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Gospel Luke Bible Study #26
Luke 9:57-62 The Cost of following Jesus

1. I want to follow Jesus but ( ) after I finish my education, my degree.
( ) after I marry.
( ) after I establish my business.
( ) after I grow up more and become an adult.
2. #1 unfit follower to become a disciple of Jesus
a. What was the decision of this man? 9:57
=scribe(Matthew)
b. Did he think that he was ready to follow Jesus? What is his idea of being a disciple?
=he was ready
=he will live comfortable life.
c. What did Jesus answer him? 9:58
=poor life
d. What basic comfort do foxes and birds have?
=they have home
e. Why didn’t Jesus have a place to lay His head?
=Jesus didn’t have home
f. In what condition was Jesus serving the kingdom of God?
=no stable place
=no possession
g. What likely might happen when this disciple followed Jesus?
=following Jesus is hard and difficult
=this person may quit following Jesus when he understands hardship.
=following Jesus requires self-denial and hardship
h. What must this disciple consider before following Jesus?
=there is cross

3. #2 unfit follower to become a disciple of Jesus
a. What did Jesus say to him? 9:59
=follow me, but he said “Lord, let me first go and bury my father”
b. Was the disciple’s father dead or alive?
=alive
c. What was his attitude toward Jesus’ calling?
=first go and bury my father
=family responsibility and matter are a head of Jesus’ calling
d. What did God ask Abram to do when He first called Abram?
=Genesis 12:1 Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you
e. What is superior; serving family or kingdom calling?
=kingdom calling
f. What did Jesus command him? 9:60
=Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God
= spiritually dead, physically alive
=dead body: spiritually dead and physically dead
g. Who are ‘the dead’ and ‘their own dead’? 9:60
h. What is the top priority to those who are called to serve the kingdom of God?
=go and proclaim the kingdom of God

i. What likely might happen when this disciple followed Jesus?
=first is family and Jesus is second
j. What must this disciple consider before following Jesus?
=he needs to set a priority to Jesus

4. #3 unfit follower to become a disciple of Jesus
a. Was he ready to follow Jesus? 9:61
=not yet
b. What did he want to do before following Jesus? 9:61
=farewell
c. Why couldn’t he follow Jesus right away on the spot as some of the disciples of Jesus did?
=he still has attachment to the world
d. What did Jesus say to him? 9:62
=No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God
e. How does one plow?
=straight or curved
f. What happens when he turns back?
=he doesn’t fit for the kingdom of God
g. What likely might happen when this disciple followed Jesus?
=ruin
h. What must this follower consider before following Jesus?
=he will drop out on the way
=focusing on Jesus

5. What are the differences between #2 and #3?
=#2 unfit: father dead/ go and proclaim
Jesus leads family to the kingdom of God

=#3 unfit: looking back: attached and lingering

6. What is following Jesus?
=imitating Jesus: praying, teaching and raising disciples
=It requires 100% devotion
=Jesus heart, belief
Cross-death-resurrection-eternal glory
=Jesus is the way, the truth and the life
=$1000: 25cents x 4000=$1000
Ex) devotion through life time not one time