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Luke 9:57-62 (ESV)
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57As they were going along
the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
58And 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.”
59To another he said, “Follow
me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
60And Jesus said to him,
“Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the
61Yet another said, “I will
follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.”
62Jesus said to him, “No one
who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the
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1)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 58 what is the one word that could depict his
lodging situation?
o
Homelessness.
2)
In accordance
with verse 57 what would become of the man if he made good his pledge to follow
Jesus?
o
He would follow Jesus
into homelessness.
3)
In accordance
with verses 57 and 58 what did Jesus intend for the man to do in pointing out
to him that he would be following Jesus into homelessness?
o
Jesus intended
for the man to first count the cost.
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Before
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Making such a
generous pledge to follow him.
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Wherever
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He goes.
4)
In accordance
with verse 59 had the man’s father just died and why?
o
No, he
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Would be very
busy handling the funeral.
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And would not
hang around for a conversation.
o
If his father had
just died.
5)
How did the man
prioritize between taking care of his father and heeding Jesus’ call to follow
him?
o
He prioritized
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Taking care of
his father.
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Until
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He
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Died.
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And was buried.
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Over.
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Heeding Jesus’
call to follow him.
6)
Was it legitimate
for the man to take care of his father?
o
Yes.
7)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 60 what did he mean to say in his response to the man’s seemingly
legitimate excuse not to follow him?
o
Jesus meant to say
that the man who was spiritually alive should
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Let the
spiritually dead worry about taking care of those who would eventually die a
physical death.
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And lose no time
in proclaiming the
8)
What did Jesus by
suggesting an alternative arrangement for the care of the man’s father
essentially tell him to do in terms of rearranging his priority?
o
Jesus essentially
told the man to
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Prioritize
heeding his call to follow him.
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Over.
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Taking care of
his father.
9)
Did still another
man give an excuse not to follow Jesus when he asked Jesus to first let him say
farewell to those at his home and why?
o
Yes, because he
could
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Have followed
Jesus right away.
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And then find an
opportunity to say farewell to those at his home later.
10)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 62 what is the meaning of the imagery of the man
putting a hand to the plow and looking back if we think along the line of
feasibility?
o
The imagery is a
picture of irreconcilable contradiction.
o
That
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It is physically
impossible for the man to
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Plow the soil of
the field.
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And in the
meantime look back.
11)
What kind of a
promise of following Jesus did the man make in verse 61, given that the man
gave a trivial excuse to evade following Jesus?
o
He made a
hypocritical promise.
12)
What did Jesus
mean in his reply to the
man in verse 62, given that being not fit for the
o
Jesus meant that
a person who makes a hypocritical promise of following him
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Can have no part in the
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And is therefore
outside of the
13)
Did Jesus provide
the man with a plan of remediation that he could pursue for the purpose of
eventually following Jesus and why?
o
No, because Jesus
would provide a plan of remediation only to those who
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Are within the
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And genuinely
need assistance for following him.
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Luke 9:57-62 (ESV)
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