After speaking at the Pharisee’s dinner table about humility and hospitality and then about heaven, Jesus then spoke to the ‘great crowds’ that were following him, perhaps hoping for a free bread or even and invitation to the banquet he had been speaking of. Because he was now speaking to the crowds, Jesus changed tack somewhat to present to them the demands and the costs of following him. It’s easy to see why. Jesus wasn’t interested in being popoular, and he knew that spelling out these matters the way he did, would surely turn away those who were only looking for that free feed.
Message
Outline
• The forty-sixth in this series
• Consistency and inconsistency
• The demands of discipleship
• See how Jesus taught that a disciple…
- Knows a prior claim (v.25-26)
- Carries a painful cross (v.27)
- Pays a pre-calculated cost (v.28-35)
The communist student
Tasteless salt (v.34-35)
What He wants us to be
