Luke 9:51-62 Part VII – Recap

A New Kind of Narrative: Letting Jesus redefine stories across time
The call to follow Jesus is given to every Christian in this life’s journey. He does not call us onto an easy road but his call has an authority to overcome. We serve the same Jesus who rebuked the systems of oppression, and overcame them. He now calls us in his life giving mission of peace. These verses give us a picture of the depth of that calling. He is not a fix to the systems of this world, but a life completely outside of them. Luke outlines a message for us all, and challenges us to keep our eyes open to the windows, the orphans and the destitute. As disciples on the hodos of Jesus we cannot guess at where Jesus will call us. We must be ready to obey, for we know our pilgrimage in itself will bring us through death and resurrection to the one who was taken up. When you receive the message of the good news, and the call to follow, do not harden your heart, but follow.

This week we took a long journey through Luke 9:51-62…. If you missed a section here are links to all the stuff related to this commentary.

• Background on Luke
• Background on the travel Narrative
• Part I – Introduction
• Part II: Face Toward Jerusalem: Approaching the rejection at Samaria
• Part III – Steps Forward: A verse by verse analysis of Jesus’ rejection
• Part IV – Wanna-be Wayfarers: a look over the three would-be disciples of Jesus
• Part V – Elijah and The Plow: Jesus’ call for new identity
• Part VI – Prophet, Pilgrim or Paschal lamb

I would love to hear your feedback on any of these sections!