Looking for Jesus according to Luke

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Jesus vs the religious leaders


Luke 4: Good reports about Jesus spread throughout all the surrounding country. And he begins to teach in the synagogues and is held in honor by all.

- There it appears that everything starts well for Jesus.

- But it’s only the beginning!
- Jesus is going to be clear about his message!

- He is not here to tell people what they want to hear but God’s word!

- That’s why the religious leaders are going to oppose him right at the beginning!

- And this fight will go on till his death!

- He will never accept the corruption of God’s word, no never!

- Thus they recognized who he was!

- But he became a threat to their power right at the beginning!

- Yes, power leads to corruption!

- And corruption is fuelled by power!

- It is the same today, there is no difference!

- And the message of corruption has not changed!

- It keeps spreading everywhere!

- The problem is not corruption, the problem is how to get away from corruption!

- When Jesus comes back, he will check how people have done their best to get away from corruption!

- Corruption will be the mark to be put away from the new promised land!

- It will be like a virus which prevents people from getting into the new promised land!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders

Luke 4: Jesus then goes to Nazareth and he enters the synagogue on the Sabbath day and he reads about the prophet Isaiah and he speaks about the Messiah and he tells the audience that the words of the prophet are fulfilling that day!

- 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 and they have no excuse!

- When Jesus comes back next time it won’t be peaceful but as a warrior!

- There won’t be any way to escape!

- Everyone will receive according to his own actions!

- It will be violent for everybody!

- That’s why it is necessary to get ready!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders

Luke 4

- At first Jesus is well accepted!

- But they don’t understand how he can speak as he speaks because he is the son of a carpenter!

- As usual people judge according to appearances!

- You can’t behave that way when you come from Yah.weh!

- People must see that you act differently!

- People must see that you think differently!

- Thus you show that you understand Yah.weh’s word!

- And they want him to do what he did in Capernaum!

- But Jesus explains that no prophet is accepted in his home territory!

- So they start to be angry at him!

- And they throw him out of the city and try to kill him!

- But he goes away from them!

- 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!

- If you let yourself be influenced by man’s tradition, you will never understand Yah.weh’s word!

- First you need to free yourself from man’s tradition!

- It is the first step!

- You must get away from the past and start from scratch!

- You must renew yourself!

- You must put on the new personality!

- Then you must keep studying and checking and searching every day!

- It is the second step!

- And keep thinking of what you learn just like when you eat and drink and breathe and drive and sleep and walk!

- It is the third step!

- And keep following these three steps!

- They want to kill him all at once because they refuse the truth but he doesn’t let them do it!

- You must never stop learning!

- It is the fourth step or a combination of the first three steps!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders


Luke 4:

In Capernaum, a city of Galilee, he is teaching them on the Sabbath!


- And they are surprised because of his teaching as 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 LIE!

-Truth vs Lie!

- Everywhere lies are spreading!

- It is connected with corruption!

- The only way to fight corruption is to study the Bible seriously and with precision!

- We can’t let others say lies without checking what they say!

- If we don’t check, we are responsible!

- Let’s remember the Bereans!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders


Luke 5:

- Jesus decides to go aboard a boat and 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?

- Do we live Yah.weh?

- Do we eat Yah.weh?

- Do we drink Yah.weh?

- Do we sleep Yah.weh?

- Do we breathe Yah.weh?

- Whatever we do?

- Wherever we go?

- Whenever?

- There is nothing more important than him?

- Remember: This world has nothing to offer!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders

Luke 5:

- Jesus is teaching!

- Pharisees and teachers of the Law are listening to him!

- They have come from Galilee, Judea and Jerusalem!

- 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 forgives the sins of a paralyzed man!

- And then he cures him to show them that he has authority on earth to forgive sins!

- And people are seized with amazement and glorify God and are filled with awe!

- But not the religious leaders!

- Jesus can read their thoughts but they don't even 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!

- When you accept someone, you must show you accept him with acts!

- You must demonstrate it!

- You must be hot not cold!

- We must follow Jesus’ example when he follows his Father by actions and words!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders

Luke 5:

- The Pharisees and the scribes don’t understand why Jesus eats 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 Yah.weh looked for faithful leaders through experience and hard life!

- First of all, we are all sinners, So!

- Think about what people are doing on Christian sites!

- Jesus came on earth to help all kinds of people, so!

- What is the Bible? IS IT NOT A HUGE TABLE FOR SINNERS?

- Yah.weh kept sending his prophets to Israel!

- And the Hebrews kept rejecting them!

- And there is no difference with mankind!

- Jerusalem was destroyed twice!

- Soon mankind will get the same punishment!

- There is nothing new!

- And it is not going to change!

- Man will never understand!

