From 1170671ca51860512902625273fc72914ed77e8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2022 08:59:44 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Luke 5:17-26 --- content/bible_journal/luke_5:17-26.md | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/luke_5:17-26.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/luke_5:17-26.md b/content/bible_journal/luke_5:17-26.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a5c27f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/luke_5:17-26.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ ++++ +title = "Luke 5:17–26" +date = "2022-11-04" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk5.17-26) + +Jesus has gotten famous enough at this point that the religious elites, the +Pharisees and the teachers of the law, have come to hear what Jesus is saying. +And they have come from all over, so Jesus's fame has spread throughout the +Jewish provinces. These men are the ones who have dedicated their lives to +knowing the Scriptures so well that they do its requirements perfectly, and +thus can be accepted by God. + +As always, a crowd had gathered to hear Jesus and get healing, but on this day, +there were some friends who couldn't get a paralyzed man through the press of +people to get him to Jesus. But they could manage to get him on the roof by the +stairs outside, and pull the roof tiles away in order to lower him down to +where Jesus was. + +And because of their faith, Jesus forgives the paralyzed man's sins. Probably +not what he expected, but it's hard to tell. The scribes and Pharisees hear all +this and start asking the proper questions. "Who is this who speaks +blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?" (_v. 21_) If some teacher +starts acting as if they are God, it is right and proper to stop listening to +them and proclaim them a false teacher to everyone who will listen. Except when +that teacher actually is God, as Jesus is. + +Jesus knows what they are thinking, and why, so He does something to let them +know that they are wrong about Him. He acknowledges that anyone can say, "Your +sins are forgiven." After all, there's no outward, physical sign of that +spiritual reality. Then He heals the man of his paralysis and has him walk out +the door in front of everybody. + +* * * + +Give us discernment to know true teachers of Your word from false ones, and let +us glorify You when You heal ourinfirmities.