Bible Readings:
1 Kings 19:1 -21
Luke 9:18 – 27, 57 – 52
Sermon Outline:
Luke 9:57–62 (NKJV)
57 Now it happened as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to Him, “Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.”
58 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”
59 Then He said to another, “Follow Me.”
But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.”
61 And another also said, “Lord, I will follow You, but let me first go and bid them farewell who are at my house.”
62 But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
- Three potential converts (similarities and differences):
- Foxes have holes…birds have nests;
- Let the dead bury their own dead;
- Saying goodbye to those at home.
- Of Christ:
- His suffering;
- His kingdom;
- the outcome of the atonement.
- Warnings and lessons:
- being prepared for rejection;
- prioritising the kingdom;
- single-minded allegiance that does not look back;
- Overarching all: Christ must be precious to us.