Post on 22-May-2015
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“Jerusalem Bound”
(Luke 9:51-‐62)
Bethlehem Egypt Nazareth Jerusalem Judea Samaria Jerusalem
• Ri7 between Jesus and the Jewish leaders
• Prepara<on of his disciples
Luke 9:51-56(NKJV) • 51 Now it came to pass, when the <me had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, 52 and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him. 53 But they did not receive Him, because His face was set for the journey to Jerusalem. 54 And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?”
• 55 But He turned and rebuked them, and said, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of. 56 For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” And they went to another village.
The Road of Rejection
• Word of God Spirit of God
Luke 9:57-62 • 57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
• 58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
• 59 He said to another man, “Follow me.” • But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” • 60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
• 61 S<ll another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”
• 62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”
The Road of Security
Rough it Out – “Creature comforts”
The Road of Duty (Vv59)
• Delayed commitments – “First When, If “
• Obliga<ons to dead or to life?
The Road of family
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Jerusalem Bound – Stay Focused “FOLLOW ME”