From ad307dad236c62bb01121969896427251ccc71b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2022 10:59:02 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Luke 6:46-49 --- content/bible_journal/luke_6:46-49.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/luke_6:46-49.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/luke_6:46-49.md b/content/bible_journal/luke_6:46-49.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1d9ac92 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/luke_6:46-49.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ ++++ +title = "Luke 6:46–49" +date = "2022-11-13" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk6.46-49) + +The Sermon on the Plain ends with a final warning against hypocrisy. Even +though "out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks" (_v. 45_), it is +not enough to merely speak the right things. If we call Jesus Lord (and we +should, because He is), but don't obey His commands, then we are lying. It's +not a popular idea nowadays, but God is in charge and has every right to tell +us what to do. It is our place to humbly submit to Him&emdash;that is, agree +that He is in charge and obey what He tells us. + +Jesus then explains that there are great benefits for acting this way. God +blesses and protects those who obey Him, just like the man who built his house +on a solid foundation. The flood rose and beat against the house, but didn't +shake it. In contrast, the man who does not do what he hears God say loses the +house he built on the sand. + +It's possible to take this parable and interpret it in a couple of ways: from +an earthly or an eternal perspective. I think both are valid, but one is truer +than the other. For example, I know a man who hasn't been able to get a steady +job for two years now. He continues to serve in the church faithfully, cares +for his family, and takes odd jobs while he looks for the position he really +wants. His wife told me recently that they have more in their savings account +now than they did when he lost his last full-time job. The floodwaters of life +have certainly come against this family, and their house stands firm. How much +more sure, then, is their eternal security? Hunger and sickness may yet find +them, despite everything we may do, but when they die (not _if_), they will be +with the Lord they love. And there is no better place to be than that. + +* * * + +Help us build our faith upon Your Rock, obeying You in all things, so that we +may stand before You at the end of the age, with all joy.