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Three people called
A scribe (perspective disciple) (v.19-20)
Someone eager to follow Jesus
I will go with you anywhere
Jesus responds with an illustration
Foxes have holes
Foxes have a place to call home
Birds have nests
Birds have a place to call home
The Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head
Jesus has nowhere to call home
What was Jesus getting at with this perspective follower?
He wanted the comforts of this life more then he wanted to follow Jesus
A current disciple (unknown person, not one of the 12) (v.21-22)
Someone who already was following Jesus
Let me go and bury my father
Jesus responds
Let the dead to bury their own dead you follow me
What was Jesus getting at with this follower?
He wanted material things more than he wanted to follow Jesus.
Matthew (One of the 12) (v9:9)
Jesus call a man named Matthew
He was a tax collector
Matthews response
He rose and followed Jesus
No questions asked.
Questions
What was different about these three people?
One was a scribe (religious leader)
One was already following Christ
One was a person everyone hated, a tax collector.
What was different about the calls?
One said he would follow everywhere but there was no followthrough
One was already following and want to leave to get his inheritance
The most unlikely to follow Jesus, Jesus called.
He was the only one that was pursued by Jesus; the others reached out to him.
We only know of one of the three that follow Jesus.
Which person are you?
Do you want to follow Jesus everywhere he goes but are unwilling to give up the comforters of your life to actually follow him?
Do you want to follow Jesus but are too focused on material and temporal things?
When Jesus calls you are you willing to drop everything to follow him?
The comfort of your life, the materials of this life.
Are you willing to give it all up to follow him?
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