- But individuals can understand!

- It is a question of life and death!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders

Luke 5:

- Jesus is asked why his disciples don’t fast!

- He answers that the friends of the bridegroom can’t fast while the bridegroom is with them!

- But when he will be taken away from them then they will fast!

- They know nothing and they always ask Jesus but they don’t understand!

- Jesus patiently answers them!

- People follow Jesus because he teaches them and they can learn something from him!

- But the question is stupid!

- It comes from people who only think about themselves and their interests!

- Think about Yah.weh’s prophets!

- They were always busy serving Yah.weh!

- They had no time to lose!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders


Luke 6: At this some of the Pharisees say: “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?”

- Insensitive!

- Superficial!

- Only looking for appearances!

- Unable to put oneself in question!

- Senile in their brain!

- Unable to evolve!

- Limited!

- No perspective!

- Mentally dead!

- Yah.weh is the God of the ones who are alive!

- We must show we are alive, meaning we are active!

- We just have to open our eyes and ears to understand the importance of the situation!

- There is no time to lose!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders

Luke 6:

The scribes and the Pharisees are now watching Jesus closely to see whether he will cure on the sabbath, in order to find some way to accuse him.

- Jesus has no time to lose but apparently the religious leaders have nothing to do and plenty of time to lose: once again the choice is clear, according to whom you choose, you show what you are looking for! So the religious leaders are not the only ones to be guilty but also those who decide to follow them! It’s up to us to make the right decision!

- Jesus does everything he can to help!

- The scribes and the Pharisees don’t care!

- On the contrary!

- They speak a lot but they don’t act!

- There is no difference when people try to understand the Bible!

- The way you act shows if you really want to understand or if you don’t care!

- Yah.weh’s message is nothing new!

- He has been repeating it to mankind during the whole history of mankind!

- And mankind doesn’t want to understand!

- The Hebrews didn’t want to understand and Jerusalem was destroyed twice!

- And mankind will be destroyed again and again!

 

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Jesus vs the religious leaders


Luke 6:

A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly instructed will be like his teacher.

- Jesus taught his disciples and the apostles and when he died they replaced him which shows they were perfectly instructed.

- We can’t say the same with religious leaders, on the contrary!

- When you teach someone, on time he must be able to teach others!

- If it stops, it means something is wrong!

- When you look inside the Bible, you can see a small fire which keeps on burning whatever may happen!

- It doesn’t matter if darkness is everywhere!

- Jesus will come back to throw darkness in the trash!

- And he will do it a second time!

- We live only a few years!

- Thus we may not understand!

- In fact, people even believe that living forever would be boring!

- It shows how primitive and limited the world is!

- When you realize to which extent you can increase your abilities when you get older and that there are no limits, it is just crazy!

- It is just crazy to think how many people lose their mental abilities as they get older!

 

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Someone said:

Just thought you might like my post today as I begin studying Luke. One interesting fact is Luke was a Gentile. That would make Luke the only Gentile to pen any books of Scripture.

 

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- What does the internet say?

The traditional view is that the Gospel of Luke and Acts were written by the physician Luke, a companion of Paul. Many scholars believe him to be a Gentile Christian, though some scholars think Luke was a Hellenic Jew. Let's have a look!

The gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles make up a two-volume work which scholars call Luke–Acts. Together they account for 27.5% of the New Testament, the largest contribution by a single author, providing the framework for both the Church's liturgical calendar and the historical outline into which later generations have fitted their idea of the story of Jesus.

The author is not named in either volume, but he was educated, a man of means, probably urban, and someone who respected manual work, although not a worker himself; this is significant, because more high-brow writers of the time looked down on the artisans and small business-people who made up the early church of Paul and who were presumably Luke's audience. According to a Church tradition beginning with Irenaeus (c. 130 – c. 202 AD) he was the Luke named as a companion of Paul in three of the Pauline letters, but "a critical consensus emphasizes the countless contradictions between the account in Acts and the authentic Pauline letters": an example can be seen by comparing Acts' accounts of Paul's conversion (Acts 9:1–31, Acts 22:6–21, and Acts 26:9–23) with Paul's own statement that he remained unknown to Christians in Judea after that event in Galatians 1:17–24,), and while the author of the Gospel of Luke clearly admired Paul, his theology differs significantly from Paul's on key points and he does not represent Paul's views accurately. Many modern scholars have therefore expressed doubt that the author of Luke-Acts was the physician Luke, and critical opinion on the subject was assessed to be roughly evenly divided near the end of the 20th century. Most scholars maintain that the author of Luke-Acts, whether named Luke or not, met Paul.

