The judgment of God is an individual judgment. They said to him, "Where, Lord?" They just cried out and Jesus called back and said, "Go show yourself to the priest." It would have been not faith, but presumption, I do not doubt, at such a time, and under such circumstances, for him to have come nigh. It is the contrast of the condition of the disciples during His ministry, and that which must be now that He was going to die. Be careful that you don't stumble your brother. Turning to his disciples, Jesus added that one day he would be taken from them. He had been laying, down the duty of faith in many various forms in the early verses of this chapter. But this presentation to faith now, as we have seen does not hinder the Lord from speaking of another day, when the kingdom of God would be manifest. That's no mere oversight or error. "Were there not ten cleansed?" You would be prone to think that the person wasn't sincere. Like the martyred saints he will cry out, "How long?" These are events that will take place after the Second Coming of Christ. He who on the cross tasted, for expiation, the unutterable woe of which Matthew and Mark speak, is the same Jesus who, Luke tells us, never wavered for a moment, not merely in His obedience, but in unreserved confidence in God; and the expression of this, not of atonement, I read in the precious words, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit." I take it to be a token of great good that, as in early days, the person of Christ was not only the fiercest battleground and prime object of the final struggle of the apostles on the earth, but was the means whereby the Spirit of God wrought to give a deeper and deepening enjoyment of the truth and grace of God more profoundly searching, no doubt, but at the same time more invigorating for the saints), so no otherwise, unless I be greatly mistaken, is it now. You're not gonna see an outward display of the kingdom at this time. Now, verse Luke 17:29 I feel is significant, "But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all." I know it is a failing of mine, because my wife isn't my servant. LAWS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ( Luke 17:1-10 ). . No story in all the gospels so poignantly shows man's ingratitude. And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: for I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God." This truth is not confined to the present portion of our Gospel. He had been really a conscientious man. It is not, as in the Gospel of Matthew, the Lord giving different gifts to different servants, which is equally true; but here it is the moral test of the servants carried out by each having the same sum. 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. The reason seems to me manifest. when it is not there. But then he does not say what the English version makes him say, "As he was come nigh," but simply, "When he was nigh to Jericho," leaving it open to other Scriptures to define the time with more precision. Then, after settling this moral truth which was fundamental for the soul, He turns to His disciples, and tells them that the days would come when they should desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and should not see it; for the kingdom will be displayed by and by. not only its reckoning, but its experiences and its end! Luke 17:34 (NKJV). The answer is no! Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. First of all, then, we have, for the disciples, God's ways in grace, in the Son of man that first suffers, and finally will appear in power and glory. It is not surprising that the disciples at that time failed to seize His meaning. Do you have to forgive him if he doesn't repent? This employment of the Scriptures by our Lord is very significant. He's gonna take one of these big ole millstones, and I've seen them the size of the pulpit here, tie it around the guy's neck and toss him in the Sea of Galilee. He called His ten servants, and delivered to them ten pounds; and said unto them, "Occupy till I come." Speculation is vain. Though all the rest of His teaching might have taught them better, they took His words in a material sense, and conceived that He urged them to take a literal sword. ._2ik4YxCeEmPotQkDrf9tT5{width:100%}._1DR1r7cWVoK2RVj_pKKyPF,._2ik4YxCeEmPotQkDrf9tT5{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center}._1DR1r7cWVoK2RVj_pKKyPF{-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center;max-width:100%}._1CVe5UNoFFPNZQdcj1E7qb{-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0;margin-right:4px}._2UOVKq8AASb4UjcU1wrCil{height:28px;width:28px;margin-top:6px}.FB0XngPKpgt3Ui354TbYQ{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-align:start;align-items:flex-start;-ms-flex-direction:column;flex-direction:column;margin-left:8px;min-width:0}._3tIyrJzJQoNhuwDSYG5PGy{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;width:100%}.TIveY2GD5UQpMI7hBO69I{font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;color:var(--newRedditTheme-titleText);white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis}.e9ybGKB-qvCqbOOAHfFpF{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;width:100%;max-width:100%;margin-top:2px}.y3jF8D--GYQUXbjpSOL5.y3jF8D--GYQUXbjpSOL5{font-weight:400;box-sizing:border-box}._28u73JpPTG4y_Vu5Qute7n{margin-left:4px} The Spirit is withdrawn from them; they see not their signs; the angel comes not down to stir the waters; there is a great stupidity among the children of men, and a great lukewarmness among the children of God; then they shall wish to see such victorious triumphant days of the Son of man as they have sometimes seen, when he has ridden forth with his bow and his crown, conquering and to conquer, but they will not see them. Further, He opens their understanding to understand the Scriptures, and gives them their great commission, but bids them remain in Jerusalem till endued with power from on high, when He sends them the promise of the Father. And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? .FIYolDqalszTnjjNfThfT{max-width:256px;white-space:normal;text-align:center} (Verses Luke 20:27-38.) And Jesus said unless you become as a little child you won't be able to come in to the kingdom of Heaven. How it had been with sinners formerly, and in what posture the judgments of God, of which they had been fairly warned, did at length find them. There is that life principle there that can move mountains. (Verses Luke 24:32-34.) For this list, we'll be taking a deep dive into the strangest instances of collective false memories, otherwise known as the Mandela effect.. (Verses Luke 18:18-25.). There is a warning here. All then becomes