The Call
to
Follow
Jesus

KAY ARTHUR

HARVEST HOUSETMPUBLISHERS

EUGENE, OREGON

All Scripture quotations in this book are taken from the New American Standard Bible®, © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

Except where otherwise indicated, all maps and charts in this book, as well as the “How to Get Started” portion of the introductory material, have been adapted and condensed from The New Inductive Study Bible, Copyright © 2000 by Precept Ministries International.

Cover design by Koechel Peterson & Associates, Minneapolis, Minnesota

The New Inductive Study Series

THE CALL TO FOLLOW JESUS

Copyright © 1994 by Precept Ministries International

Published by Harvest House Publishers

Eugene, Oregon 97402

www.harvesthousepublishers.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Arthur, Kay, 1933–

The call to follow Jesus / Kay Arthur.

p. cm. — (The new inductive study series)

ISBN-13: 978-0-7369-0797-2

ISBN-10: 0-7369-0797-1

1. Bible. N.T. Luke—Study and teaching. 2. Bible. N.T. Luke—Criticism, interpretation, etc. I. Title. II. Series: Arthur, Kay, 1933–The new inductive study series.

BS2596.A59 1994

226.4′007—dc20

93-33926

CIP

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.

Printed in the United States of America.

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CONTENTS

How to Get Started…

Luke

The Cost of Following Jesus

Week One

Nothing Is Impossible with God

Week Two

Where’s the Fruit of Repentance?

Week Three

Following Christ—A Matter of Obedience, Not Qualification

Week Four

The Love of the Forgiven

Week Five

No Looking Back

Week Six

Stay at His Feet

Week Seven

Whom Will We Trust?

Week Eight

The Cost of Following Jesus

Week Nine

God Knows Our Hearts

Week Ten

The Danger of Riches

Week Eleven

True Faith Is Seen in Its Works

Week Twelve

The Reward of Faith’s Obedience

Week Thirteen

Be His Witness

notes

Books in the New Inductive Study Series

About the Author

HOW TO GET STARTED…

Sometimes it’s hard to read directions. You simply want to get started, and only if all else fails will you read the directions. I understand, but in this case, don’t do it! These instructions are part of getting started, and they will help you greatly.

FIRST

As you study the book of Luke, you will need four things in addition to this book:

1. A Bible that you are willing to mark in. The marking is essential. An ideal Bible for this purpose is The New Inductive Study Bible (NISB). The NISB is in a single-column text format with larger, easy-to-read type, which is ideal for marking. The margins around the text are wide for note-taking.

The NISB also has instructions for studying each book of the Bible, but it does not contain ...