4- Luke 7: In Capernaum, Jesus cures an army officer’s slave who is going to die and he does it remotely. Once again nothing is impossible for Jesus! Then in Nain he resurrects a dead man who is the only child of a widow because he is moved with pity for her. So Jesus is always busy with extreme stress but he keeps being human!
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5- Luke 8: Jesus is on a boat with his disciples and there is a violent windstorm, the boat begins to fill up with water and to be in danger and the disciples are afraid and Jesus sleeps peacefully as if everything was normal! And they wake him up and ask him for help! Jesus keeps calm all the time except when he defends His father’s interests for example when people are doing business in the temple or when he must answer cheating religious leaders! Then he cures a possessed man who is possessed by many demons before resurrecting the daughter of a presiding officer of a synagogue and a woman who has had a flow of blood for 12 years is cured just by touching the fringe of Jesus’ outer garment and he can feel it when he is in the midst of a crowd with many people around him!
6- Luke 9: Jesus teaches the crowds then decides to feed them (5,000 men and women and young children) by multiplying bread and fish. When it is possible, Jesus stays alone and prays. And he teaches his disciples. The following day, he cures the son of a man who is possessed because his disciples couldn’t cure him. Jesus spent three years preaching and curing and making disciples and it was a full time job. He never complained but it was a really hard job and a full time job, always busy ans always struggling to get a bit of rest!
7- Luke 11: Jesus expels a speechless demon and some accuse him of expelling demons by means of Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons. Of course, they are jealous because they can’t do the same and more and more Jews put faith in him. Then Jesus is invited by a Pharisee to dine with him. Then they find ways to argue with him but he condemns them and they feel insulted and they keep looking for a way to catch him in something he might say but Jesus is not impressed.
10- Luke 17: here we see Jesus curing 10 lepers and only one comes back to thank him and he is a Samaritan while the others are Jews. On different occasions, even if he was sent to the Jews, he could noticed that the non Jews acted in a better way: you can be a good person and tries to teach your children the best way possible but you never know what they will do and that’s what we can see with the Israelites and the Jews and they were both rejected! That’s why we must always be careful about the way we walk!
The selection of the 12 apostles:
1- Luke Chapter 5: Jesus teaches the crowd by the lake of Gennesaret and he goes aboard Simon’s boat because there are two many people. Then he tells Simon where to let down his nets to catch fish. And they catch a big quantity of fish. Simon and the people with him can’t believe him. There are James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who are partners with Simon. And Jesus tells them “From now on you will be catching men alive.” So Simon and the two sons of Zebedee, James and John follow Jesus.
1- Luke Chapter 5: Jesus teaches the crowd by the lake of Gennesaret and he goes aboard Simon’s boat because there are two many people. Then he tells Simon where to let down his nets to catch fish. And they catch a big quantity of fish. Simon and the people with him can’t believe him. There are James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who are partners with Simon. And Jesus tells them “From now on you will be catching men alive.” So Simon and the two sons of Zebedee, James and John follow Jesus.
1- Luke Chapter 5: Jesus teaches the crowd by the lake of Gennesaret and he goes aboard Simon’s boat because there are two many people. Then he tells Simon where to let down his nets to catch fish. And they catch a big quantity of fish. Simon and the people with him can’t believe him. There are James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who are partners with Simon. And Jesus tells them “From now on you will be catching men alive.” So Simon (1) and the two sons of Zebedee, James (2) and John (3) follow Jesus.
2- Jesus sees a tax collector named Levi (4) sitting at the tax office and he says to him: “Be my follower.” And leaving everything behind, he rises up and begins to follow him. Then Levi spreads a big reception feast for him in his house, and there is a large crowd of tax collectors and others who are dining with them.
2- Jesus sees a tax collector named Levi (4) sitting at the tax office and he says to him: “Be my follower.” And leaving everything behind, he rises up and begins to follow him. Then Levi spreads a big reception feast for him in his house, and there is a large crowd of tax collectors and others who are dining with them.
