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38 lines
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title = "Luke 17:1–10"
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date = "2023-01-07"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk17.1-10)
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The Greek word translated as "sin" in these verses is the same word used for
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"stumble". The "temptations" that Jesus talks about come from the idea of bait
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in a trap. The whole word picture then is of someone being drawn in by a tasty
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treat and then stumbling into a pit or snare until the hunter comes to kill
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them. As bad as it is to fall into sin, it is even worse to be the person
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setting the traps for people.
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Instead, when we see a fellow believer sin, we should tell them not to for the
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sake of the love they should have for Jesus. Then if they realize the truth of
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our words, they will repent, and we should forgive them. Over and over again,
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for we are just as sinful as they are, even if no one notices or corrects us.
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If we are truly born again, Christ has forgiven us even more completely.
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The disciples asked for an increase in their faith so that they could
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accomplish this, but Jesus said they only need a tiny amount of faith to do
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amazing things. That's because the power for it comes not from the faith
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itself, but from Whom the faith and trust is in. It is God who works in us to
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accomplish His will, not our sinful selves.
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It seems we struggle with our sin to keep us humble. Even though we have been
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justified, and it wasn't from anything we have done, by continuing to rely on
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the Lord to do what is right we are able to cultivate a proper attitude of
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humility and not expect special treatment for it. On one hand, we will be
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rewarded in Heaven for the good things that God enables us to do, but on the
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other, it is just what we have been told to do as well. We meet the
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expectations.
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* * *
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Empower us to do Your will, for we do not have the strength to do anything in
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ourselves.
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