Luke 9:37-50
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Luke 9: 37-43
Luke 9: 37-43
And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” And someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute. And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able.” And he answered them, “O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me.” And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.” Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!” And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.” And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead.” But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”
Luke 9:43 (ESV): 43 And all were astonished at the majesty of God.
But while they were all marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples,
Astonished- dumbfounded.
Being in awe of the works of Jesus but not the person of Jesus.
Mountain top experience. They go from the transfiguration to this interaction with the demonic.
Vs. 41- We can’t forget how Ch. 9 started.
Where have you seen the majesty of God recently.
Are you living too busy of a life to observe how the Lord is working in and around you?
You have the majesty of God on the Mountaintop and you see the majesty of God on display in the healing of this boy, one the ground majesty.
But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Reflecting the majesty of Christ to those around us.
that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
Combines the crooked generation from Deut 32 as well as the shining of his majesty
And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.