We see collusion between these two enemies in Mark... Mark 3:6; The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against Him (Jesus), as to how they might destroy (apollumi) Him. He used similar language in Lk 6:47–49; 7:31–32; 12:36; 13:21. Steven Cole on leaven...hid in three pecks of flour - The size of the task proportionate to the smallness of the force is not a hindrance to Jesus’ ultimate triumph. “She walked about as if she were searching for a grave.” (Spurgeon) At times she probably wished she could find one. Therefore the blessings promised for obedience are fulfilled spiritually in the church. He must be careful over his time, his tongue, his temper, his thoughts, his imagination, his motives, his conduct in every relation of life. 44 "You are of your father the devil, (What proves this to be a true statement?) But it is shallow, fast-moving, and filled with huge rocks and white-water rapids. 23:36; Lk. Lk. The lack of the article before “last” and “first” indicates that neither all the last nor all the first would experience this reversal. When once, in the exercise of his rightful authority, the master of the house has risen up and has officially, solemnly, shut the door, it can be opened no more. This picture recalls the words of the psalmist, There I will cause the horn of David to spring forth; I have prepared a lamp for Mine anointed (mashiyach - clearly a reference to the Messiah). He makes winning the gold medal the focus of his life. 27:12), while the other six stood across the valley on Mt. I implore You by God, do not torment me!” 8For He had been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” 9And He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he *said to Him, “My name is Legion; for we are many.” 10And he began to implore Him earnestly not to send them out of the country. While none of the synoptic accounts give an explanation by Jesus to the disciples of the meaning of the Parable of the Mustard Seed, Mark does make a statement that would suggest that He did explain this parable to the twelve. This is always a good practice for teachers/preachers to emulate. 1:9; Job 18:15; Job 29:25; Ps. In the story of the healing of the Centurion's son (Mt 8:5-9) we read a similar description... Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, “Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel. As noted above some writers give this parable giving a negative meaning (see What is the meaning of the Parable?). (Ps 132 - Treasury of David). It shall be as white as snow 6:1-5) is breaking the law according to the Pharisees, and while Jesus does not challenge the law, he does put forth the concept that human need overrides ritual law. 13:29; Lk. Why did God make salvation such a narrow path? iv. But the problem was, He was not acquainted with them. Matthew Henry rightly said “When crooked souls are made straight, they will show it by their glorifying God”, Her reaction reminds me of Jesus' words in John 9:1-3. Everything he does is controlled by his goal of winning the gold. When a person hits his thumb with a hammer, he will commonly squeeze his eyes closed and grind his teeth together hard. (1 Pe 2:4) These men were not drawing near to Him for life but to tell Him about death! Why do people reject the Lord Jesus Christ? The victims included 1.5 million children, and constituted about two-thirds of the nine million Jews in Continental Europe.". Based on these sources, it appears that Pilate was an equestrian of the Pontii family, and succeeded Valerius Gratus as prefect of Judaea in AD 26. To the average person of Jesus’ day, Jew or Gentile, there is no evidence that leaven carried any connotation of evil or corruption. "Planted in the vineyard" (v. 6). Will seek (2212) (zeteo) means to try to learn location of something often by movement from place to place in process of searching. Jesus says that those who fail to enter the narrow door will have no power to enter once it is shut. When the unsaved person is made to clearly understand the significance of sin, the intellectual process of changing his mind with respect to it can follow, with the result that sorrow, contrition, and turning away from it will also follow. Jesus told a parable of a barren fig tree, whose owner was about to destroy it, when the vinedresser interceded to give it another chance. We are reading about her life 2000 years later. But, when the Master of the house is risen up, the door will be shut between them, that those who are in the outer-court may be kept out.... As to those that are filthy, shut the door upon them, and let them be filthy still (Re 21:8-note, Re 21:27-note Re 22:15-note); that those who are within may be kept within, that those who are holy may be holy still (Re 22:14-note). God changes his heart of stone into a heart of flesh that is warm toward the things of God. The first phase is the invisible, internal Kingdom of God and which He later described as "in your midst” (Lk 17:21+), the Kingdom in which the King reigns in the heart of the person who has accepted Jesus as Messiah (See "Mystery Form" in diagram below). He came looking for fruit on it and did not find any - The fig tree has relatively large leaves which tend to obscure the fruit, so that one has to come closer and look carefully for the fruit in order to find it. (From the article entitled Tetelestai - Paid in Full! He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.” If, as all conservative scholars agree, Jesus was literally conceived in Mary’s womb, literally named “Jesus,” literally became great, was literally “the Son of the Most High,” will He not also literally reign on David’s throne over Israel? 