1- Luke Chapter 5: Jesus teaches the crowd by the lake of Gennesaret and he goes aboard Simon’s boat because there are two many people. Then he tells Simon where to let down his nets to catch fish. And they catch a big quantity of fish. Simon and the people with him can’t believe him. There are James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who are partners with Simon. And Jesus tells them “From now on you will be catching men alive.” So Simon (1) and the two sons of Zebedee, James (2) and John (3) follow Jesus.
2- Jesus sees a tax collector named Levi (4) sitting at the tax office and he says to him: “Be my follower.” And leaving everything behind, he rises up and begins to follow him. Then Levi spreads a big reception feast for him in his house, and there is a large crowd of tax collectors and others who are dining with them.
3- Luke Chapter 6: Jesus calls his disciples to him and chooses among them 12, whom he also names apostles:
- Simon, whom he also named Peter
- Andrew his brother
- James
- John
- Philip
- Bartholomew
- Matthew
- Thomas
- James the son of Alphaeus
- Simon who is called “the zealous one,”
- Judas the son of James,
- and Judas Iscariot, who turned traitor
So Luke tells about the first four and then he enumerates all of them.
2- Jesus sees a tax collector named Levi (4) sitting at the tax office and he says to him: “Be my follower.” And leaving everything behind, he rises up and begins to follow him. Then Levi spreads a big reception feast for him in his house, and there is a large crowd of tax collectors and others who are dining with them.
3- Luke Chapter 6: Jesus calls his disciples to him and chooses among them 12, whom he also names apostles:
- Simon, whom he also named Peter
- Andrew his brother
- James
- John
- Philip
- Bartholomew
- Matthew
- Thomas
- James the son of Alphaeus
- Simon who is called “the zealous one,”
- Judas the son of James,
- and Judas Iscariot, who turned traitor
So Luke tells about the first four and then he enumerates all of them.
JOHN THE BAPTIST VS THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS
Luke Chapter 3:
- John goes into all the country around the Jordan, preaching baptism in symbol of repentance for forgiveness of sins
- So he begins to say to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him: “You offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Therefore, produce fruits that befit repentance. Do not start saying to yourselves, “We have Abraham as our father.” For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones. Indeed, the ax is already lying at the root of the trees. Every tree, then, that does not produce fine fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
- Now the people are in expectation and all of them are reasoning in their hearts about John, “May he perhaps be the Christ?” John gives the answer, saying to all: “I, for my part, baptize you with water, but the one stronger than I am is coming, the lace of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with holy spirit and with fire. His winnowing shovel is in his hand to clean up his threshing floor completely and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with fire that cannot be put out.”
- And we know what happened as they rejected Jesus and Jerusalem was destroyed!
Luke Chapter 3:
- John goes into all the country around the Jordan, preaching baptism in symbol of repentance for forgiveness of sins
- So he begins to say to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him: “You offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Therefore, produce fruits that befit repentance. Do not start saying to yourselves, “We have Abraham as our father.” For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones. Indeed, the ax is already lying at the root of the trees. Every tree, then, that does not produce fine fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
- Now the people are in expectation and all of them are reasoning in their hearts about John, “May he perhaps be the Christ?” John gives the answer, saying to all: “I, for my part, baptize you with water, but the one stronger than I am is coming, the lace of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with holy spirit and with fire. His winnowing shovel is in his hand to clean up his threshing floor completely and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with fire that cannot be put out.”
- And we know what happened as they rejected Jesus and Jerusalem was destroyed!
Jesus vs the religious leaders
Luke 4: Jesus then goes to Nazareth, where he has been brought up, and according to his custom on the Sabbath day, he enters the synagogue and stands up to read. So the scroll of the prophet Isaiah is handed to him, and he opens the scroll and finds the place where it is written:
“God’s spirit is upon me, because he anointed me to declare good news to the poor. He sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send the crushed ones away free, to preach God’s acceptable year. With that he rolls up the scroll, hands it back to the attendant , and sits down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue are intently fixed on him. Then he begins to say to them: “Today this scripture that you just heard is fulfilled.”
- Jesus tells the religious leaders that he is the Christ from the Bible and the one they are waiting for and his miracles prove who he really is!
- So once again they have all the information!
