Matthew 8:18-22
When Is
The Best Time To Start Following
Christ?
8:18
Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, He gave
orders to depart to the other side of the sea.
19 Then a scribe came and
said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow You wherever
You go."
20 Jesus said to him, "The
foxes have holes and the birds of the air have
nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His
head."
21 Another of the
disciples said to Him, "Lord, permit me first to go
and bury my father."
22 But Jesus said to him,
"Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own
dead."
23 When He got into the
boat, His disciples followed Him.
The
Storm
24 And behold, there arose
a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was
being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was
asleep.
25 And they came to Him
and woke Him, saying, "Save us, Lord; we are
perishing!"
26 He said to them, "Why
are you afraid, you men of little faith?" Then He
got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it
became perfectly calm.
27 The men were amazed,
and said, "What kind of a man is this, that even
the winds and the sea obey Him?"
This
is the Word of the Lord ... It is meant to change
the way that we think, and the way that we live.
Commentary
by Bob Pardue
A Question Of Faith And
Following Jesus
Is it better to have faith
and follow Christ or to continue living life for
the popularity, leisure and habits of this
world?
Which is better? We will be
here for a very short period of time on the scale
of eternity. An investment in following Jesus here
will last forever. How long is forever? I can't
even imagine!
Even the disciples had doubt
and fears and, following Christ meant that
sometimes they would not even have a place to
sleep. But, they followed.
When we decide to follow
Jesus we are not always going to have it easy or do
everything or have everything of this earth but, in
my humble opinion, it's worth the cost.
When Is The Best Time
To Follow Jesus?
Did the young man really need
to bury his father? In Jewish tradition a burial
ceremony could last for a very long period. The man
could also have been a first-born son who did not
want to lose his inheritence.
Whatever the reason, he
wanted to put off followship until a later
date.
What about the rest of us? I
put off following Christ until middle-age and I'm
now playing catch-up on learning more about Him.
But, the good news is that Christ offers me the
same salvation as he does to Christians who were
raised in the church. Isn't God
wonderful?
-
Love in Christ
- Bob
Another
Bible Story For Living ...
Matthew
8:5-17 - A Story Of
Faith
- A Roman Centurion Comes To Christ In Faith -
Also included is the healing of Peter's
mother-in-law.
If you have never made the
commitment to receive the love and life-changing
experience of Jesus Christ, please take a moment to
go
here and take the
first
steps to salvation.
Verses about when to follow Christ are from
New American Standard Bible
Comments are welcome. Please email
me with any questions or comments you
may have.
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