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Gospel of Luke Part 1. Week 11. Plan For Remaining Four Weeks. Selected events, subjects, discussions and during Jesus’ personal ministry. A tree and its fruit (43-45) Acceptable hearers/Be careful how you build your house (6:46-49) Humility and faith (7:1-10)
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Gospel of Luke Part 1 Week 11
Plan For Remaining Four Weeks Selected events, subjects, discussions and during Jesus’ personal ministry • A tree and its fruit (43-45) • Acceptable hearers/Be careful how you build your house (6:46-49) • Humility and faith (7:1-10) • How are Christians greater than John the Baptist? (7:24-28) • “Wisdom is justified by all her children” (7:29-35) • Jesus forgives a sinful woman (7:36-50) • Parable of the Soils (8:4-8) • The purpose of teaching in parables (8:9-15) • Examine yourselves (8:16-18) • Discipleship (9:23-27)
Judging others (6:37-42) • Is it wrong to judge? • The Christian must be able to judge: • False teachers and false doctrine. (1 Jn 4:1; Gal. 1:6-8) • An immoral brother or one who causes division. (1 Cor. 5:1-5; Rom. 16:17) • Among themselves rather than going to law with a brother. (1 Cor. 6:1-3) • Righteous judgment (John 7:24; Luke 12:57) • Proper discrimination based upon facts • Can’t judge motives
Other Lessons (6:37-42) • Forgive and you shall be forgiven • Give and it will be given to you • Measures for measure
Other Lessons (6:37-42) • Analogy – blind leading the blind • Teachers of error • Both will wind up the same – ignorant and lost. • If you are blind to your own faults, then your criticism is useless. • In Mt 23:16 Jesus called the Pharisees blind guides.
Other Lessons (6:37-42) • A disciple (or student) is not above his teacher. • A speck in your brother’s eye verses a log in your own eye.
A Tree And Its Fruit (43-45) • How is a tree known? • What else can the fruit indicate? • How does this apply to this occasion? • Matt. 15:7-9; 23:1-7 • V.45Speech reveals true nature of a persons chraracter Matt. 12:33-37
Acceptable Hearers (6:46-49) • “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not the things that I tell you?” • Jn 14:15 • Jas. 2:14-17 • Parable of builders
Humility and Faith (7:1-10) • An unexpected example • Why did the Jews think that the Centurion was deserving? • What demonstrated the great faith of this Roman officer? • V.9 “Even in Israel I have not found such faith.”(Rom. 9:30-33)
How are Christians greater than John the Baptist? (7:24-28) • Heb. 8:6-13 • What covenant did John live under? • How does the new covenant compare to the old? • In what sense is a Christian (one in the Kingdom) “greater” than John? (Heb. 8:11)
“Wisdom is justified by all her children” (7:29-35) • What does this mean? • Justified? • Children? • What effect did these two men, John and Jesus, and their respective messages and approaches, have on the world?
Jesus forgives a sinful woman (7:36-50) • A meal at the home of Simon, a Pharisee • A very unusual occurrence by a sinful woman • Jesus uses the opportunity to teach with a parable about a moneylender and two debtors. • Two debtors, one owing 10 times the other’s debt • Both debts forgiven by moneylender • Jesus question to the Pharisee: Which of the two will love the moneylender the most for his compassion? • What does this parable mean? • Jesus explains His parable by contrasting Simon and the sinful woman. • Why did Jesus forgive her sins?
Parable of the Soils (8:4-8) • As the sower scattered his seed, some fell: • on the pathway • on rocky ground • among the thorns • on good soil • Jesus explanation? (8:11-15)
Why Parables? (8:9-10) • Disciples question • “seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand” (from Isa. 6:9-10) • Meaning revealed to “truth seekers”; concealed from enemies of truth • Same sun that melts butter can harden clay • Does God harden a persons heart? (e.g. Pharaoh)
Examine Yourselves (8:16-18) • Illustration of a lamp under a basket • Lamps are for illuminating • Gospel = Light • Closing your mind to the truth of gospel is like closing your eyes to the light of a lamp. • Truth available to all who seek it (Matt. 7:7) • Take care how you listen!
Discipleship (9:22-27) • Jesus predicts His death, resurrection and coming kingdom • Conditions of being a true disciple? • Paradox – “whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will save it” • Matt. 16:26 • Ashamed of Jesus (Rom 1:16, Php 1:20 and 1 Pet 4:16) • Then – for His lowly appearance, poverty, contempt by the “elite” Jews, His sufferings and His message, e.g. John 6:53 • Now – for the “narrowness” of His word; for its consequence; and, as far as the world is concerned, its foolishness and irrelevance. • Result? (Mt 16:13; Mt 10:33)
Transfiguration Scene (9:28-36) • Probably Mt. Tabor in Galilee, with Peter, James and John • Jesus was changed to a glorified form • Transfigured – trans (across)+figure (shape, fashion, form); a change in form or appearance • “shown like the sun” Matt. 17:2 • They were joined by Elijah and Moses • Representing the two dispensations • Discussing what? • Impetuosity of Peter and the voice of God from a cloud