- They can’t say we don’t know or we didn’t know!
- They reject him because it is against their own interests so they oppose him all the time so they have no excuse!
Luke 4: Jesus then goes to Nazareth, where he has been brought up, and according to his custom on the Sabbath day, he enters the synagogue and stands up to read. So the scroll of the prophet Isaiah is handed to him, and he opens the scroll and finds the place where it is written:
“God’s spirit is upon me, because he anointed me to declare good news to the poor. He sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send the crushed ones away free, to preach God’s acceptable year. With that he rolls up the scroll, hands it back to the attendant , and sits down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue are intently fixed on him. Then he begins to say to them: “Today this scripture that you just heard is fulfilled.”
- Jesus tells the religious leaders that he is the Christ from the Bible and the one they are waiting for and his miracles prove who he really is!
- So once again they have all the information!
- They can’t say we don’t know or we didn’t know!
- They reject him because it is against their own interests so they oppose him all the time so they have no excuse!
Jesus vs the religious leaders
Luke 4: And they all begin to give favorable witness about him and to be amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth, and they are saying: “This is a son of Joseph, is it not?” At this he says to them: “No doubt you will apply this saying to me, “Physician, cure yourself. Do also here in your home territory the things we have heard were done in Capernaum.”” So he says: “Truly I tell you that no prophet is accepted in his home territory. For instance, I tell you in truth: There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when heaven was shut up for three years and six months, and a great famine came on all the land. Yet Elijah was sent to none of those women, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon. Also, there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, only Naaman the Syrian.” Now all those hearing these things in the synagogue become filled with anger, and they rise up and rush him outside the city, and they lead him to the brow of the mountain on which their city had been built, in order to throw him down headlong. But he goes right through their midst and continues on his way.
- Knowledge vs Ignorance
- Jesus tells exactly who the religious leaders are and they don’t like the truth!
- They don’t accept where he comes from and the fact he knows what he knows without having studied!
- They refuse to accept the truth because of man’s tradition!
- They want to kill him all at once because they refuse the truth but he doesn’t let them do it!
Luke 4: And they all begin to give favorable witness about him and to be amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth, and they are saying: “This is a son of Joseph, is it not?” At this he says to them: “No doubt you will apply this saying to me, “Physician, cure yourself. Do also here in your home territory the things we have heard were done in Capernaum.”” So he says: “Truly I tell you that no prophet is accepted in his home territory. For instance, I tell you in truth: There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when heaven was shut up for three years and six months, and a great famine came on all the land. Yet Elijah was sent to none of those women, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon. Also, there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, only Naaman the Syrian.” Now all those hearing these things in the synagogue become filled with anger, and they rise up and rush him outside the city, and they lead him to the brow of the mountain on which their city had been built, in order to throw him down headlong. But he goes right through their midst and continues on his way.
- Knowledge vs Ignorance
- Jesus tells exactly who the religious leaders are and they don’t like the truth!
- They don’t accept where he comes from and the fact he knows what he knows without having studied!
- They refuse to accept the truth because of man’s tradition!
- They want to kill him all at once because they refuse the truth but he doesn’t let them do it!
Jesus vs the religious leaders
Luke 4: He then goes down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he is teaching them on the Sabbath, and they are astounded at his way of teaching, because he speaks with authority.
- Jesus has authority because people can see that what he says and thinks and does is one and that he really cares about people and he is the same all the time with all kinds of people, he makes no difference. He doesn’t live in big houses, he has nothing for himself! Now when you look at religious leaders, it is completely the opposite, there is no possible comparison, it is TRUTH VS LIAR!
Luke 4: He then goes down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he is teaching them on the Sabbath, and they are astounded at his way of teaching, because he speaks with authority.
- Jesus has authority because people can see that what he says and thinks and does is one and that he really cares about people and he is the same all the time with all kinds of people, he makes no difference. He doesn’t live in big houses, he has nothing for himself! Now when you look at religious leaders, it is completely the opposite, there is no possible comparison, it is TRUTH VS LIAR!