13:50). 10 âWhoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. His (Messiah's) enemies I will clothe with shame; But upon himself his crown shall shine. Be sure that you are IN CHRIST by grace through faith or otherwise you shall die in your sins! 19:39; Acts 5:34; Acts 15:5; Acts 23:6; Acts 23:7; Acts 23:8; Acts 23:9; Acts 26:5. (note) (Ed comment: So clearly we cannot be dogmatic about exactly when the UNTIL's of Lk 22:16, 18 will be fulfilled, but of one thing we can be ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN -- THEY WILL BE FULFILLED! Today is the day to call Jesus "Lord", not when the door is shut! Matthew 13:31; Mark 4:31; Luke 13:19). When put into bread dough, it produces carbon dioxide bubbles that cause the dough to rise. 19:30; 20:16; Mark 10:31). that you had grace to give it up, and to come in by the strait gate, trusting in Jesus Christ! Picking ears of corn (Mt. Then Jesus applies this picture to the real situation of some who will be excluded from the kingdom of God while Gentiles from all over the world will “recline at table in the kingdom of God.” “In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves cast out. As he came to the end of life, the nurse attending him said that as he lay dying, the great skeptic suddenly looked up at some sight invisible to mortal eyes, and staring a while, whispered at last, “So it is true.” And he died and tragically entered the place of weeping and gnawing of teeth! Then said EVANGELIST, pointing with his finger over a very wide field, "Do you see yonder wicket gate?"). And we dare not forgot the "prophetic" (speaking forth of truth, not necessarily predictive) discourse of the first martyr Stephen, for he too was stoned to death in Yerushalayim (play this song). Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you. Only one ransom, the blood of Christ shed on the Cross. A strange mistake to fall into, but many do thus delude themselves. We have no reason to be discouraged and cast down, if the religion we profess is not popular, and few agree with us. Jesus Himself is the door (Jn 10:9). [43] For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, [44] And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. The issue is entering the kingdom. In a few short years Titus, the Roman general, would destroy Jerusalem and the temple and the Jews would be dispersed for 1,900 years. When Jesus says Strive, it is as much as to say, Bend yourselves to the work with all your might. Amen. Amen. He knew that they Jews held a common belief that disasters such as the Galileans had suffered were somehow their punishment for sin. Kan is a third class conditional ("IF") statement which expresses possibility but not certainty. This is the deadly consequence of delay. You would Know Something of the Violence of the Drowning. In the Septuagint, where hamartōlos appears frequently, it usually translates the Hebrew rāshā‛, “wicked” or “criminal.” It also translates other Hebrew terms, especially those which describe someone who has violated the covenant with God or who has sinned against His law. In Israel, it was customary to give fig trees three years to produce fruit. "Lord (kurios) open up to us!" That will not happen, however, if you are focused on yourself instead of being focused on encouraging or reaching other people for Christ. But each person’s eternal destiny is fixed before the day of judgment, at the point of death. Luke 13:1 Now on the same occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Will the fig tree bear fruit (13:6–9)? This was true for Jesus’ hearers. He would come once, die for the sins of the world, be resurrected back to life, and come a second time in judgment. He reminded them that obedience would bring blessing and disobedience cursing, and they promised to obey (Dt. They were also the first and the foremost objects of Jesus’ ministry. He dispatched a little grinning man to minister to us. The day will come when the Kingdom of God will surpass in glory the mightiest kingdoms of the earth, for it is the consequence of God’s sovereign action. Notice that here Jesus uses idou to emphasize or draw attention to the length of time the poor woman was crippled --18 long years. (Commentary on the Gospel of Luke: The New International Commentary on the Old and New Testament. McCann, “Sabbath," ISBE 4:250). You are not merely advised to seek; you are urgently bidden to strive. 