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In our lesson this week (Luke 13:10-17), Jesus teaches us about the heart of the Sabbath. It seems the true meaning had been lost in the concern about practices and rules for its keeping. Jesus takes the opportunity to show us what true Sabbath is by healing a crippled woman at the synagogue. Let’s look …
Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set …
When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame; and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things that he was doing.Luke 13:17 Jesus taught people what was the right thing to do through His words and His actions. His opponents were unable to accuse Him of saying one thing and …
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 manger, and lead it away to give it water? And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this …
But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.” Luke 13:14 Jesus made those in control uneasy. While He didn’t tell …
When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God. Luke 13:12-13 To me, this is one of those real “Bible” moments, Jesus reaching out to heal someone. There are …
Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set …
Jesus is uncharacteristically stern in His lesson recorded in Luke 12:49-56. He warns that He has come to bring division, not peace. I was a little shocked the first time I read that passage, as Jesus is the Prince of Peace, but He has good reason to shock us into listening. He knows that the …
In Luke 12:49-56 Jesus is very passionate about what He wants us to understand. We sometimes are lulled into thinking that He was always “gentle Jesus, meek and mild” and while He loves us, He is concerned by our failure to grasp the meaning of what He teaches. He is very animated in this passage, …
“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. From now on there will …