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title = "Luke 9:37–45"
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date = "2022-12-02"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk9.37-45)
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While Jesus and His inner circle were up on the mountain, the rest of the
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disciples were staying in the town at it's base. When they return, they find a
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crowd waiting for them. From the crowd, a distraught father begs Jesus to help
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his son because the disciples weren't able to cast out the spirit that afflicts
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him.
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In response, Jesus expresses some frustration, which is a really weird thing to
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think about. It's not an emotion that feels…_comfortable_…to
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assign to the Sovereign Lord of all. But it is there in the text, and we have
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to deal with it as it is, and not as we'd like it or expect it to be. The
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question appears to be directed more at the crowd, or perhaps at the disciples,
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than at the father. All of these people have heard Jesus's teachings, but do
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not believe God's power is sufficient or necessary for their lives. Or
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something.
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Jesus tells them to bring the man's son to Him so that he can be healed. The
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boy has one last fit along the way, but Jesus casts out the spirit and all the
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people are "astonished". (_v. 43_) Were they astonished because they didn't
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really believe that the boy could be healed? That he was healed because all
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Jesus did was rebuke the demon causing the problems? What were they expecting?
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If this was their attitude, then Jesus's frustration is a bit more
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understandable.
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Immediately after this, Jesus plainly tells His disciples that He is going to
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be arrested, at the very least. But they don't understand what He means because
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God hides it from them until the proper time. Jesus needed no interference from
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well-meaning friends so that the plan of redemption would be completed as it
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should.
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* * *
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Let us always take Your word for what it is and not try to twist it into
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something it does not say.
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