13:32; Mk. (adapted from Mattoon). We should grow in compassion as we walk with our compassionate Lord. Mt 21:20-22 and Mk 11:20-24 clearly indicate that the purpose of Jesus' action is to give to His disciples an object lesson about the power of faith. (Ibid). At that time only the believing remnant of Israel will acclaim Him as their King. Followers of Confucius, Buddha, or Muhammad have wrongly put their gods on the throne that only belongs to Christ, but one day every knee will bow and every tongue will confess Jesus Christ as Lord. John Piper Jun 4, 1989 75 Shares God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him Learn more about Desiring God Desiring God. The path that fools have trod is a well-beaten one. ", Brugmos - 7x in 7v in the NAS - Matt. KJV Luke 13:16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? 17:21-22,24,27; Lam. 24:1; Jn. 1:5, R.V.). The formerly blind sinner’s eyes are opened so that he now can see spiritual truth. He had no heart to pity the poor bent woman’s plight, no eye for the beauty of Christ’s compassion, no soul to rejoice with the woman’s deliverance, no ear for the music of her praise.He was a chickenhearted religious snob. That view raises a number of difficulties. If you love gardens, you will hate weeds. We have our own way of reckoning one man a worse sinner than another, but in God's sight we are all lost until we are saved; and if a man is lost, he cannot be more lost than another. For example, it did not apply to guard duty (2 Ki 11:4-12). The hidden boundary between 38“Behold, your house is being left to you desolate! Their name is legion, who are so bound together by the love of the world that they cannot lift their faces to Heaven. It is impossible to take the wrong road and go to Heaven, It is as if He was saying, you hypocrite, you will loose a beast of burden but not loose a woman who is burdened! (1 Peter 1:13+). ", MacArthur - The conjunction oun (so, or “therefore”) connects these parables with the incident in the previous section (Lk 13:10–17). Likewise - Jesus is not saying they will physically die in the same manner, but that spiritually they will all suffer the same judgment of eternal torment in Gehenna, also known as the Lake of Fire, the place the Second Death. We must always be on our guard against the foes of God even when they speak most fairly; indeed, it is their agreeable, affectionate words that we have most cause to dread. Sharing a meal normally speaks of intimacy in the ancient world (e.g., see Jesus' invitation in Rev 3:20-note) but that would not be sufficient to bring about salvation. Perhaps it was because He was there that she was there; at anyrate she was putting herself in the way of getting blessing. Barclay - The fig-tree occupied a specially favored position. It is not an intellectual decision but a change of mind that issues in a change of behavior. The Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices - As noted below Josephus does record shedding of Jewish blood under the order of Pilate, but we cannot state that this is the episode being reported. The figure in Mt. This is plain from the following context. The devil is an obstacle. (Read the incredible note in MacArthur's book "The Vanishing Conscience" which is actually 3 books "The Gospel According to the Apostles" being the one with the quote on "repenters") How wonderful would it be to be part of a local body of Christ full of habitual repenters! (Sanhedrin 10.1) ( Luke Commentary), Warren Wiersbe comments on the question noting that "As with the question about Pilate, Jesus immediately made the matter personal. In the parable of the unfruitful fig tree in Lk. Jesus made this as clear as possible with the words. The Lord had interrupted his teaching in a synagogue (Lk 13:10) to heal a woman who had been crippled for eighteen years by a demon-caused illness (Lk 13:11). This was especially true in the nineteenth century when it was commonly taught that the gospel would keep spreading until the world was Christianized and the kingdom was ushered in. More often aganakteo is used to describe an unrighteous indignation including that manifested by Jesus' own disciples (Mt 20:24 and Mk 10:41 = of the 10 indignant toward James and John, Mt 26:8 and Mk 14:4 = indignation as the "wasting" of expensive perfume anointing Jesus!) Instructions concerning repentance (Luke 13:1-9), Instructions concerning the kingdom of God (Luke 13:10-19:27). It tests us for all we are worth. It passes muster, it satisfies sleepy consciences; but it is not good money. Mounce - Generally speaking, work is prohibited on the Sabbath. Why Jesus used such a large amount of flour is not absolutely clear. 