Skip to content

Knowing God through His Word … Day by Day

Read the Bible through in a year….

  • Home
  • Read the Bible Through in a YEAR….Getting Started
  • Welcome to Knowing God through His Word…Day by Day
  • About

Piper: Jesus says “Follow ME” and “FOLLOW me”

Posted on July 12, 2011July 12, 2011 by Pam Larson

As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”  And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” —Luke 9:57

 

John Piper, in a sermon, “The Radical Cost of Following Jesus”

Now we are ready to see that more than one thing is going on here. When Jesus says, “Follow me,” and says it in the context of going to Jerusalem and having just been rejected in Samaria for going to Jerusalem, he is clearly saying two things, not just one thing. He is saying: “Follow ME.” And he is saying “FOLLOW me.”

  • There is me, and there is my mission.
  • There is a person, and there is a path.
  • There is a sweetness, and there is suffering.
  • There is Jesus, and there is Jerusalem.

This is the way missions has always been and the way it will always be. When Jesus said at the end of his life, “Go, make disciples of all nations!” he wrapped that mission and that path and that suffering and that Jerusalem in his mighty and merciful self. First he said, “All authority in heaven and on earth is mine.” And last he said, “I will be with you to the end of the age.” There is the “FOLLOW me!” (Go!) And there is the “Follow ME!” (I will be with you). There is the path to the nations through Jerusalem, and there is the person who will be with you, Jesus. So when you hear the words, “Follow me,” hear two things (at least!) not just one thing.

To read or listen to the rest of the sermon, click here:

Share this:

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Print
  • LinkedIn

Like this:

Like Loading...

Related

Posted in Devotionals/Commentaries, July, LukeTagged "Follow ME!" – "FOLLOW Me!", Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Charles Spurgeon, Dr. John Piper, following Jesus, Luke, Piper: Jesus says "Follow ME" and "FOLLOW me", Scripture

Post navigation

Spurgeon: Better to hang them up than to dash them down
Embrace the Word of God for what it really is

HOW do I start?

WELCOME to an online resource for reading the Bible through in a year...and getting to know GOD in the process! Each day of the year, there will be 4 Bible passage posts....one for each assigned reading for the day. You may download bookmarks to place in your Bible, (see "Getting Started") or you may read the passages here online. Additionally, there will be posts with related devotionals. Check back daily for comments or Bible study resources that relate to the day's passage.

Subscribe to have posts delivered to your email. See box below.

May you find JOY in the journey to know God more deeply and see Him more clearly!

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 3,098 other followers

Follow this blog

Pages

  • About
  • Read the Bible Through in a YEAR….Getting Started
  • Welcome to Knowing God through His Word…Day by Day

Follow on Twitter!

  • D. A. Carson: Never more than a generation or two from apostasy and oblivion bible-daily.org/2019/06/24/d-a… https://t.co/qKM84UUBPx 5 months ago
  • J.C. Ryle: Secret remedy in troubled times bible-daily.org/2016/07/07/j-c… https://t.co/UTdfDMad36 3 years ago
  • Sovereign over famine and restoration bible-daily.org/2016/06/17/sov… 3 years ago
  • Repentance is a heart issue bible-daily.org/2016/06/09/rep… https://t.co/2ZOabHyGwZ 3 years ago
  • There is an escape from futility! bible-daily.org/2016/06/08/the… 3 years ago

Categories

Archives

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com
Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.
Cancel
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
%d bloggers like this: