Luke 6
Summary
Students take your seats. Class is in session!
Jesus is about to start teaching in earnest. The Law wasn't given to burden us; it was given to bless us. Jesus shows them how they have perverted the Law to the point that they have made it a sin to do good!
Then Jesus lays it out about who is blessed and who needs to watch out.
And he tells us to love -- everybody!
The people that hate you -- love them.
Your enemies -- love them.
People that use you and abuse you -- love them, too.
Don't judge if you don't want to be judged.
Don't condemn if you don't want to be condemned.
Forgive and you will be forgiven.
Be generous and you will be blessed in good measure.
Have a good heart. Live a good life. You will be known by the life you live. Good people bear good fruit. Bad people don't. Jesus says to trust him on this. Do what he teaches and you'll be okay.
My take away
Remember on Day 4 when I said the demons always recognize and obey Jesus?
Here Jesus asks the question, "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord' and do not do what I tell you?"
Hmmm...
I guess that is the real question, isn't it?
Could it be that the Jews had crafted God to be a god made in their own image?
Could it be that their idea of god was so far from God's true nature that they were unable or unwilling to recognize him when he came to them?
Is it possible that we have the same problem? That we want a god that hates the same people we hate and judges the same way we judge?
Maybe the lessons Jesus taught a couple thousand years ago are still worth looking at today.
Hmmm...
Is he Lord?
Maybe we'll find more information/evidence as we continue day by day.
John <><
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