Archive for June 8th, 2008
Family Ties…
If haven’t read part 1, then you will probably want to do that before reading this one.
In Matthew 8, another disciple comes to Jesus, supposedly willing to follow Jesus anywhere. The burning desire of every believing heart should be to follow Jesus anywhere; if you don’t desire to follow Jesus then you need to examine your heart to see if you know him at all. Again though, this disciple reveals that he really isn’t willing to follow Jesus anywhere. This man has his own terms and conditions for following; he will follow, but only after attaching the following string:
Lord, let me first go and bury my father.
All the man wants to do is go and visit his ailing father; he just wants to have one more talk by the side of his father’s bed before he leaves this earth. Jesus seems so cold-hearted here, right? Read the rest of this entry »
