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[176.90 --> 181.70] it always goes whatever new item you buy you're always going to be let down by the false advertisement |
[181.70 --> 191.70] you know who never does this jesus this guy gives no false pretenses about discipleship and what |
[191.70 --> 196.82] it means to be his follower if you're here last week and mike goheen is preaching on luke or sorry |
[196.82 --> 202.26] in john chapter 6 on following him it finishes jesus teaching with a whole bunch of disciples abandoning |
[202.26 --> 207.70] and deserting jesus and then in this passage i mean think about this there's people who travel with jesus |
[207.70 --> 212.42] they express interest in being his disciple and what does he do he's like wait do you know what |
[212.42 --> 217.30] you're getting up for do you know what you're trying to sign up for with this discipleship thing |
[217.30 --> 222.98] you better count the cost he doesn't want anyone having false pretenses he doesn't want to have any |
[222.98 --> 228.82] gimmicks he want people to know exactly what they're signing up for lest they hastily join into a movement |
[228.82 --> 237.94] that they actually do not want luke chapter 9 is an invitation to wholehearted devotion to jesus to |
[237.94 --> 245.46] having loyalty to him above all other things and allow him if he sees fit to lead us into places that |
[245.46 --> 251.70] are difficult challenging that involve insecurity independence and even suffering because that is |
[251.70 --> 259.14] following our suffering servant one writer describes this passage as jesus giving the demands of |
[259.14 --> 265.62] discipleship and if there's ever a writer that i've read anyway who has talked a lot and written |
[265.62 --> 270.50] extensively on the demands of discipleship his name is dietrich bonhoeffer if you're here two years ago i |
[270.50 --> 275.38] quoted him so endlessly that people told me to stop they get it but dietrich bonhoeffer wrote a book called |
[275.38 --> 281.30] the cost of discipleship which i commend to you and one of the short punchy quotes in this book is this he |
[281.30 --> 290.18] writes salvation is free but discipleship will cost your life and that really does get at what jesus |
[290.18 --> 295.38] is teaching in luke chapter 9. now before we enter into our passage i just want to give two pieces of |
[295.38 --> 300.66] context that are going to help us understand what's going on in the gospel of luke as a whole the first |
[300.66 --> 307.22] eight nine chapters are jesus going around revealing his power showing the life of the kingdom demonstrating |
[307.22 --> 311.70] his miracles all the rest just revealing his identity revealing his purpose revealing the life of the |
[311.70 --> 318.50] kingdom chapter 9 shows up and we see this decisive turn in verse 51 this is what we read as the time |
[318.50 --> 326.10] approached for him to be taken up to heaven jesus resolutely set out for jerusalem now what happens in |
[326.10 --> 334.18] jerusalem that's where jesus is crucified right jesus is walking from luke chapter 9 all the way till the |
[334.18 --> 338.98] end of the book he's walking to the place where he knows he's going to be executed he's going to |
[338.98 --> 343.06] suffer he's going to be mocked betrayed or those who say they're his followers are going to abandon him |
[343.06 --> 348.90] and then he's going to die on the cross and it's almost as if the shadow of suffering looms over all |
[348.90 --> 355.14] the teaching from luke 9 up until the crucifixion and the resurrection jesus gives a lot of teaching |
[355.14 --> 360.90] on discipleship and he wants his disciples to know as he teaches along the way towards jerusalem what they're |
[360.90 --> 367.62] getting into and it's almost as though right off the hop luke wants to know it's not easy because |
[367.62 --> 372.74] the next verse describes jesus saying we're going to go to samaria and they send disciples ahead to |
[372.74 --> 376.74] samaria saying hey we're going to come to the city we need hospitality will people open their homes and |
[376.74 --> 382.26] provide food for us and those disciples come back to jesus and what do they say you're not welcome here |
[382.26 --> 387.54] jesus your message is not welcome here you are not welcome here and then jesus and his disciples have |
[387.54 --> 393.86] to receive the rejection of samaria and as luke's way of saying that's discipleship that's what |
[393.86 --> 401.14] disciples are getting themselves into as they follow jesus now our passage is one that i think is worth |
[401.14 --> 410.26] imagining imagine jesus walking on a dusty road from one town to another and this would have taken a long |
[410.26 --> 416.26] time his disciples would have walked with him lots of time for open conversation questions a lot of |
[416.26 --> 420.18] people from one town to another would join them that's how it worked they would just travel together |
[420.18 --> 424.90] there's safety there many of them would follow with jesus just because they're intrigued by him |
[424.90 --> 430.10] they heard teachings of his they want to see what he's like and that's what's going on in our passage |
[430.90 --> 434.90] people have come alongside the disciples they're listening in they're having conversation and they |
[434.90 --> 442.50] engage jesus in conversation and luke records three of these conversations each of them show i think a |
[442.50 --> 446.98] considerable interest in following jesus they're intrigued by him they want to follow him and in |
[446.98 --> 454.58] each case jesus gives them a very clear instruction about the demands of discipleship now the first |
[454.58 --> 459.70] conversation there's three conversations the first one i think is about the difficulty and the rejection |
[459.70 --> 464.58] of discipleship the second and third they kind of lump together and they are about delaying |
[464.58 --> 470.42] discipleship and as we're going to see in a minute in both cases people say to jesus but first can i first |
[470.42 --> 477.70] let me i need to attend to this thing first then i'll follow you so let's dive into it verse 57 |
