Jesus
said to a man, 'Follow Me,'
But
the man replied, 'Lord, first let me go and bury my father.'
Jesus
said to him, 'Let the dead bury their own dead,
But
you go and proclaim the Kingdom of God.' (Luke 9:60)
We
learn from this Scripture
That
the man Jesus spoke to wanted to wait to follow Jesus
Until
his father died.
But
Jesus admonished him to get his priorities straight;
That
those who do not belong to Jesus are dead spiritually
While
the live naturally.
He
told the man to let those who are spiritually dead
Bury
their own dead.
Jesus
was telling the man the overriding importance
Of
proclaiming the Kingdom of God.
Their
was no hope for the man or his father
In
waiting until the father died to follow Jesus.
The
only hope for mankind is that they receive the Kingdom of God
And
walk in the Light of it.
The
Kingdom of God is the only realm that is Eternal.
This
brief life we have is gone in a moment.
But
God's Kingdom is forever.
Jesus
was telling the man to spend his brief life
Proclaiming
the Kingdom of God;
In
doing that, he would be storing up Treasure in Heaven
And
those who received the Kingdom, receive Eternal LIFE.
We
are to be fishers of men;
That
is why we were given this life; to proclaim The Kingdom of God!
Proclaiming
God's Kingdom is a test of our faith.
We
do not know who will receive the Kingdom of God.
Jesus
told Nicodemus: 'You must be born again,'
The
wind blows wherever it pleases.
You
hear its sound,
But
you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going.
So
it is with everyone born of the Spirit.' (John 3:8)
We
are to proclaim the reality of the Kingdom of God,
And
that it is available to every person.
Everyone
who receives it goes from eternal death to Eternal LIFE.
However,
God alone gives the increase.
No
one came to Jesus unless the Father, by the Spirit drew them.
So,
it will be with us.
We
also realize that we are to encourage each other daily
To
remain in the Kingdom; to walk each day in the Light of Christ Jesus.
In
that alone is there hope!
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
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