Trinity Missionary Church Podcast

In Luke 9, we find Jesus giving three commands to "Follow Me" and we see three different answers to this command.  Jesus says to the first man, "Follow me."  To which the man answers, "I will follow You wherever you go."  Jesus, knowing his heart, says it is not about comfort, it is about the cross.  The second man hears Jesus say, "Follow me."  This man replies, "Let me first bury my father."  Sounds legitimate, right?  Jesus says to this man, "Let the dead bury the dead.  You come follow me."  In other words, once you have been given a mission, you should never settle for maintenance.  It is all about proclaiming the Kingdom of God.  To the third man Jesus says, "Follow me."  The man asks for permission to say farewell to his family.  Jesus in essence says to this man," I am not interested in a divided heart. You follow me."  We say "Christ is enough for me," but do our lives really reflect this truth?  The Scriptures are clear that