Being
a Disciple
Luke
19:28-38
When Jesus enters the city, many people crowd
together to see Jesus. They call out praises to him and spread out their cloaks
on the ground to show honor and respect. These people would later desert Jesus and
even demand His death later.
The people are just fans. They are not disciples.
The fans like what Jesus has done and what He gives them. When the benefits stop,
so does their loyalty. His disciples strove to be like Jesus, which is a big difference
between the fans and the disciples.
Jesus came into the city riding a donkey and not
a horse to show he was a king not in battle.
We need to emulate Jesus. The best way to emulate
Jesus is to love others.
Jesus instructs some of his disciple to get a
colt.
Luke 19:30-31 ESV
[30] saying, “Go into the village in front of
you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat.
Untie it and bring it here. [31] If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you
shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’”
Jesus gives instructions to get something that
he has already prepared. All the disciples
have to do is to obey. It has already been prepared for us to do. Jesus is with
us and we just need to obey.
We have to suffer, endure and sacrifice just like Jesus did to love others. In fact, Jesus has given us the great commission too
Matthew 28:18-20 ESV
[18] And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority
in heaven and on earth has been given to me. [19] Go therefore and make disciples
of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, [20] teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold,
I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
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