Book Of Luke
Summary: A doctor can only cure so much. It can be imagined that when Luke saw miracles and people being cured of ailments which he could not find cures for he was enthralled to find out the truth about them. Seeking the Lord led him to Paul and thus began Luke's journey to find out all about the man he would call messiah and savior. Till this day Luke's diligent work endures in the book that carries his name. Looking through the book of Luke we get a greater picture of who Jesus was following not only his birth but a story about him at the age of twelve. Written like a historian Luke can be cross referenced through Matthew and Mark where stories from their perspectives and rich depth to Luke's collected accounts. As we journey through Luke we get a rich picture of who Jesus was an quite a few tidbit of information none of the other gospels have. I would say read this slow for like a great meal or a fine drink this Gospel has much to offer...
Things I Noticed:
1. He must not drink wine or strong drink and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit. (John the baptist followed rules of the Nazirite.)
2. And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.
3. Whoever has two tunics is to share with who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.
4. Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
5. And he stood over her and rebuked the fever.
6. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
7. The Beatitudes are in Luke 6:20-22 its the believers manifesto take a look.
8. But i say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
9. Give to everyone who begs of you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand for them back. And as you wish that other would do to you. do so to them.
10. But love you enemies and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Be Merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
11.The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
12. Women who accompanied Jesus: Mary Magdalene, Joanna wife of Chuza, and Susanna not to mention many others.
13. Take care the how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken. (I find it important that Jesus talks about hearing and how we listen here.)
14. Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with fear. (For good deeds can even cause fear.)
15. Declare how much God has done for you.
16. And he called the together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure disease, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.
17. Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked "Who does the crowds say that I am?"
18. If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
19. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
20. Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is greatest.
21. And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him. But the people did not receive him, because his face was set towards Jerusalem.
22. No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.
23. the Lord appointed seventy-two
24. THe one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.
25. I saw Satan fall like lightning from Heaven .
26. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. (Gifts are great and all but...)
27. No one know who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
28. And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you. For everyone who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
29.Whoever is not with me is against me , and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
30. When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest.
31. For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love God. (You tithe can goods, and money for missionaries and ministries of all kinds while you ignore with impunity justice and the love of God.)
32. For you love the best seats in synagogues and greetings in the marketplace. (For you love having the the front row spots reserved in church and the fame of your name being when you travel.)
33. Nothing is covered up that is not revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
34. And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
35. One's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. (Yes Jesus said that)
36. Life is more then food, and the body more than clothing.
37. Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning.
38.If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants.
39. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.
40. some are last who will be first and some are first will be last.
41. At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him "Get away from here for Herod want to kill you." (That's right warned by the Pharisees.)
42. I tell you, you will not see me until you say, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"
43. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
44. The resurrection of the just.
45. Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?
46. there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
47. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.
48. If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
49. But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void. (Yes the Old Testament has not passed away.)
50. Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come. (A warning no often heard)
51. Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him.
52. Will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night?
53. Settle it therefore in your minds not to meditate beforehand, how to answer, for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
54. But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day you come upon you suddenly like a trap.
2. And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.
3. Whoever has two tunics is to share with who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.
4. Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
5. And he stood over her and rebuked the fever.
6. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
7. The Beatitudes are in Luke 6:20-22 its the believers manifesto take a look.
8. But i say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
9. Give to everyone who begs of you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand for them back. And as you wish that other would do to you. do so to them.
10. But love you enemies and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Be Merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
11.The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
12. Women who accompanied Jesus: Mary Magdalene, Joanna wife of Chuza, and Susanna not to mention many others.
13. Take care the how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken. (I find it important that Jesus talks about hearing and how we listen here.)
14. Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with fear. (For good deeds can even cause fear.)
15. Declare how much God has done for you.
16. And he called the together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure disease, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.
17. Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked "Who does the crowds say that I am?"
18. If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
19. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
20. Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is greatest.
21. And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him. But the people did not receive him, because his face was set towards Jerusalem.
22. No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.
23. the Lord appointed seventy-two
24. THe one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.
25. I saw Satan fall like lightning from Heaven .
26. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. (Gifts are great and all but...)
27. No one know who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
28. And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you. For everyone who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
29.Whoever is not with me is against me , and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
30. When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest.
31. For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love God. (You tithe can goods, and money for missionaries and ministries of all kinds while you ignore with impunity justice and the love of God.)
32. For you love the best seats in synagogues and greetings in the marketplace. (For you love having the the front row spots reserved in church and the fame of your name being when you travel.)
33. Nothing is covered up that is not revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
34. And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
35. One's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. (Yes Jesus said that)
36. Life is more then food, and the body more than clothing.
37. Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning.
38.If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants.
39. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.
40. some are last who will be first and some are first will be last.
41. At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him "Get away from here for Herod want to kill you." (That's right warned by the Pharisees.)
42. I tell you, you will not see me until you say, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"
43. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
44. The resurrection of the just.
45. Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?
46. there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
47. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.
48. If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
49. But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void. (Yes the Old Testament has not passed away.)
50. Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come. (A warning no often heard)
51. Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him.
52. Will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night?
53. Settle it therefore in your minds not to meditate beforehand, how to answer, for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
54. But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day you come upon you suddenly like a trap.
John the beloved, John the revealator. John the one who was young and laid his head up Jesus. It is with John I go to discuss next with about Jesus. Still my journey also continues to search out Wisdom in Solomon's proverbs. Through the stormy seas of the day to day grind and the desert of a bad economy one must always search for she whom is wisdom. Till then, Read up, Post up, and Shalom.
