From a633fde56f6053dee6d820aec51d22357f6311e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 08:41:31 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Luke 6:6-11 --- content/bible_journal/luke_6:6-11.md | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/luke_6:6-11.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/luke_6:6-11.md b/content/bible_journal/luke_6:6-11.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ee1d980 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/luke_6:6-11.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ ++++ +title = "Luke 6:6–11" +date = "2022-11-08" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk6.6-11) + +Jesus exposes the hypocrisy of the Pharisees by posing a question to them with +a practical example. It's possible, since the text says they were watching to +see if Jesus would heal on the Sabbath, that the scribes and Pharisees had set +up this situation as a trap in the first place. But Jesus, with a single +question, reverses it. + +A man with a withered hand was at the synogogue where Jesus was teaching on +this particular day. At some point, Jesus asks the man to stand up before the +people with Him to be an object lesson. Jesus asks the audience, "Is it lawful +on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or destroy it?" (_v. 9_) +No one says anything, so Jesus tells the man to stretch his hand out, and it +becomes healthy. + +And the Pharisees are furious at Jesus. They see a miracle performed before +their very eyes, but their pride deafens them to what Jesus is trying to say to +them. It is more important for them to _feel_ right than to _be_ right. Notice, +too, that Jesus did not frame His question as a choice between doing good and +doing nothing. Failure to do good within your power is evil. + +The Pharisees were probably also frustrated that they couldn't even accuse +Jesus of _doing_ anything on the Sabbath. All He said was, "Stretch out your +hand." He didn't lay a hand on him or do any obvious work. Jesus navigated the +trap on multiple levels. + +* * * + +Help us see the good works we can do in Your Name, and help us have the +humility and wisdom to accept reproof.