"Follow Under My Conditions" (Matthew

Unshackled Ministries Church of Paramount
Sunday Service January 19, 2025
Pastor Anthony Archuleta
Follow under my conditions
“Another of the disciples said to Him, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.” But Jesus *said to him, “Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead.”” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭8‬:‭21‬-‭22‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ bible.com/bibl...
Suffer me first to go and bury my father - This seemed to be a reasonable request, as respect for parents, living or dead, is one of the first duties of religion.
But the Saviour saw that in his circumstances there might be danger, if he was thus permitted to go, that he would not return to him: and he commanded him, therefore, to perform the more important duty - the duty of attending to the salvation of his soul even at the risk of the apparent neglect of another duty. The first duty of man is religion, and everything else should be made subordinate to that.
“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.”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭9‬:‭61‬-‭62‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ bible.com/bibl...
II. The Procrastinating or Entangled Disciple (Mt 8:21, 22).
As this is more fully given in Luke (Lu 9:59), we must take both together. "And He said unto another of His disciples, Follow Me. But he said," Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead-or, as more definitely in Luke, "Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God" (Lu 9:60). This disciple did not, like the former, volunteer his services, but is called by the Lord Jesus, not only to follow, but to preach Him. And he is quite willing; only he is not ready just yet. "Lord, I will; but"-"There is a difficulty in the way just now; but that once removed, I am Thine." What now is this difficulty? Was his father actually dead-lying a corpse-having only to be buried? Impossible. As it was the practice, as noticed on Lu 7:12, to bury on the day of death, it is not very likely that this disciple would have been here at all if his father had just breathed his last; nor would the Lord, if He was there, have hindered him discharging the last duties of a son to a father.
“Commit your works to the Lord And your plans will be established.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16‬:‭3‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ bible.com/bibl...
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭10‬:‭45‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ bible.com/bibl...
“We love, because He first loved us.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭19‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ bible.com/bibl... Just use this scriptures