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Text: Luke 9: 59-60

AN INVITATION TO BE A FOLLOWER

1. The Lord Jesus invited one person to follow Him.

“Follow Me.”

Luke 9:59a

a. What a privilege!

b. What an honour!

2. The man’s reply.

“Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”

Luke 9:59b

a. This is an idiomatic expression.

b. His father had not died recently.

c. What he meant:

i. He cannot follow at this point of time.

ii. He will follow after his father had died.

iii. But when would his father die?

iv. He was saying, that he would not be following the Lord Jesus at this point of time.

3. The reply of the Lord Jesus.

“Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.”

Luke 9:60

a. There were those who were spiritually dead.

i. These would not respond to God.

ii. There were members in the family who were spiritually dead.

iii. They could look after the funerary details.

iv. The only person who was alive spiritually was this individual.

b. The challenge was to respond to the Call of the Lord Jesus.

i. He was invited to follow the Lord Jesus to learn as a Disciple.

ii. In time to come, he could be sent out to preach the kingdom of God.

iii. That would be the right focus for his life.

c. We are not told if the individual did make up his mind to follow the Lord Jesus.

经文：路加福音 9:59-60

成为跟从者的邀请

1． 主耶稣邀请一个人跟从祂

“跟从我来!”

《路加福音9:59a》

a.这是何等的特权！

b.这是何等的荣幸！

2． 这人的回答

“主，容我先回去埋葬我的父亲。”

《路加福音 9:59b》

a.这是一个惯用语

b.他的父亲不是最近去世

c.他的意思是:

i.他现在不能跟从祂

ii.他父亲死后他才会跟从

iii.但他父亲会什么时候死呢？

iv.他是说，此时此刻他不会跟从主耶稣

3． 主耶稣的回答

“任凭死人埋葬他们的死人，你只管去传扬神国的道。”

《路加福音 9:60》

a.有些人在属灵上已经死了

i.这些人不会对上帝有感应

ii.有些家庭成员在属灵上已经死了

iii.他们可以照顾丧葬细节

iv.唯一在属灵上还活着的就是这个人

b.回应主耶稣的呼召是他的挑战

i.他被受邀跟从主耶稣去学习作门徒

ii.有朝一日，他可以被差遣去传扬神国的道

iii.那将是他人生的正确重心

c.我们没有被告知这个人是否下定决心跟从主耶稣