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Follow Jesus | Paul Walker | Re:Vision

April 01, 2022 • The Meeting Place Church

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“We follow Jesus”…

In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus begins his ministry by being led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness for a time of testing. Jesus is tempted by the devil to turn stones into bread, to seize control of the kingdoms of this world, and to jump off the temple to make a clear display of God’s power by the public rescue of angels. The devil tries to bring Jesus over to his side, by grasping the right goal but through the wrong means. Jesus is tempted by the devil to establish the Kingdom of God through the illicit use of power for comfort, control, and coercion. Jesus rejects all of these temptations and instead demonstrates that how the Kingdom comes is what the Kingdom is.
In the same way, we as a church are invited to courageously follow Jesus and his narrow way. In doing so, we become a radical alternative to every other path that could be followed.