Following Jesus
Matthew’s Gospel records,
“When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.
Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, 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.”
Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” Matthew 8:18-22.
Let’s clear something up here. Jesus is not telling the man that said let me go bury my father. That he couldn’t bury his dead father.
This is probably a reference to the man waiting for his elderly father to pass on. As Levitical law stated the man should not be out in public if his father had just died.
What Jesus points out that we shouldn’t wait to follow him.
He warns that the Son of Man has no place to lay his head. Saying essentially that the spreading of the good news of Salvation is an on going thing. In the terminology of today, a twenty-four/seven activity.
The Christian faith is very much a way of life. A lifestyle. As Francis of Assisi said,
“The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today”
Francis of Assisi.
The Christians are called to live their faith in word and in deed. The apostle Peter telling Christians,
“Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.” 1 Peter 2:12.
From the moment we encounter Jesus we must decide what we are to do with Him. Reject him or believe in Him and do his work. There is no middle ground.
We cannot say wait until tomorrow. Billy Graham the American Evangelist stated,
“The Bible says today is the accepted time, today is the day of salvation... But there will come a time when it will be too late for you.” Billy Graham.
Please think about it.
Matthew’s Gospel records,
“When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.
Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, 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.”
Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” Matthew 8:18-22.
Let’s clear something up here. Jesus is not telling the man that said let me go bury my father. That he couldn’t bury his dead father.
This is probably a reference to the man waiting for his elderly father to pass on. As Levitical law stated the man should not be out in public if his father had just died.
What Jesus points out that we shouldn’t wait to follow him.
He warns that the Son of Man has no place to lay his head. Saying essentially that the spreading of the good news of Salvation is an on going thing. In the terminology of today, a twenty-four/seven activity.
The Christian faith is very much a way of life. A lifestyle. As Francis of Assisi said,
“The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today”
Francis of Assisi.
The Christians are called to live their faith in word and in deed. The apostle Peter telling Christians,
“Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.” 1 Peter 2:12.
From the moment we encounter Jesus we must decide what we are to do with Him. Reject him or believe in Him and do his work. There is no middle ground.
We cannot say wait until tomorrow. Billy Graham the American Evangelist stated,
“The Bible says today is the accepted time, today is the day of salvation... But there will come a time when it will be too late for you.” Billy Graham.
Please think about it.
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