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Who Is First? — Part 1
“Me first” (Luke 9:59).
This really sums up the spirit of the age in which we live today. “ME FIRST!” We are taught that we deserve it, that we need to stand up for “NUMBER ONE!” We have our rights … and so on. Yes, this is certainly the “ME FIRST” generation!
But this is not the way it is to be for the Christian. When we know Jesus Christ as our Savior, then He is to be given the first place in our lives. Everything else is secondary. HE is to be Lord of our life. He is to be NUMBER ONE!
In the days of the Lord on earth there were those who said they would follow the Lord, but there was “me first” standing in the way. One said “Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father” Another said: “I will follow Thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house” (Luke 9:59, 61). It wasn’t wrong to have respect for the dead and provide a proper burial for a family member, nor was it wrong to say goodbye to those at home. But the Lord detected that there was something other than Himself that the heart was putting first, and this would never do if one was going to be a true disciple.
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