 

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Who wrote the book of Luke? Who was the author of Luke?​

Luke, the third book in the New Testament canon, was written by Luke, a physician and companion of Paul on some of his journeys. Often referred to as the “Gospel of mercy,” the book portrays Jesus as showing compassion toward the marginalized, poor, and outcast. In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus is presented as the Savior of all people, not exclusively the Jews, suggesting that the author is a Gentile. The Gospel of Luke distinguishes itself by providing many historical and chronological details. Notably, Luke also includes much information on the women who followed Jesus, mentioning them about 45 times. A large section of Luke contains material unique to that book, including 14 parables not found in the other Gospels.

The author of the third Gospel does not explicitly identify himself. The recipient is indicated as “most excellent Theophilus,” the same person who received the book of Acts (Luke 1:1–4; Acts 1:1). As Acts is obviously a sequel to Luke, the same author likely wrote both books. Christian tradition attributes them to Luke, a physician and close companion of Paul. In his letter to Timothy, Paul mentions Luke as someone who stuck with him through hard times (2 Timothy 4:11). The use of the first-person we in Acts (e.g., Acts 27:1) confirms that the author witnessed the events firsthand. It is probable that Luke was a Gentile, making him the only non-Jewish author in Scripture. His purpose for writing the book of Luke was both theological and apologetic, aiming to reinforce Theophilus’ faith (Luke 1:4).

Luke’s awareness of other disciples’ accounts indicates that Mark and Matthew were likely already written when he compiled his account, alongside other reports and sermons the Twelve probably left. This places the Gospel of Luke sometime after the writing of both Matthew and Mark. Since Acts concludes before Paul’s death in AD 68, Luke-Acts and the first two Gospels were likely written before then.

In alignment with his goal of reinforcing Theophilus’ faith, Luke diligently conducted his research. Although not an eyewitness to the life of Jesus, he had access to eyewitness testimony and various sources, including songs, letters, speeches, and trial transcripts. Leveraging his physician’s eye for detail, he crafted an extensive and orderly account.

The early church unanimously attributed the third Gospel to Luke, and all the ancient manuscripts we have of the Gospel bear his name. Early church fathers like Irenaeus, Ignatius, Clement, and Tertullian affirmed Luke’s authorship, considering his account of the life of Christ authoritative and inspired Scripture.

We have no reason to doubt the traditional attribution of the book to Luke, and Luke is properly acknowledged as the author of the Gospel bearing his name.

 

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Someone said:

Jesus came to seek out and gather the TEN LOST TRIBES OF ISRAELITES - todays ANGLO-SAXON CHRISTIANS.

Most of the Jews had rejected him.

- My answer:

- Have a look at Revelation chapters 7, 14, 20,21 and 22!

 

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Someone said:

Rev 7:6 Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. Manasseh also included Ephrain - the ancestors of the English and American Christians.

Jesus came to seek out and gather the TEN LOST TRIBES OF ISRAELITES - todays ANGLO-SAXON CHRISTIANS.

Most of the Jews had rejected him.

 

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- My answer:

- Revelation 7:4-8: We are told about a limited number!

- Revelation 7:9: We are told about an unlimited number!

- Revelation 14:1-5: We are told about a limited number, they are virgins, they are blameless, they are called firstfruits!

- In the rest of the chapter, we are told about the crop of the earth!

- Revelation 20:3, we are told about the nations

- Revelation 20:4, “the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.”

- Revelation 20:5, “The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete.”
- Revelation 20:6, “Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.”

- Revelation 20:8, “the nations”

- Revelation 20:12,13 “And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.”

- Revelation 21:3, “His people”

- Revelation 21:26, “the nations”

- Revelation 22:3, “His servants”

 

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Someone said:

Revelation 21:3, “His people”

Yes. GOD's People are the 12 Tribes and two of them are Ephraim and Manasseh who are today's Anglo-Saxons Christians.

Get a Bible and start learning the difference between Jews and Israelites if you can.

 

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- My answer (1)

- Very funny!

- I always say Hebrews and never Jews when I use my own words!

- I use Yah.weh’s word instead of man’s word!

- Man’s word only leads to destruction!

 

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- My answer (2)

- It’s like Abraham and Abram or Abram and Abraham!

- He was first called Abram and then Abraham!

- But people always say Abraham!

According to the biblical account, Abram (“The Father [or God] Is Exalted”), who is later named Abraham (“The Father of Many Nations”), a native of Ur in Mesopotamia, is called by God (Yahweh) to leave his own country and people and journey to an undesignated land, where he will become the founder of a new nation.

- Of course, Abraham has more meaning!

- Abraham would become the father of many nations (Genesis chapter 17)!

- Maybe you have forgotten that!

- When people read you they may guess so!

- Or maybe you have taken it away!

- But the Bible is based on this promise and it concerns all mankind!