Following Jesus Matt.8:18-27.
'I will follow you.....' The Scribe must have meant it, so many of us decide to follow Jesus.
'The foxes have holes...' Jesus promises nothing, only Himself. Christianity is not a bed of roses, full of endless bliss. Another said, ' let me bury....'. They all had something on their minds.
Jesus said, ' No one having put his hand on the plough... Lk.9:62.
Following Jesus is not always being in a Church meeting singing our hallelujahs... Sometimes we find ourselves in a storm or a test to take. Sometimes we are ridiculed, falsely accused or have a cross to bear. They did the same to Him and will do the same to you. They said to Him on the Cross, ' If you are....'.
He told His disciples 'Go to the other side'. No mistake. They paid little attention to His word.
So do we often, while following Him.
They were experienced fishermen, yet frightened, but He was in the boat with them. They cried,
'we are perishing'. He promised, ' I will never leave you nor forsake you'. They were men of little faith. Do we have a mustard seed of Faith? God put us in a school down here. to prepare us for Heaven.
Paul and Silas, following Jesus, landed in a Jail but praised God and found deliverance. The three boys found themselves in a furnace, obeying God, but God came down to be with them.
The frightened disciples learned a lesson to remember forever.
It's not pleasant when going through difficulties, but when on the other side we will be better persons for God.
'I will follow you.....' The Scribe must have meant it, so many of us decide to follow Jesus.
'The foxes have holes...' Jesus promises nothing, only Himself. Christianity is not a bed of roses, full of endless bliss. Another said, ' let me bury....'. They all had something on their minds.
Jesus said, ' No one having put his hand on the plough... Lk.9:62.
Following Jesus is not always being in a Church meeting singing our hallelujahs... Sometimes we find ourselves in a storm or a test to take. Sometimes we are ridiculed, falsely accused or have a cross to bear. They did the same to Him and will do the same to you. They said to Him on the Cross, ' If you are....'.
He told His disciples 'Go to the other side'. No mistake. They paid little attention to His word.
So do we often, while following Him.
They were experienced fishermen, yet frightened, but He was in the boat with them. They cried,
'we are perishing'. He promised, ' I will never leave you nor forsake you'. They were men of little faith. Do we have a mustard seed of Faith? God put us in a school down here. to prepare us for Heaven.
Paul and Silas, following Jesus, landed in a Jail but praised God and found deliverance. The three boys found themselves in a furnace, obeying God, but God came down to be with them.
The frightened disciples learned a lesson to remember forever.
It's not pleasant when going through difficulties, but when on the other side we will be better persons for God.
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