2:3; 8:13; 23:4,8; 31:3; 36:21; Neh. The drought has caused an estimated $1.15 billion dollar loss in agriculture-related wages and has eliminated as many as 40,000 jobs in farm-related industries in the San Joaquin Valley alone, where most of the nation's produce and nut crops are grown, said Lester Snow, director of the Department of Water Resources. Repeatedly, directly and by implication, Jesus reminded men that they would be judged according to the opportunities they had. But take God's freedom, using it. Do not play the knave with thine own soul. MacArthur adds "There is a future for Israel in the plan of God beyond the remnant who are being saved during the church age. Imagine what the Jews thought about this woman! These are his never–dying foes. As to why the people spoke up with this specific report, Luke does not explain, but Jesus as He always does, turns it to good advantage. Matthew 21:21 And Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen. Salvation is not human effort, but a response of personal faith to God’s gift and provision—Jesus (cf. 9:4–5). The judgment began at 70 AD but the "leaven" of Anti-Semitism (see chronicling of Anti-Semitism) continued down through the centuries, permeating every country and leaving a trail of tears and tragedy for the people of Israel, a trail which reached it's most horrible proportions in the Nazi Holocaust, "a genocide in which Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany and its World War II collaborators killed some six million European Jews. (Luke - at top of page enter 168). And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, "Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean too. But there should be at least some evidence of the "FRUIT" of agape love in your relationship. "To make an all-out effort." Luke repeatedly uses the verb dei to speak of divine necessity -, Lk 2:49ESV = "I MUST be in My Father's House," Lk 4:43 = "I MUST preach the Kingdom of God," Lk 9:22 = "The Son of Man MUST suffer many things and be rejected," Luke 12:12NET = "the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you MUST say," Lk 17:25 = "He MUST suffer many things and be rejected," Lk 19:5 "I MUST stay at your (Zaccheus') house," Lk 21:9 = "these things MUST take place first," Lk 22:37 = "this which is written MUST be fulfilled (teleo)," Lk 24:7 = "the Son of Man MUST be delivered into the hands of sinful men," Lk 24:44 = "all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled." No matter what start you have had in life, Christ has a magnificent future waiting for you. Leaven (yeast)(2219)(zume probably from zeo = to heat, as occurs in fermentation of dough when leaven is mixed in) was literally a small portion of dough that was retained in order to start a new batch of dough (literal uses - Mt 16:12; Lk 13:21; 1 Cor 5:6; Gal 5:9). It is common to see a cloud of birds around such trees, for they love the little black mustard seeds." In Luke 12:49-59 Jesus had warned His hearers about coming judgment and the importance of settling accounts lest they be thrown into prison, clearly a picture of eternal suffering in hell. The point is that there will come a time when it is too late to enter-that is why one must have an urgency to enter now. It is all of grace, enabling grace. In 1896, a twelve year old African-American girl was raped at knife point in Chester, Pennsylvania. Until that time, men will continue to hide from the Lord or hide Him out of their lives. (Ref), Grew (837)(auxano; Eng = augment, auxiliary) means to grow or cause to increase. They must be "despised and rejected of men" (Isa. Mattoon - In this passage we find a wide variety of priorities and attitudes in people that are found in our own lives today. 11:38; Lk. 16:2; Mk. We have so many paths to take in life, but God's way is the only one that leads to eternal life. (Lk 11:53-note). Whoever wants anything more than Christ will forfeit Christ." Why does it even use up the ground? An example of inconsistency in the spiritualizing method of interpreting prophecy comes from the angel Gabriel’s words to Mary in Luke 1:31–33: “And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. and it is impossible to take the Heavenly road and go to Hell. It is not a complement but a phrase expressing "utter contempt" (Leon Morris). There is a seeking which Jesus commends but it is before the door is shut... Matthew 6:33-note "But (contrast with Mt 6:32) seek (present imperative) first His kingdom (and by "default" the King of that kingdom, Christ Jesus) and His righteousness (Which He gives as a gift by grace to those who place their trust in His perfect righteousness and substitutionary atonement), and all these things will be added to you. (4) Dead religion is joyless and angry, but reality with the Lord is full of joy. There is a real hell where all impenitent sinners shall suffer eternally. (Psalm 32:6-note). If we are merely professors who have never experienced a Spirit enabled changed life (signifying true repentance and indicating that