From 1207eceff1212b374d24388c635c76e3e8262a20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 10:01:38 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Luke 11:37-44 --- content/bible_journal/luke_11:37-44.md | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/luke_11:37-44.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/luke_11:37-44.md b/content/bible_journal/luke_11:37-44.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..663accf --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/luke_11:37-44.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ ++++ +title = "Luke 11:37–44" +date = "2022-12-13" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk11.37-44) + +While Jesus was talking about giving light to your whole body through your +eyes, He gets a chance to show how this works out practically in a person's +life. A Pharisee asks Him to dine, and there are other guests too, as we shall +see. Now, Jesus doesn't wash His hands before dinner, and this astonishes the +Pharisee, but not because Jesus's hands were dirty. At least, they didn't +appear dirty, but the Pharisees ritually wash to remove the uncleanness they +may have gotten from touching something unclean, so that the food won't become +unclean, so their insides won't become unclean. + +Jesus lambastes them by letting know that their insides are already unclean. +They have wicked, greedy hearts, even though their outward actions appear holy. +They tithe even the tiny herbs from their gardens in accordance with the Law of +Moses, but they corrupt justice and don't love God. Instead they live for the +praise of man and the comforts of this life. He compares them to unmarked +graves, which make people unclean when they walk over them, even without +knowing it. + +The Pharisees had missed the whole point of the Law. Tithing isn't meant to be +a bean-counting exercise, to make sure you are giving precisely 10 percent to +God. It's about thanking God for giving you what you do have, providing for the +needs of the priests who spent their time serving God and the people instead of +farming, and trusting God to provide enough for you and your family even after +you have given some away. The ritual purity laws were to show that God is holy +and that we can't help but be defiled. The civil laws were to protect the weak +from the wickedness of the strong, and promote justice and mercy among all the +people. The Pharisees made the means into an end, and neglected the end in +their own lives. + +* * * + +Reveal the wickedness in our own hearts where we do not follow Your laws, and +help us repent and turn back to You.