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ALMOST DISCIPLES<\/u><\/b><\/h1>\n

Luke 9: 57-62<\/b><\/h2>\n

\u00a0by Rev. Richard Jones<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Overview<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Luke 9:57-62 (ESV) <\/b>
\n57 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0As they were going along the road, someone said to him, \u201cI will follow you wherever you go.\u201d
\n58 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And Jesus said to him, \u201cFoxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.\u201d<\/span>
\n59 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0To another he said, \u201cFollow me.\u201d<\/span> But he said, \u201cLord, let me first go and bury my father.\u201d
\n60 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And Jesus said to him, \u201cLeave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.\u201d<\/span>
\n61 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Yet another said, \u201cI will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.\u201d
\n62 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Jesus said to him, \u201cNo one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Honest Jesus<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Luke 9:57-58 (ESV) <\/b>
\n57 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0As they were going along the road, someone said to him, \u201cI will follow you wherever you go.\u201d
\n58 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And Jesus said to him, \u201cFoxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

John 2:23-25 (ESV) <\/b>
\n23 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.
\n24 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people
\n25 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Crucial Moment<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Luke 9:59-60 (ESV) <\/b>
\n59 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0To another he said, \u201cFollow me.\u201d<\/span> But he said, \u201cLord, let me first go and bury my father.\u201d
\n60 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And Jesus said to him, \u201cLeave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Forward Look<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Luke 9:61-62 (ESV) <\/b>
\n61 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Yet another said, \u201cI will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.\u201d
\n62 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Jesus said to him, \u201cNo one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Philippians 3:12-15 (ESV) <\/b>
\n12 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
\n13 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
\n14 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
\n15 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Philippians 1:6 (ESV) <\/b>
\n6 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

John 6:37 (ESV) <\/b>
\n37 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.<\/span><\/p>\n

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