right: he is brought into the light of God; he sees light in God's light. That all good Christians should certainly escape, but many of them very narrowly, from that destruction, Luke 17:34-36; Luke 17:34-36. This, at least, was quite right, and like the God of all grace. His resurrection did not terminate their path of rejection. Now in another place He said, "If your faith as a grain of mustard seed you can say to yon mountain be thou removed into the sea and it would happen." The Church knows Him yet more blessedly as ascended, and itself one with Him on high; and its rejection is even more decided. It was the province of John to show Him even then above all circumstances in personal glory. Now this last portion is difficult of interpretation. These were the persons who most of all set themselves against it. It was the power of faith leaving Judaism to itself, mounting in Jesus to the source of both law and grace, but not putting the legal system down. Posted December 26, 2020 by under Uncategorized December 26, 2020 by under Uncategorized 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Had they not heard His words? Thus says the LORD, Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me . Indeed, what else can incredulity ever pretend to? They expected that He was going to take the throne of David at once. God will provide for them on the other side Jordan, and then a deluge of judgments shall flow in upon them, which will destroy all the unbelieving Jews. And when he saw them, he said to them, Go your way and show yourselves unto the priests. Then we have the ruler, to whom our Lord shows that all was wrong where a soul is not brought to know that there is none good but God. He was made known unto them in the breaking of bread in that most simple but striking action which symbolises His death. Next, while there is a strong exhortation against stumbling others, there is an equally urgent call to forgive others. The remnant of the last days will know what it is to be cast outside Jerusalem also, and it is as outcasts that they will find real deepening of faith and due preparation of heart for receiving the Lord when he appears in the clouds of heaven. Be assured, that if the suffering be so real and precious to God, it is a dangerous thing to pare down, fritter away, or deny any part of it. The opportunity of just growing in our walk and in our fellowship. inTruthbyGrace Both can't be right, and when you get into a place like that I just find that it's probably best to file it away and say, "Well, I'll just wait for further information. This is what He was looking for, whatever they were. So often, once a man has got what he wants, he never comes back. This last is ever a great point with Luke the emphatic value always of any part of God's word, but especially of the words of Jesus. Here we have nothing about Galilee. It is the more striking, because the circumstances are evidently limited; while that which He draws from them is universal. He would correct the previously absent and still doubting disciple; it is the sight that is the point there. It is not the value of persistent prayer, and the certainty of God appearing even for the weakest, no matter how apparently deserted (indeed, so much the more, because of it in His own). He really clave to all these things without knowing it himself. I don't know of a single instance where God forgave a person without repentance. But now he does more: he add to his faith virtue. You know, the Bible starts out with 2 naked people Nasb says there will be two in a bed, doesn't specify sex. Their love lingered. He would have said, "Lord, do not remember my sins." The apostles said to the Lord, "Give us also faith!" Matthew and Mark tell us the sad truth that, when He needed the disciples most, they all forsook Him and fled. In Luke 17:1-37 there follow further lessons communicated still to the disciples; and first of all, a solemn warning as to stumbling-blocks. This was the sole warrant and ground. Thus at the present time the Turks are the actual holders of it. This was not the effect of an earthquake, nor of other physical causes. ", 2. In truth, man was lost; but the Son of man was there to bear his burden. Luke 24:45-49.) It was right to deprecate it: it was like Jesus, notwithstanding, to say, "Thy will be done." The kingdom of God is among you; so some read it. We are sure that the Judge of all the earth will do right; and therefore, when he sends a judgment on purpose to avenge the death of his Son upon those that crucified him, he will take care that none of those who glorified him, and gloried in his cross, shall be taken away by that judgment. He was surprised by nothing. Verse Luke 17:34-36. Next is set forth humility, founded on our littleness (ver. The figures, no doubt, are taken, as they must be, from the body. It often happens that a friend, a teacher, a doctor, a surgeon does something for us which it is impossible to repay; but the tragedy is that we often do not even try to repay it. A longer explanation for the disciples 17:22-37. Luke 22:39-46; Luke 22:39-46) shows how true what I have just asserted is; for there it is that He is found first of all telling them to pray, lest they should enter into temptation. Boneheaded meant that a person's thick skull had no brains, or so their actions would suggest. Christianity is based not on the work only but on the glory of the person and place of Him who is glorified in God. What they justly sang at the birth of Jesus was, "Peace on earth: good will that is, God's good will in men," ushered in by glory to God in the highest. For a more complete explanation, please see Judgment of the Nations, also called the Sheep and Goat Judgment. In the 1960s it meant work. Now observe concerning both these, [1.] It is a false chimera of the enemy. Of course, whenever He returns some people on earth will be sleeping and others will be awake. Luke 19:39-40. But the Lord adds more immediate blessedness now: "This day shalt thou be with me in paradise." In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 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. How admirably this tale is adapted to the whole tone and character of the Gospel, I need not delay to prove. In the resurrection state there will be no such relations. But this was in its principle the judgment of the Jewish system. I do not believe that God's judgment will come upon the earth until the church is taken out. The difference between Luke and the others is this not that you have not the Jewish portion in his Gospel but that, moreover all the Gentiles are brought in. 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