He was right; and Jesus replies with ineffable grace, and according to that style so worthy of God (compare Psalms 132:1-18), which not only answers the prayer of faith, but invariably surpasses it. "This day is salvation come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham. It was probably borrowed from Matthew 24:40. When He gets to Jerusalem? 33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. Historians dismissed this, because times were different back then. The seal of the Holy Ghost is unknown until there is the submission of faith to the death of Jesus. The people seem conscious that it was all over with them stricken in heart over a deed they could not but feel to be dreadful, though hardly defined. 3. (VersesLuke 23:32-38; Luke 23:32-38. and Jesus will remember could not put Him aside. Luke 17:34 | New King James Version (NKJV) [ 34 ] I And although not a few, who then seemed strong and courageous enough, are gone to the winds (and a similar sifting still goes on, and will to the end), yet sure am I that in the midst of all these troubles and humiliations God has been elevating the standard of Christ for those who are firm and faithful. So two women at the mill; for here we have not to do with human judgments. How perfect it all is! Every Scripture is inspired of God, and is profitable yea, able to make us "wise unto salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus." Not that His Godhead ever made His suffering less; else the result would have been some nondescript estate which was neither Godhead nor manhood, but somewhat made up of both. I'm so good." And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come ( Luke 17:20 ). The healing of the blind man was a kind of final testimony that Messiah was there. That Christ and his kingdom are not to be looked for in this or that particular place, but his appearance will be general in all places at once (Luke 17:23; Luke 17:24): "They will say to you, See here, or, See there; here is one that will deliver the Jews out of the hands of the oppressing Romans, or there is one that will deliver the Christians out of the hands of the oppressing Jews; here is the Messiah, and there is his prophet; here in this mountain, or there at Jerusalem, you will find the true church. (Luke 22:19-20.) That's so hard, isn't it? And they remembered his words." He didn't do things by set patterns because He didn't want us to get set into rituals or into patterns. said they all. It was right to deprecate it: it was like Jesus, notwithstanding, to say, "Thy will be done." But will you not rather say unto him, Prepare my supper, gird yourself, and serve me, until I have eaten and drunken; and afterward you can eat and drink? But here, on the contrary, by virtue of Christ's death who put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself, all disappears in the presence of the infinite grace of God all blessing secured, if there be but the acceptance of Christ and His work. ._2Gt13AX94UlLxkluAMsZqP{background-position:50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:contain;position:relative;display:inline-block} Simon, sadly ignorant of himself, is full of bold promises to go to prison or to death; but, says the Lord, "Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me." So repentance is necessary for forgiveness. Men pass them over as if there was nothing for the soul in them, as if the Saviour Son of God condescended to a show, a pantomime, instead of enduring the severest conflict and anguish that ever had been the portion of a human heart on this earth. Let's leave it there. If you were a leper you had to cry, "Unclean," and could not allow anyone to approach you. And so our Lord breaks bread with the disciples. If you recall these verses being different that's cool. The nine--where are they? But if God invites a believer now to draw near into the holiest of all, is it not equal presumption for that soul to quarrel with the grace of God displayed in Christ's work of redemption, and to raise questions about its effects for itself? Then the Lord adds some moral considerations for the heart: "Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life and so that day come upon you unawares. It is one of several teachings that Luke recorded that deals with the future (cf. Such is the true language and feeling for a disciple's heart. And He's talking to them a little about what a servant . He knew neither God nor good. So it was with Him. Was it a fitting time for speaking of himself? There is another word for the vultures that feed upon the flesh of men at the great battle of Armageddon. "It will have a silent entrance, without pomp, without noise; it cometh not with observation," meta paratereseos--with outward show. Two great truths are here present living unto God after death, and future resurrection, when Jesus comes and brings in the new age. Because I don't pat people on the back. To make those matters worse, this was all foretold in the Bible itself that a time would come when a great "famine" would descend upon all of mankind and that people would search far and wide for the word of God and not be able to find it. You left out all the positive stuff. It didn't mean the same thing 150 years ago. Certainly, too, His suffering, though not confined to the cross, there culminated, as there alone was sin judged; there God's necessary intolerance of it was proved, when only, but most really, imputed to Christ. The Son of man must suffer many things. @keyframes _1tIZttmhLdrIGrB-6VvZcT{0%{opacity:0}to{opacity:1}}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd,.HQ2VJViRjokXpRbJzPvvc{--infoTextTooltip-overflow-left:0px;font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;padding:3px 9px;position:absolute;border-radius:4px;margin-top:-6px;background:#000;color:#fff;animation:_1tIZttmhLdrIGrB-6VvZcT .5s step-end;z-index:100;white-space:pre-wrap}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd:after,.HQ2VJViRjokXpRbJzPvvc:after{content:"";position:absolute;top:100%;left:calc(50% - 4px - var(--infoTextTooltip-overflow-left));width:0;height:0;border-top:3px solid #000;border-left:4px solid transparent;border-right:4px solid transparent}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd{margin-top:6px}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd:after{border-bottom:3px solid #000;border-top:none;bottom:100%;top:auto} The one in chapter 21 deals mainly with the near future