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A Call to Follow
When we consider the men who are known as Jesus’ disciples they all have a few things in common:
1)Jesus called them to follow.
2) They responded in obedience.
3) Their lives were transformed.
In we read about three would be disciples eager to follow Jesus.
The first one makes an offer without waiting to be called.
Luke 9:
Why is it so important for Jesus to extend the all?
Jesus is God incarnate, God with us, therefore he has authority to extend the call.
He bridges the gap between faith and obedience.
Jesus calls another man “follow me.”
This man tried to postpone the call by desiring to adhere to the law and fulfill his responsibility to his father and family.
Jesus responded to his request quite directly.
“Let the dead bury the dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
This man did not consider the cost.
Jesus extends invitation to the next man.
Luke
This man goodbye was going to be a long one, and may have been convinced to not follow Jesus
Another approaches Jesus
Luke 9:61-
This man desires to follow but had one stipulation ‘but let me first...’
Levi aka Matthew left his nets at the request to follow Jesus
Simon and John responded the same way.
There is no evidence to show they knew anything about Jesus.
Christ calls, the disciple follows: that is grace and commandment in one.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Psalms 119:
Answering the call produces a new situation.
Peter had to leave the nets and boat.
The man had to leave his dad and tradition behind.
Why does it matter if the call is
Why the different responses, you may ask?
Three men approached Jesus eager to be apart of what Jesus was doing and then walked away.
Jesus approaches Matthew while he was working his tax booth, James and John were along side their dad, Jesus walks up and says “follow me...” and they go.
John
The men in Luke chapter were approaching Jesus with the wrong, motivation, a half hearted commitment, and had stipulations.
They were not ready, they were not drawn by the Father, they were driven by their own desires.
The power of the call can be seen in the life of Saul
Paul is on mission to stop the church from growing, to put an end to this Jesus business then He gets a call.
Have I received the call?
I propose that everytime you have heard the good news about Jesus you have been given the call to believe.
How have you responded?
I want to point out that when Jesus called his disciples their was petition from Jesus to believe he was the Christ, the Savior of the world, he only said “follow me.”
It was another year or so before Simon-Peter confessed “You are the Christ, the son of the living God.
The call to believe is free, the call to follow costs you something.
Are you ready to deepen your relationship with Christ?
Have you taken that first step of obedience?
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