From 7e31f5ebfc39fe66d19263f45ad1125aa23f190f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2023 23:54:29 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Luke 16:14-18 --- content/bible_journal/luke_16:14-18.md | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/luke_16:14-18.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/luke_16:14-18.md b/content/bible_journal/luke_16:14-18.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5155ac7 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/luke_16:14-18.md @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ ++++ +title = "Luke 16:14–18" +date = "2023-01-04" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk16.14-18) + +I am struck by the absurdity of the Pharisees ridiculing Jesus for His teaching +about money. (_v. 14_) I can understand disagreement, because they were +self-righteous enough to think that they had nothing wrong with how they viewed +money. But I can't figure out even on what angle they would take to make fun of +Him. Jesus, of course, rebukes them for this as well. They may be able to fool +men with their justifications, but God is not fooled. Furthermore, the things +that sin-cursed people promote is the exact things that God will need to +destroy. + +As a counterpoint to this, Jesus brings up the perpetuity of the Scriptures. +God's Word stands forever, even over the seemingly unshakable universe. Verse +16 is apparently difficult to translate, and I am not a New Testatement Greek +scholar, but taken with verse 17 it sounds like "everyone forces his way into +it" is meant to describe how evil men try to assault the kingdom of God. +However, these efforts are ultimately futile. + +Verse 18 seems to come out of left field. Maybe it does, but we have to deal +with God's Word as it really is. Possibly, the laws concerning divorce were +those the Pharisees were making more lax, despite being stricter everywhere +else. At that time, Jewish men could divorce their wives fairly easily, without +much cause. In contrast, Jesus reaffirms the marriage covenant as being between +one man and one woman for one lifetime. + +* * * + +Let us exalt what pleases You instead of what the world thinks is right.