Incarnation to Resurrection
Incarnation to Resurrection roughly three and one-half
years, in 12 weeks, Sunday through Friday (six days) per week
Day Forty-seven of Eighty-four:
Today we read of yet more miraculous
healing by Jesus. Who knew that a man
for whom the modern-day atheists claim - “never even ever existed” - and a man
who did nothing but lead insurrections and anarchy, would be responsible for
healing so vary many people? And yet, Jesus
was no doubt a man, 100% through and through.
He was (still is) also 100% G-d!
Amazing right? Today we once
again read of Jesus predicting His soon coming death. And just what would life be like without
prideful bickering… Mark 9:33 - 37;
Luke 9:46 - 48, - “…who’s the
greatest?”.
And then also in
today’s reading we see another profound passage which, among numerous other
things, strongly serves to exemplify the need for us to consider - “context” - awesome!
In Luke 9:49 &
50 we read these
words - “Do
not stop him, for the one who is not against you is for you.” - ESV This
is, in my opinion, a very close second (next to Matthew 7:1) for being one of the most quote-bombed, taken out of
context passages, in the entire 66 Books of Canon. What do I mean by context? Well, in my Blog from January 10th
- “Basic
Rules For Interpretation Of Written Text” - I give some more detailed explanations, including
these four basic guidelines:
“…words that A) - Come immediately before and after them in each verse; B) - Are within the immediately preceding and subsequent paragraph(s); C) - Are within that specific book. And finally, when studying the Biblical text, wherein the text is not just from one Book, but indeed from many Books (66 Canonical Books) D) - The context and meaning of the words that make up the entirety of the Bible must be considered…”
In this case by
context we’ll look at three passages, one more in Luke and the other two in the
remaining two Synoptic Gospels, where the phraseology is similar, yet uniquely
distinct. First, in Matthew 12:30, which we looked at back in Week Four, we read the
direct reverse of Luke 9:50
- “Whoever is not with me is against me”. - NIV
Next in Luke 11:23,
which we’ll delve into next week, we read - “…who is not with Me is against Me…”
- HCSB And finally in Mark 9:40 , which will be covered within tomorrow’s reading, we
read again - “the one who is not against us is for us” - ESV
Thus, twice we see
Jesus being quoted, using a passive stance, saying - “Hey, if they’re not saying,
‘Jesus sucks’, then don’t fret about them!”
While in two other spots we see Jesus stating in a much more active
sense, essentially - “Hey, if they ain’t sayin’ ‘Jesus Rocks’, then they
oppose, or hate, us.” An important distinction
to consider are the immediate verses, before or after, as applicable, for each
verse in question. In the case of both
Mark 9:40 and Luke 9:50, the immediately preceding verses simply show John
crying - “Master, we seen these folk that we don’ know, driving out demons In
Your Name”. Clearly not engaging in any
action, or behaviour, that anyone might typically deem “un-Christ-like” (except
of course maybe for a Pharisee, or two).
But, in the other two verses, Matthew 12:30 and Luke 11:23, where we see
Jesus being a little more ‘in your face, as we can discover Jesus talking about
a house divided against itself, and Jesus gets into His teachings on Blasphemy
against the Holy Ghost… And that’s a heavy theological point that Theologians
far better than I might ever even hope to be, have argued over for nearly two
millennia! Although it is mentioned in
my Blog
from Friday, 19 January 2018, Day Thirteen.
All of the above
considered with, two other passages in mind, John 14:6, which we won’t even be looking at for nearly another
four weeks, and what amounts to (in many ways) a continuation of the Gospel of Jesus
according to Luke, being Acts 4:12,
which is unfortunately not part of this wee trek, from Incarnation to
Resurrection. Both Jesus, and the Early
Church Fathers (ECF’s) stated very clearly - “Jesus is the ONLY way” - period!
Once again, that…
that too right there ^ ^ ^ that, my
friends, is… GOOD NEWS!
We’ll leave reading the rest of the text for you individually.
We’ll leave reading the rest of the text for you individually.
I’ve taken the liberty of assembling a weekly chart of daily readings to cover the chronology
Week 7
Matthew
15:32–18:9; Mark 8–9; Luke 9:18-62
Day 1 Matthew 15:32-16:4 Mark 8:1-13 Luke
9:18-22
Day 2 Matthew 16:5-20 Mark 8:14-30 Luke 9:23-27
Day 3 Matthew 16:21-28 Mark 8:31-9:13 Luke 9:28-36
Day 4 Matthew 17:1-13 Mark 9:14-29 Luke 9:37-42
Day
5 Matthew 17:14-23 Mark 9:30-37 Luke 9:43-50
Day 6 Matthew 17:24-18:9 Mark 9:38-49 Luke 9:51-62
Shalom!
“No Jesus, NO peace” and yet, “Know Jesus, KNOW peace”
How does one get to “know” Jesus? Simple, invite Him into your heart, as Jesus
says: “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and
opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.” [Revelation 3:20 NIV]
How can be assured that this Jesus stuff means anything? Well because the Bible tells us so, as the
Apostle Paul wrote:
“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is
Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be
saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it
is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” [Romans 10:9-10 NIV]
And for those of you who say to me, I
can’t be bothered reading the Bible, “it’s confusing” or “it’s a waste of my
time”, may I draw your attention to what the Bible says about wisdom: “The fear
of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is
understanding.” [Proverbs 9:10 NIV]
If nothing else, PLEASE read two chapters
from the Bible – (don’t own one, sorry NO excuse, if you’re reading this, you
can access this: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%203:16&version=NIV) John 3 and John
14!
John 3:16 says: “For God so loved the
world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not
perish but have eternal life.”
And John 14:6 says: “Jesus answered, “I am
the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through
me.”
Well that’s it, that’s Da Bauz’s Take on, “Incarnation
to Resurrection, Day Forty-seven of Eighty-four” – this 22nd day of February
2018 © 2018, All Rights Reserved. wr (Da Bauz, Christian Zionist “creationist”
too!)
Pray for the peace
of Jerusalem...
What is #RAD? #RAD
is:
R epent of
rejecting Christ
A ccept Christ as
your Lord
D evelop your
relationship with G-d
#RAD your
relationship with the Living Almighty God Himself as your personal Lord and
Saviour depends on it!
What is #ATEND G-d
(Christ)? Ask me!
What is #IIC714?
II 2nd
C hronicles
7:14
John 3:16,
Revelation 3:20, Romans 10:9 -10, Revelation 21:27, II Corinthians 5:21 and I
John 5:13 / John 20:31!
Shalom
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