Dr. Luke talks about a man with dropsy....an abnormal accumulation of fluid in bodily tissues and cavities....he identifies this man's disease as a doctor.
Interesting that Jesus would go to a Pharisees home....he wasn't afraid to face him and knew the Pharisee was specifically trying to trap him and didn't get trapped.
Jesus Teaches about seeking honor by talking about not going and selecting the best seats at a wedding banquet...everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. The kingdom of God is "backward" from what culture taught then and now.
Jesus Tells the Parable of the Great Feast...see Revelation 19: 6-9...Jesus replaces anything we have suffered for him with something better. This wedding supper of the Lamb is when God and his church will be joined forever. Jesus then teaches about he Cost of Being a Disciple....He isn't talking about truly hating the biological members of your family...He is saying that Jesus has to come first if we follow Him. My favorite part is the salt referenced.....we are the salt as Christians, if we lose our flavor in the world, we are useless and can't prevent decay. I think the Pharisees lost their flavor.
Chapter 15 talks about lost things.....the sheep strayed...the coin was lost through no fault of its own....the son left out of selfishness. You can be lost in many different ways. Prodigal is a Greek word meaning "wild". The word is Astos: which also means profligately, riotously, prodigally....Asotia-means having no hope of safety. Remember that the New Testament is written in Greek. If you have no hope of safety, you are lost...you are away from God's protection by your choices in some cases....but the Father will leave the saved to come find that one lost soul. Do you see what you are worth to God? Really???????
Look what comes up from the depths of the sea.
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He kinda tells it like it is.....I love when he asks who would get a trapped donkey or ox out on the Sabbath? Love it!!!
ReplyDelete14:26 really confuses me.....just can't undertand why he would want this...."If anyone comes to Me and does not hage his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple." I just don't understand why he would want people who have hate instead of love......it seems to me he would want people who love all these as well as others to be able to be full of God's love and spread it.....Could you explain?
15:7 if pretty cool.....can't you just see all the angels rejoicing and celebrating when one lost soul repents?
Check out my entry, about half way up....Jesus isn't talking about really hating the biological members of the family. He is really addressing the high cost of following him....Jesus doesn't want big crowds for the sake of numbers. My study Bible says: Jesus warns that the one who squeezes commitment to him within a host of other priorities-as one of many good things-"cannot be my disciple"...To follow Jesus requires tremendous sacrifice and "hate his father, mother, wife ....." means only that Jesus must come before everything...everything...everything....It is kind of confusing with that wording of "hate"...just think of it as "priority" instead.
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