The Cost of Discipleship, Lk 14:25-35
The Cost of Discipleship The Cost of discipleship is threefold. Jesus said that you must: Hate your own family. 26. What in the world is Jesus talking about here? Hate in the Bible is always what you understand it to be by definition. This doesn’t seem to make sense. Consider these commands: Eph 6:1-3 obey […]
A Great Supper, Lk 14:15-24
A Great Supper The context of Lk 14:15-24, the great supper, is Jesus in the house of one of the chief Pharisees eating bread on the sabbath, Lk 14:1. While there: Jesus healed a man of the dropsy. Taught them that healing on the sabbath is no less lawful than rescuing an ox or an […]
Lessons to Lawyers and Pharisees, Lk 13:31-14:14
Lessons to Lawyers and Pharisees He taught them lessons: Concerning Jesus and Jerusalem Lk 13:31 The Pharisees said to Jesus, “Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee”. This was an idle threat because Herod wan’t going to kill Jesus, and when he had the opportunity he didn’t. Herod wanted to see […]
Mustard Seed, Leaven, and the Strait Gate, Lk 13:18-30
Mustard Seed, Leaven, and the Strait Gate In Lk 13:18-30 Jesus gave two parables concerning the kingdom of God and then gave his Jewish audience an exhortation to enter the kingdom of God through the strait gate. The kingdom of God is like two things, a grain of mustard seed and leaven. A Grain of […]
Three Things To Know, Lk 12:49-59
Three Things To Know In Lk 12:49-59 Jesus told the multitude three things to know that they weren’t aware of. Know Why I Am Come I am come to send fire on the earth, v.49. In Matt 3:11 John said that Jesus would baptize with fire. In 2 Thes 1:7-9, he will return at his […]
Be Ye Therefore Ready, Lk 12:35-48
Be Ye Therefore Ready In Lk 12:35-48 Jesus taught his disciples, and those who would read these words, to be ye therefore ready, because they would not know the hour of his return at the Second Advent. Concerning the Second Advent, Jesus gave an illustration of a lord who returns from his wedding, v.35-36. He […]
Possessions and Necessities, Lk 12:13-34
Possessions and Necessities After Jesus gave his disciples some words of instruction, a man in the crowd asked Jesus to speak to his brother, that he would divide the inheritance with him. Jesus used this opportunity to teach his disciples about possessions and necessities. He taught them to: Beware of Covetousness Lk 12:13-21 When the […]
Words of Instruction, Lk 12:1-12
Words of Instruction Following Jesus’s rebuke of the Pharisees, scribes, and lawyers, Jesus exhorted his disciples with words of instruction. Beware of Hypocrisy Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees which is hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is feigning to be what one is not or claiming to believe what one does not; it is behavior that contradicts […]
Pharisees Scribes and Lawyers, Lk 11:37-54
Pharisees Scribes and Lawyers A Pharisee asked Jesus to dine with him. And as he sat down to meat, a conversation ensued. The subjects Jesus discussed were addressed to the Pharisees scribes and lawyers present. Jesus rebuked the Pharisees and Scribes for: Cleaning the outside only, Lk 11:38-41. The Pharisee marveled that Jesus had not […]
Hear and Keep the Word, Lk 11:27-36
Hear and Keep the Word In reply to a woman in the crowd, Jesus said, “Blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it”. That’s the theme of this passage today, Lk 11:27-36. Hear and keep the word. Those who hear and keep the word… They are blessed. In v.27-28 the woman […]