Part 2: The Cost of Following Jesus
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RABBI JESUS
Part 2: The Cost of Following Jesus
Matt. 4:18-22 & Luke 9:51, 57-62
1.) Jesus’ Invitation Is “Come, Follow Me.”
- Matthew 4:19-20, 22, “Come, follow me,” Jesus said... "At once they left their nets and followed him." "...immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.”
2.) Jesus’ Invitation Gives Us Significance.
- John 15:16, “You did not choose me, but I chose you to go and bear fruit.”
3.) Jesus’ Invitation Involves A Cost.
- Luke 9:51, 57-62, “As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem… As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, ‘I will follow you wherever you go.’ Jesus replied, ‘Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.’ He said to another man, ‘Follow me.’ But the man replied, ‘Lord, first let me go and bury my father.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.’ Still another said, ‘I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good-by to my family.’ Jesus replied, ‘No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.’”