KINGDOM AHEAD

LUKE 9:57-62
 Luke 9:57-59 NASB
As they were going along the road,
someone said to Him, "I will follow You
wherever You go." And Jesus said to
him, "The foxes have holes and the birds
of the air have nests, but the Son of
Man has nowhere to lay His head." And
He said to another, "Follow Me." But he
said, "Lord, permit me first to go and
bury my father."
 Luke 9:60-62 NASB
But He said to him, "Allow the dead to
bury their own dead; but as for you, go
and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of
God." Another also said, "I will follow
You, Lord; but first permit me to say
good-bye to those at home." But Jesus
said to him, "No one, after putting his
hand to the plow and looking back, is fit
for the kingdom of God."
Why Christians
make U-Turns?
WRONG COMMITMENT
 Luke 9:57 NASB

As they were going

along the road,
someone said to Him, "I
will follow You wherever
You go."
 Luke 9:57 NASB

"I will follow You

wherever You go."
 This man is
willing to follow
Christ
unconditionally
 Wrong Commitment
Geographical
Occasional
Social
Sunday routine
 Luke 9:58 NASB

And Jesus said to him, "The foxes

have holes and the birds of the air
have nests, but the Son of Man has
nowhere to lay His head."
 Be
commited
to God
When the way forward is
hard, youre tempted to
turn back.
WRONG PRIORITIES
 Luke 9:59 NASB

And He said to another,

"Follow Me." But he said,
"Lord, permit me first to
go and bury my father."
 Luke 9:59 NASB

"Follow Me."
 This man is willing to
follow Christ but he has
excuses
 Excuses

Family
Resources
Dreams
 Luke 9:60 NASB

But He said to him, "Allow the dead

to bury their own dead; but as for
you, go and proclaim everywhere the
kingdom of God."
There is nothing wrong with
having a commitment to your love
ones.
There is nothing wrong with
carrying out your responsibilities
to your family.
There is nothing wrong with
having a home.
 But JESUS
wants us to put
Him and His
kingdom as our
FIRST priority.
 Matthew 6:33 NASB

But seek first His kingdom and His

righteousness, and all these things will be
added to you.
WORLDY PLEASURES
 Luke 9:61 NASB

Another also said, "I will follow You,

Lord; but first permit me to say
good-bye to those at home."
 Luke 9:61 NASB

"I will follow You, Lord; but first

permit me to say good-bye to those
at home."
This man is willing to
follow Christ but he
holdback
 Delays

Happiness
Old life
Sin
 Dont go to the refrigerator
and open the door if youve
just committed yourself to a
diet.
 2 Timoteo 4:10 MBB05

Iniwan na ako ni Demas dahil sa

pagkahumaling niya sa sanlibutan;
pumunta siya sa Tesalonica. Si
Cresente naman ay nagpunta sa
Galacia, at si Tito sa Dalmacia.
 Luke 9:62 NASB

But Jesus said to him, "No

one, after putting his hand
to the plow and looking
back, is fit for the kingdom
of God."
 Mga Taga-Galacia 4:8, 9
Noong hindi pa ninyo nakikilala ang
Diyos, kayo'y alipin ng mga diyus-
diyosan, ngunit ngayong nakikilala na
ninyo ang Diyos, o mas tamang sabihin,
ngayong nakikilala na kayo ng Diyos,
bakit kayo bumabalik sa mga tuntuning
walang bisa at walang halaga? Bakit
gusto na naman ninyong paalipin sa mga
iyon?
 Looking back, leads to
drawing back, and drawing
back is to perdition.
 Numbers 14:2-4 NKJV

And all the children of Israel

complained against Moses and
Aaron, and the whole congregation
said to them, If only we had died in
the land of Egypt! Or if only we had
died in this wilderness!
 Numbers 14:2-4 NKJV
Why has the LORD brought us to
this land to fall by the sword, that
our wives and children should
become victims? Would it not be
better for us to return to Egypt? So
they said to one another, Let us
select a leader and return to Egypt.
 Mga Hebreo 10:38 MBB05

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