Looking for Jesus according to Luke

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17 minutes ago, JLG said:

- By learning and telling about God’s Word!

 

- Of course, we need to live according to what we learn and tell!

 

- Otherwise it doesn’t work!

 

- If we don’t obey God’s commandments, it doesn’t work!

 

- But that’s what Jesus says about the Pharisees!

 

- They tell people what to do but they don’t do it!

 

- So if what you say doesn’t reflect what you do, it doesn’t work!

 

- It’s like shouting into the wind or talking to the void or talking to the air!

 

- I don’t know what the best expression is depending on the country!

 

 

Lead by example- give God Glory in ALL things

[JLG]

10) Jesus vs the religious leaders

 

Luke 6: The scribes and the Pharisees

are now watching Jesus closely to see

whether he will cure on the sabbath,

in order to find some way to accuse him.

 

- Jesus has no time to lose but apparently

the religious leaders have nothing to do

and plenty of time to lose: once again the

choice is clear, according to whom you

choose, you show what you are looking for!

So the religious leaders are not the only one

to be guilty but also those who decide to

follow them! It’s up to us to make the right

decision!

[JLG]

11) Jesus vs the religious leaders

 

Luke 6: A student is not above his teacher,

but everyone who is perfectly instructed will

be like his teacher.

 

- Jesus taught his disciples and the apostles

and when he died they replaced him which

shows they were perfectly instructed.

 

- We can’t say the same with the religious

leaders, on the contrary!

 

[JLG]

John 10:33 “We are not stoning you for any

good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy,

because you, a mere man, claim to be God.” NIV

 

- My answer:

 

- There is always a mountain with what Jesus

says and what the Jews say!

- The Jews are used to taking their dreams

for reality!

- How is it possible to imagine what they say

is right when Jesus says the contrary?

- Or it means Jesus is a liar!

- If he says he is God's son he means he is

God's son!

- If he says he is God's son, he doesn't say

he is God!

- The liars are the Jews not Jesus!

[JLG]

12) Jesus vs the religious leaders

 

Luke 6:

 

- Jesus compares the one who hears and does

nothing to a man who built a house on the

ground without a foundation. The river dashed

against it, and immediately it collapsed, and

the ruin of that house was great.

 

- Too many examples in the Bible show us that

the religious leaders build their house without

foundation and their teachings lead nowhere,

only on the wrong way!

 

- When we really listen to Jesus, we want to

build our house with foundation and follow

his way not their way!

 

- Once again, it’s up to us, we must make

the right choice and know why we do it !

 

- When our house is in ruin, it’s too late!

 

- It is important to make the right choice

on time!

[JLG]

“I thought it important to note that luke

never ment Jesus. He was sorta a a investigated

reporter.
He finds out the story of Christ remains the

same some years later.
Giving relevance that by the testimony of others

he becomes a believer and joins Paul (saul) in

his endeavors.
To me this is so remarkable. So powerful.

It shows that our testimony is critical to

the gospel of Christ.”

 

- My answer:

 

- Yes, the expression of "investigated reporter"

is quite meaningful!

- Yes, "remarkable and powerful", you are

definitely right!

Luke 1:1-4:

- Taking into account the fact that many had

undertaken an account of the facts about Jesus,

Luke traced all things from the start with

accuracy and wrote his gospel in logical order

so that people may know fully the certainty of

the things that they have been taught orally.

 

- Luke tells us about his work “I have traced”,

“with accuracy”, “in logical order”!

 

-We don’t know the time he used to do it but

we can imagine it takes a lot of timeto do it

and thus he is a good example of what we have

to do to study the Bible!

 

[JLG]

13) Jesus vs the religious leaders

 

Luke 7:

 

- John the baptist sends two of his disciples

to ask Jesus if he is the Messiah!

 

- They can see Jesus curing people and doing

many miracles and teaching about God’s

Kingdom!

 

- And Jesus tells them to tell what they have

just seen!

 

- Action is better than words!

 

- When what we say corresponds with what

we do, it is more powerful than anything!

 

- Jesus doesn’t answer directly to John but

he tells him about his miracles and his

teaching! Isn’t it the best answer?

 

- John the Baptist understands perfectly

well and he rejoices!

 

- But not the religious leaders: where is

the mistake?

 

- They understand but they don’t care

because it is against their own interests!

 

- Jesus looks for his Father’s interests,

they don’t!

 

- So we must be careful not to serve

the religious leaders’ interests instead

of God’s interests!

 

[JLG]

14) Jesus vs the religious leaders

 

Luke 7:

 

- People declare God to be righteous,

for they have been baptized with the

baptism of John. But the Pharisees and

those versed in the Law disregard the

counsel of God to them, since they have

not been baptized by him.

!

 

- There is a big difference between ordinary

people and the religious leaders!

 

- Humility vs Pride!

 

- In fact, the religious leaders don’t care

about God!

 

- They prefer looking for their own interests!

 

- How can they really help ordinary people?

 

[JLG]

15) Jesus vs the religious leaders

 

Luke 7: Now one of the Pharisees keeps

asking him to dine with him. So he enters

the house of the Pharisee and reclines at

the table.

 

- When people keep asking Jesus, he listens

and answers them, whoever they are!

 

And look! A woman who is known in the city

to be a sinner learns he is dining in the house

of the Pharisee, and she brings an alabaster jar

of perfumed oil.

 

- Jesus does everything in the light and people

can find him!

 

Taking a position behind him at his feet, she

weeps and begins to wet his feet with her

tears, and she wipes them off with the hair

of her head.

 

- She is known as a sinner but look at what

she does!

 

- The religious leaders are far away from her

because she is humble and they are arrogant!

 

Also she tenderly kisses his feet and pours the

perfumed oil on them.

 

- Ordinary people vs the religious leaders who

have dried hearts!

 

- How is it possible to be so far away from God’s

truth!

 

- You can’t look for power and God’s truth at the

same time!

 

- It is incompatible!

 

- Then they think that Jesus can’t be a prophet

otherwise he would know the woman is a sinner!

 

- That’s really a good summary of the religious

leaders: mentally short-sighted, mentally limited,

spiritually limited, spiritually dead and leading

people to nowhere!

 

- They are completely blind!

 

- How is it possible to be so limited!

 

But in reply Jesus says to him: “Simon, I have

something to say to you.”

 

- Then he tells him about an analogy to make

him understand and give him a lesson!

 

- There is only one teacher!

 

- Then he tells Simon about the woman and

everything she does for him and because of

that her sins are forgiven!

 

- What a lesson!

 

- But they don’t understand anything!

 

- So they prove themselves good for nothing,

useless!

 

- And they start thinking how it is possible

for a man to forgive sins!

 

- Authority vs meaninglessness!

 

- Wow: what a powerful action! It seems

like a vision!

 

- How is it possible not to see the difference:

it is so evident!

 

- The problem is when we get accustomed to

something, we don’t see it anymore!

 

- What a pity!

[JLG]

16) Jesus vs the religious leaders

 

Luke 9:

 

- The apostles have a discussion about who is the greatest!

 

- Jesus tells them about a child!

 

- He tries to show them how to behave!

 

- They must show humility!

 

- It is usual among those who think they are

important in this world to be the greatest or

want to be the greatest but the one who belongs

to God must be humble and gets away from this

attitude which has nothing to do with God!

 

- Jesus showed how humble he was which is not

the case of the religious leaders!

 

- Moreover, once again we see that Jesus knows

what people think!