too much of me.

e.     I would rather disappoint Jesus than disappoint my friends or family.

f.      Investing in the cause of Jesus Christ is not among the top things I spend money on.

g.     I truly believe the next promotion, purchase, or stage of life is going to finally make me truly happy.

h.     I am angry often.

i.      My hobby, my career, my relationship, or my looks is an obsession.

j.      I have no positive spiritual impact on anyone.

13.  Which three specific steps will you take to become completely committed to Jesus?

a.     Repent of the idolatry of trusting something other than Jesus.

b.     Fast from the good things that have taken Jesus’ place.

c.     Add 50% to my daily time with Jesus basking in His presence.

d.     Choose a verse to memorize that helps me remember to trust Jesus rather other things.

e.     Refuse to use spending, drinking, overeating, pornography, sexual sin, overworking, finding my identity in other things, or pride in my personal goodness and accomplishments to anesthetize my discomfort with and rumination over God’s will.

f.      Make up my mind to turn to Jesus in prayer first thing when something goes wrong.

g.     Stop complaining that God doesn’t have me where I think I should be.

h.     Recognize my foul mood is the absence of the Spirit of God.

i.      Stand up to forces that distract me or even urge me to disappoint God instead of them.

j.      Put my money where my mouth is.

k.     Show up for the things that matter to God.

l.      Count my blessings.

m.   Make plans to love the people God has placed in my life in this place and in this season and keep records in my prayer journal.

n.     Put significant time and energy into learning how to be more effective in praying, understanding the Bible, telling my stories of God’s faithfulness to me, teaching the Bible, and developing and using my spiritual gifts in church.

o.     Change my calendar and my To Do List to reflect these steps.

14.  Begin by memorizing, meditating upon, and letting the Holy Spirit use Proverbs 3:5–6 to guide your thoughts and prayers about what’s bothering you and Who you need to turn your focus to:

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.