Putting Jesus first - Luke 14:25-34

Featuring: Ian Bentley

Date: Sunday, 5 May, 2013

At the end of v34 Jesus said “He who has ears to hear let him hear”. So what should we hear?

a. accept – Jesus is offering us the very best way of life. As the Good Shepherd he calls us to follow him that we might have life as God the Father intended for us.

b. submit – but to get that life we have to submit to Jesus as Lord. We have to repent of trying to run our lives our own way and let Jesus be our saviour and Lord. We have to give over our lives to him and ask him to help us in our relationships, in our work situations, in our view of ourselves, in our possessions. In every part of our lives we must submit to him as Lord because he is God, and because he has our best interests at heart in everything. However such submission to Jesus as Lord requires

c. trust - we need to trust in his goodness, that he will only do and guide us in ways that are for our best. We need to trust him especially when things get tough and we can’t see why things are as they are or where he is leading us. We need to trust that he will help us when the other things tempt us and we want other things more than him. We need to trust that eventually we will be in heaven with him. We need to trust he is good and he is faithful – can you do that?

Can you accept Jesus as Lord of your life?

Can you submit every part to him and say take control here, lead and guide me in this?

Can you trust him for today and eternity?

“Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, blessings all mine and ten thousand beside! Great is thy faithfulness!

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