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Luke 9 - Devotion · The Five Minute Bible Podcast

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  Welcome to Five Minute Bible in our journey through the New
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  Testament. In each episode, we take just a
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  few minutes to focus on one chapter of the New Testament,
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  exploring the truths God is teaching us through His Word and
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  expanding our view of who He is. Before you listen, make sure
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  you've gone straight to the source, either by reading
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  today's chapter of the Bible yourself or listening to today's
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  read along episode in this podcast feed.
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  If you haven't done that yet, feel free to pause and do that
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  now when you're ready, let's dive into God's word together.
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  Listen to the exchange between Jesus and several of those that
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  desired to follow him. At the end of Luke Chapter 9, as
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  they were going along the road, someone said to him, I will
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  follow you wherever you go. And Jesus said to him, the foxes
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  have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of
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  Man has nowhere to lay his head. And he said to another, Follow
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  me. But he said, Lord, permit me
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  first to go and bury my father. But he said to him, allow the
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  dead to bury their own dead. But As for you, go and proclaim
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  everywhere the Kingdom of God. Another also said, I will follow
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  you, Lord, but first permit me to say goodbye to those at home.
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  And Jesus said to him, no one, after putting his hand to the
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  plough and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.
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  In this short passage, we read the word follow three different
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  times, once in each conversation.
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  What Jesus is laying out here for these would be disciples and
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  for us is I think 2 key truths, 1 implicit and one explicit.
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  First, the implied the Christian life is one of following Jesus.
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  This is the fundamental state of being a Christian.
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  His fundamental mission, goal and purpose is to follow Jesus.
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  That's active, that's responsive, that involves real
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  movement, real change, real intention.
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  As Christians we follow a real living person, God himself.
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  Second, the explicit truth. Here in Luke 957 through 62, the
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  Christian life, the life of following Jesus, is costly.
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  In this text we see three of those who desired or intended to
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  follow Jesus, but each of them is met with a hang up to the
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  first. Jesus tells him that the foxes
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  have holes and the birds have nest, but the Son of Man has
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  nowhere to lay his head. The life of following Jesus will
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  often not be comfortable. So if you have come to Christ
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  for comfort in this life, prepare to be disappointed.
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  When the second individual is instructed to follow Jesus, he
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  hesitates. He wants to 1st go bury his
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  Father. Jesus responds, Allow the dead
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  to bury their own dead for. But As for you, go and proclaim
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  everywhere the Kingdom of God. If we would follow Jesus, there
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  can be no hesitation. He is our Master.
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  His commands to us can be met with no response other than
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  immediate obedience. This is fundamental to being a
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  follower. The last man in this account
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  tells Jesus that he will follow him, but first he wants to go
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  back and say goodbye to those at home.
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  Jesus responds. No one, after putting his hand
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  to the plough and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.
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  Following Jesus requires selling out fully to him.
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  There can be no looking back to the past, no looking back to
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  life before we began the journey with Jesus.
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  There is only, as Hebrews 12/2 puts it, fixing our eyes on
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  Jesus, the author and perfector of faith.
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  So are you following Jesus today?
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  What is holding you back? Is it comfort, tradition,
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  expectation, fear? There is only one way to follow
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  Jesus and that is all the way. Heed His command today and
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  follow Him.