[478.50 --> 483.86] as they're walking along the road a man said to him i will follow you wherever you go |
[485.06 --> 491.78] jesus replies foxes have dens and birds have nests but the son of man has no place to rest his head |
[493.78 --> 498.26] now when i read this passage the first thing that stands out to me is the incredible statement this |
[498.26 --> 505.54] traveler makes to jesus when's the last time you or i said to jesus in prayer lord i will follow you |
[505.54 --> 511.70] wherever you go i mean that's a massive statement of commitment a massive statement of trust a big |
[511.70 --> 518.74] sense of like allegiance to jesus and what's jesus response i'm homeless will you follow me still |
[520.02 --> 524.50] more specifically the point of this passage is not that jesus doesn't have his own house although |
[524.50 --> 530.90] that's true the point of this passage is that jesus is not welcome in homes right in samaria he sends |
[530.90 --> 535.14] word this is how he does his ministry he sends word into communities asks for people to open up their |
[535.14 --> 540.90] homes so he could eat where he can stay sleep in safety and what we just saw is that people come |
[540.90 --> 546.98] back to jesus and his disciples saying no you're actually not welcome here your message what you're |
[546.98 --> 552.50] teaching what you're on about your rebellion that you're forming against rome this isn't welcome to us |
[552.50 --> 558.02] and jesus looks at his disciples his travelers and he says are you willing to walk with me into |
[558.02 --> 566.10] rejection are you willing to follow a master who leads you into unwelcome and that rejection i think |
[566.10 --> 570.02] takes many shapes it could be economic rejection where you lose work because of your faith it could |
[570.02 --> 574.82] be social relational rejection where people do not associate with you because of your faith or they |
[574.82 --> 579.54] they don't welcome you around their table because of what you believe but that rejection is real and |
[579.54 --> 586.18] jesus says count the cost following me involves rejection it is not safe it puts you in vulnerable |
[586.18 --> 592.98] places and it is not easy and comfortable last year over my sabbatical i was reading a book on |
[592.98 --> 598.26] discipleship and uh the writer was saying how many people in the west and i i can't speak for other |
[598.26 --> 602.26] countries but i'm almost convinced that this is very true in the west and maybe we have this in our own |
[602.26 --> 608.18] hearts so check yourself as you hear this there's this unspoken agreement we have with god or with jesus as |
[608.18 --> 613.86] we disciple under him and the agreement is this like lord i want to follow you i want to give time |
[613.86 --> 618.26] to you want to serve your serve your kingdom with my gifts i want to go to church on sundays and worship |
[618.26 --> 626.34] and give so long as you take care of me as you make life go smoothly for me as you give comfort and |
[626.34 --> 632.58] wealth to my life and if i become unhealthy and sick and if i have economic instability or if things are |
[632.58 --> 638.18] difficult for me relationally well you've broken your end of the contract god and if we're listening |
[638.18 --> 645.62] well to jesus in luke 9 he's saying very clearly to us i do not promise wealth i do not promise |
[645.62 --> 652.58] safety i do not promise comfort and by the way those are three massive idols massive idols in the |
[652.58 --> 657.78] west and in our own hearts if we're honest and jesus says do not think i've come to give you wealth |
[657.78 --> 662.18] comfort and security i've come so that you would follow me and find life in me and that will very |
[662.18 --> 670.82] likely put you at odds with a world that does not believe in me count the cost now it should be noted |
[670.82 --> 676.18] that we don't needlessly look out suffering or look for suffering and rejection it's not as though we need |
[676.18 --> 680.58] to be a sect of christians that are just looking to make life as difficult for ourselves as possible |
[680.58 --> 685.62] god does take care of us god does provide for us but he doesn't promise us these things and when |
[685.62 --> 691.06] things get difficult we don't say well what are you doing lord why are you rejecting me no we're |
[691.06 --> 696.34] following our suffering servant we're following a master who leads us down the path of rejection |
[697.38 --> 703.38] count the cost now we get to the second and the third conversations and these are really |
[703.38 --> 707.78] surrounding the same point where disciples say to jesus i want to follow you but first this i have this |
[707.78 --> 714.58] delay and so let's read these together we read he said to another man follow me |
[714.58 --> 721.62] but he replied lord let me first go and bury my father jesus said to him let the dead bury their own |
[721.62 --> 727.78] dead but you go and proclaim the kingdom of god still another said i will follow you lord but first |
[727.78 --> 733.70] let me go back and say goodbye to my family jesus replied no one who puts a hand to the plow and looks |
[733.70 --> 740.42] back is fit for service in the kingdom of god now i'm just going to admit to you i have never studied |
[740.42 --> 747.06] this passage in depth before and at face value this feels pretty harsh doesn't it the 9 a.m service i |
[747.06 --> 753.38] just looked at people like wow that that's really strong language why would jesus say that and i'll just |
[753.38 --> 759.62] be even more honest with you both of those things that the travelers say to jesus feel very legitimate |
[759.62 --> 766.26] don't they first let me go back and take care of my father who just passed away first let me go back and |
[766.26 --> 773.22] say goodbye to my family why would jesus speak so harshly here i mean this is a fair question after |
[773.22 --> 779.86] the 9 a.m service i was talking with a few people for a while just like man jesus is very sharp on this |
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