Jesus vs the religious leaders
Luke 5: And he sees two boats docked at the lakeside, but the fishermen have got out of them and are washing off theirs nets. Going aboard one of the boats, which is Simon’s, he asks him to pull away a bit from land. Then he sits down, and he begins teaching the crowds from the boat.
- For Jesus, any situation is fine to teach people, any time, anyone, he has no limit, he is always ready to do his Father’s will, he lives God, he eats God, he drinks God, he sleeps God! Now think about religious leaders: do you see the big difference, I should say the CANYON between him and them or the EVEREST!
Luke 5: And he sees two boats docked at the lakeside, but the fishermen have got out of them and are washing off theirs nets. Going aboard one of the boats, which is Simon’s, he asks him to pull away a bit from land. Then he sits down, and he begins teaching the crowds from the boat.
- For Jesus, any situation is fine to teach people, any time, anyone, he has no limit, he is always ready to do his Father’s will, he lives God, he eats God, he drinks God, he sleeps God! Now think about religious leaders: do you see the big difference, I should say the CANYON between him and them or the EVEREST!
Jesus vs the religious leaders
Luke 5: On one of those days while he is teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the Law who have come out of every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem are sitting there; and God’s power is with him to do healing.
- So they can see all the miracles of Jesus thus they have no excuse when they oppose him! In fact, they know everything about Jesus! Then he says to a paralyzed man:
“Man, your sins are forgiven.” Then the scribes and the pharisees start to reason, saying: “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins except God alone?” But Jesus, discerning their reasoning, says in answer to them: “What are you reasoning in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, “Your sins are forgiven,” or to say, “get up and walk”? But in order for you to know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins-” he says to the paralyzed man: “I say to you, Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go to your home.” At that he stands up before them, picks up what he has been lying on, and goes to his home, glorifying God. Then one and all are seized with amazement, and they begin to glorify God, and they become filled with awe, saying: “We have seen wonderful things today!”
- Jesus can read their thoughts but they even don’t care about it! They know everything but they don’t care at all because it is against their own interests! Those who care are amazed but it is not the case of the religious leaders!
Luke 5: On one of those days while he is teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the Law who have come out of every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem are sitting there; and God’s power is with him to do healing.
- So they can see all the miracles of Jesus thus they have no excuse when they oppose him! In fact, they know everything about Jesus! Then he says to a paralyzed man:
“Man, your sins are forgiven.” Then the scribes and the pharisees start to reason, saying: “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins except God alone?” But Jesus, discerning their reasoning, says in answer to them: “What are you reasoning in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, “Your sins are forgiven,” or to say, “get up and walk”? But in order for you to know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins-” he says to the paralyzed man: “I say to you, Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go to your home.” At that he stands up before them, picks up what he has been lying on, and goes to his home, glorifying God. Then one and all are seized with amazement, and they begin to glorify God, and they become filled with awe, saying: “We have seen wonderful things today!”
- Jesus can read their thoughts but they even don’t care about it! They know everything but they don’t care at all because it is against their own interests! Those who care are amazed but it is not the case of the religious leaders!
Jesus vs the religious leaders
Luke 5: At this the Pharisees and their scribes begin murmuring to his disciples, saying: “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
- How is it possible to ask such stupid questions?
- The answer is in Jesus’ life, you open your eyes and you shut your mouth!
- That’s why God looked for faithful leaders through experience and hard life!
Luke 5: At this the Pharisees and their scribes begin murmuring to his disciples, saying: “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
- How is it possible to ask such stupid questions?
- The answer is in Jesus’ life, you open your eyes and you shut your mouth!
- That’s why God looked for faithful leaders through experience and hard life!
Jesus vs the religious leaders
Luke 5: At this the Pharisees and their scribes begin murmuring to his disciples, saying: “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
- How is it possible to ask such stupid questions?
- The answer is in Jesus’ life, you open your eyes and you shut your mouth!
- That’s why God looked for faithful leaders through experience and hard life!
Luke 5: At this the Pharisees and their scribes begin murmuring to his disciples, saying: “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
- How is it possible to ask such stupid questions?
- The answer is in Jesus’ life, you open your eyes and you shut your mouth!
- That’s why God looked for faithful leaders through experience and hard life!