CMP Review 2024-05-12

The Gospels of Matthew and Luke describe a man who says, “Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.” To this profession of faith, our Lord responds, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

How does this man respond? Leon Morris notes that “The scribe’s reaction is not given, but certainly the cost of discipleship is brought clearly before him.”

Morris goes on to explain that “John uses the verb for lay when he is speaking of Jesus bowing his head on the cross (John 19:30); there the Master found the resting place that he did not have throughout his ministry.”

The cost of discipleship is brought before us too. How will we respond? Consider with Charlotte Mason in her poem on this verses here.

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