from Jesus perspective and the destruction of Jerusalem. The truth is the sum of what all tell us. The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and this as the only true power of estimating the present world (that is to say, by the standard of the future the eternal future of God. Let them retire, as Noah to his ark, and Lot to his Zoar. I think "grind" has had sexual connotations only in the last 15 or 10 years. He never cast out either a soul that came to Him, or a prayer that was founded on His glory, and desired association with Him. That God took care for the preservation of those that were his, who believed and feared, and took the warning themselves which they gave to others. Boneheaded meant that a person's thick skull had no brains, or so their actions would suggest. People often shared beds. (Luke 24:1) And they found the stone rolled away, but not the body of Jesus. They gave them timely notice of what would be in the end of their wicked ways, and that it was not far off. Thus the Holy Ghost was not given yet as an indwelling person, but rather a reiteration of the Father's promise. 37, 38.) You would have healed Jerusalem, as of old Babylon, but she is not healed, and therefore forsake her, flee out of the midst of her, and deliver every man his soul,Jeremiah 51:6; Jeremiah 51:9. So to interpret the aetos, which is eagles, as vultures is wrong, but yet, those who make the first interpretation are always translating aetos, as vultures. Pfft. The best way that Christ can come upon a man is when he is faithfully and humbly and watchfully doing his duty. Yes! In Matthew the point appears to be the rejection of Jerusalem, the rejecter, because of its Messiah, the discipular remnant starting from the mountain in Galilee; and the presence of the Lord being guaranteed till the end of the age, when other changes come. Thus we find the desire for cooling of the tongue, which men of speculative mind use to prove that it was the time of being clothed with a real body. Then he turns to Jesus, and says, "Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom." The priest kills the dove, pours the blood in water basin, he takes the other dove and dips it in this bloody water and turns it free. It's impossible to live your life without having these things happen. Christ was going away to heaven to receive the kingdom from God there not about to take it from man now and in this world. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. Matthew 16:1-4). We are to be firm against ourselves; we are to be firm for our brethren, even where they touch ourselves. And it's no help to tell a person, "Well, if you just had enough faith you wouldn't be in this condition, brother." God will then judge the quick; and so, no matter what the association, the employment, or the sex, whether within doors or without, there can be no shelter or exemption. Now, it is Luke alone who thus treats the matter; the great moral value attached to prayer, at the same time connected, it may be, with general circumstances of sorrow, but bearing on the circumstances of the last day. It is to man according to his unbelief. Jesus said that it was impossible to construct a world with no temptations; but woe to that man who taught another to sin or who took away another's innocence. There were mighty purposes of God to be accomplished; and not only must He rise on the third day, but He enjoins that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name repentance necessarily showing the great moral work in man, remission of sins being God's great provision of grace through redemption to clear the conscience. "And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. Everyone has gotten so paranoid, readily inclining to misguided, alarmist, attention I strongly doubt that the verb grinding had any sexual overtones at the time that it was being translated. We cannot discharge our duty to God by proxy nor even by association. A non-profit, 501(c)3 corporation. And I think that was from the 1800s, not the 1600s. He was never in a pattern. Even in this case, where the effect was produced rapidly, the Spirit of God has given us the great moral traits of it. When they have made their escape, they must not think of returning (Luke 17:32; Luke 17:32): "Remember Lot's wife; and take warning by her not only to flee from this Sodom (for so Jerusalem is become, Isaiah 1:10), but to persevere in your flight, and do not look back, as she did; be not loth to leave a place marked for destruction, whomsoever or whatsoever you leave behind you, that is ever so dear to you." This is also characteristic of Christians. Therefore, it is implied that the two are women. In Luke 20:1-47 we have the various classes of religionists and worldly men trooping one after another, hoping somehow to ensnare or accuse the Lord of glory. Again, then enemies are brought forward. How can we know the Messiah would be God incarnate? That one tree notoriously applies to the Jews as a nation; the other figure ("all the trees") adds the rest, so as to be universal. He fell on his face at Jesus' feet and kept on thanking him. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekial+23&version=NIV. On the contrary, though the true God, He was a true man, and a holy sufferer, having a heart that felt every thing: this is the truth of Christ as man. Observe, that he who exemplifies this action of divine grace was one that knew not traditional religion as the others did, that had no great privileges to boast of in comparison with the rest. You would be prone to think that the person wasn't sincere. Meanwhile hatred became apparent in the citizens, who represent the unbelieving Jews settled down in the earth. It is not, therefore, the old limits of Israel and the lost sheep, but He extends the knowledge of His name and mission outside. Wherever the wicked are, who are marked for perdition, they shall be found out by the judgments of God; as wherever a dead carcase is, the birds of prey will smell it out, and make a prey of it. Luke tells us what had the largest bearing on the Gentiles, on the heart, its wants, and its affections. The Lord said, "If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you would say to this sycamine tree, 'Be rooted up and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. It is not surprising that the disciples at that time failed to seize His meaning. 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