one truly possesses the indwelling Spirit of Christ - Ro 8:9-note, cf Ro 8:13-14-note), we will one day hear these fateful words from the lips of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Judge of the living and the dead (2 Ti 4:1-note): Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ (IT IS NOT PROFESSION OR CONFESSION WITH THE LIPS, BUT CONFESSION BACKED UP BY EVIDENCE OF A CHANGED LIFE) will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does (present tense - not perfectly but as the "general direction" of your life) the will of My Father Who is in heaven will enter. By Thy Spirit's quickening power; To take the case of the legalistic Jew in the time of Jesus, he might hate his fellow man with all his heart, he might be full of envy and jealousy and concealed bitterness and pride; that did not matter so long as he carried out the correct handwashings and observed the correct laws about cleanness and uncleanness. May we take home to our hearts this solemn warning! 68:24; Prov. 20:12-note, Rev 20:15-note). His adversaries might well be ashamed, and the people might well rejoice at such a display of his power and mercy; but the point I want you to notice is that the poor woman was set at liberty by the Lord Jesus on the Sabbath-day. Anxious. that leads to heaven!". In the Christian church the first day of the week (Sunday) has been substituted for the last day (Saturday) as a day of worship and rest. DeHaan It was simply their time to die, for sin results in physical death for everyone. This will make us praise him with our whole heart. First of all, notice that these words of Jesus are sandwiched between the command to lay up treasures in heaven (Mt 6:19–21-note) and the warning that you can’t serve God and money (Mt 6:24-note). MacArthur - Rejecting God’s compassion results in His condemnation. Luke 13:15 But the Lord answered him and said, "You hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him? 11:32; Lk. 7:39; Lk. When we read of the most dreadful things happening to you we may conclude that something similar will happen to us if we are impenitent; if not in this world, yet in that which is to come. Pleased with a journey to the sky. How can we know that we have entered through the narrow door (cp Jn 20:31, 2 Co 5:17+)? Wherever you see it hung out in Scripture, it is like an ancient sign-board, signifying that there are rich wares within, or like the hands which solid readers have observed in the margin of the older Puritanic books, drawing attention to something particularly worthy of observation." You have a good eye if you look to God and love to maximize the reward of his fellowship—that is, lay up treasure in heaven. Amazing grace indeed! He must be diligent about his prayers, his Bible reading, and his use of Sundays, with all their means of grace. Spurgeon - The Lead upholdeth all that fall (Ps 145:14KJV) . Shall we sin that grace may abound? Study the bible online using commentary on Luke 13 and more! (Jn 3:3-5+) When the King returns on "the day that the Son of Man is revealed," (Lk 17:30+) the heart of every person will also be revealed as to whether they sought the kingdom of "self" or the kingdom of the Savior! (Mt 14:1,3, 6, Lk 3:19, 9:7, Acts 13:1). Comment - BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO COMES (Quoted SIX TIMES in the NT! This is not repentance. However, it is somewhat difficult to specify the exact nature of this cessation from work. (The Interpreter: Spurgeon's Devotional Bible), Henry Cowles adds that "Jesus answered, not to that question of curiosity, comparatively unimportant, but to a kindred one infinitely more vital—How can ye yourselves be saved!—Noticeably he directed this answer, not to that one person who put the question, but "to them"—to the masses who were about Him—the whole audience. 6:6-11), the disabled woman (Lk. The expression kókkon sinápeōs (kókkon = grain), a grain of mustard seed, is a proverbial phrase meaning the least, the smallest particle (Matt. This command of God is fearful — it is full of terror — it includes utter destruction! (Mt 25:11, 12), Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does (present tense = as their habitual practice - the idea is that this is their general direction, not perfection!) A T Robertson - Making his way to Jerusalem. The Fruit of the Holy Spirit – What is kindness? Ye are the Lord's planting, and in the place of blessing has He put you "by the rivers of water" (Psa. Chairo is in the imperfect tense picturing the crowd rejoicing over and over. Jesus Himself answers this question in the next verse, indicating that these Galileans were not greater sinners than other Galileans. They were watching Noah build an Ark and preach the Gospel, Peter explaining that God, did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly (2 Peter 2:5-note), Yes, it is your right to say I won't bend my knee to the Lord. 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