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Adventures on the Road
Labor Day weekend Jason, Kristen and Edris drove to Denver to be in a wedding.
It was supposed t/b a long weekend and back in MP Sunday or Monday.
Their car broke down while they were there and 2 weeks later discovered it was not worth fixing.
We flew them back.
They’re here and we’re all working out transportation now.
Twice Sara and I have been on trips and had our car break down.
First, We drove from Dallas to Taos to ski w/ her parents.
Subaru broke down.
Early fuel injection.
No one could fix it there so we had to tow it to Albuquerque.
Turned out t/b an electronic censor.
The fix was inexpensive.
The tow however.
The second time we were driving from Minot to Wichita to visit my family.
3 kids asleep in the back of the mini-van, 1:30 in the am, about an hour outside Wichita on an interstate under construction the van just died.
Trucks whizzing by.
No cell phone.
This weird guy in a pickup w/ a topper on the back stopped.
Sara got into the cab w/ our youngest.
I got into the bed w/ our 2 oldest.
We completely at his mercy.
Turned out he is a Christian who cleaned floors in convenience stores during the night.
He drove us to my folks house.
Do you remember the old movies, “The Road to...
Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour
Between 1940 and 1962 they made 7 movies.
Singapore
Zanzibar
Morocco
Utopia
Rio
Bali
Hong Kong
All classic comedies about the adventures of the trip.
We are at a point in Jesus’ ministry when He is going on a journey that Luke wrote about.
It’s certainly not a comedy, it’s a tragedy.
But, it’s a tragedy that’s filled w/ drama and ends w/ victory.
Today, we are looking at 2 miracles that occured during this journey that will demonstrate...
If we approach Jesus with humility and honesty, He will deal w/ us w/ grace and mercy and relieve us of our heavy burdens.
Miracles #28 and #29.
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Context
Jesus’ last few weeks
In our study of the miracles we are making the final turn and entering the home stretch.
This study will take us 2 weeks into November.
Jesus is just a few weeks away from the cross.
It’s time for Him to start His final journey to Jerusalem.
All of His lessons have been important.
But, now, these last few are of most importance.
The miracles and parables teach the most important things He wants the disciples to get before He leaves.
Chiasm in 9:51-19:27
Luke wrote about this journey in 9:51 thru 19:27.
This entire passage is structured as a chiasm.
A grammatical structure where the main point is in the middle.
We Westerners think linearly therefore our main ideas are at the end.
We build up to it.
At the beginning and end of the passage there are 2 separate events that are related that function as parentheses.
Inside each, the same.
There can be any number of points in a chiasm.
4: A, B, B’, A’
This chiasm has 32 points.
Starts w/ A. Goes thru P.
Then, P’ back down to A’.
And, the main point of the entire passage is P and P’.
A. It’s time to start the final journey
Time to go up to heaven.
Implied, thru the cross and empty tomb.
B/C Israel has rejected Jesus the Kingdom has been delayed.
The Church age will begin at Pentecost and end when Jesus returns again.
N. Parable of a fig tree
13:1-9 for 3 years a fig tree has produced no fruit so the owners wants his gardener to cut the tree down.
The gardener convinces the owner to give him one more year and w/ some special treatment he hopes to get fruit.
If no fruit, he will cut is down then.
Jesus just sent out 70 believers, 2x2, into Jewish villages to give them one more chance to humble themselves, repent and believe.
God’s delay is a gracious act to allow more time for more people to come to faith.
O. 13:10-17 a miracle healing a woman who had been stooped over for 18 years.
P. 13:18-21 Parable of the growth of the kingdom.
What starts small like a mustard seed will grow into a huge tree.
B/C the Kingdom has been delayed it will provide the opportunity for many, many Gentiles to get in.
P’. 13:22-35 A parable about the narrow door that Israel will not get thru because they rejected Jesus.
God will judge Israel b/c they had so many opportunities and still they rejected Him.
Not only has the Kingdom been put on hold to allow believing Gentiles in, God has put Israel on hold and He will get back to them and finally deal w/ their lack of faith during the Tribulation.
O’. 14:1-6 a miracle healing a man w/ a water-retention problem.
N’. 14:7-15 2 parables about inviting people to a feast where those who believe they are honored end up in less honorable seats and those who are humble and admit they are not honorable end up in honorable seats.
Point being, people typically don’t repent b/c they are not humble enough to admit their sin or its seriousness.
Those who do are honored by God, even those who do at the last minute.
A’. 19:11-27 a parable about investing money.
The Jews don’t want Jesus t/b their King so they don’t invest the assets He gives them in His Kingdom activities.
Those do want Jesus t/b their King do invest what He gives them and they earn dividends in the form of more people coming to faith and qualifying to get into the Kingdom.
Then, the next thing in Luke is the Triumphal Entry.
So, this morning we’re looking at the 2 miracles right at the target zone, sweet spot, main point middle of this entire passage.
On the journey to Jerusalem, these are among the last miracles Jesus performs w/ messages that are among the most important for us to get.
Jesus Will Lift Your Burden
Luke
Picture of Israel
This is the last recorded miracle in a synagogue
The woman’s condition is a vivid picture of the condition of Israel.
She’d had lived the first part of her life standing straight.
But, for the last 18 years, bent over, unable to stand upright.
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