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What we see God direct us to do and to be in scripture is simply put basic.
Given the instructions at face value even a child can understand… in fact children often follow His instructions better.
It is not that His instructions are difficult to understand… but to to our sin natures they are difficult to implement into our lives!
Consider this… God’s first command to Adam and Eve in the garden was simple… “the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat”.
Our passage today is simple… straight forward… no excuses type of instruction.
BUT in order to help make it simpler I will even define some words for us, in case you think they mean something they don’t mean...
SIN: an act contrary to the will and law of God.
“Disobedience”
REBUKE: strong disapproval of a sinful act.
“Correction”
REPENT: sorrow over sin & a change in thought & attitude toward that sin.
“180”
FORGIVE: the removal of guilt related to the sin, understanding the event cannot be undone.
Now let’s look at the first part of our passage knowing the definitions better… Luke 17:1-4
Obedience in Forgiveness
Christianity is not a privatized experience of faith.
Christianity is not a private affair, but a family one.
-BOCK
Our passages are dealing with our interactions as His disciples with one another.
Luke is recording for us some important yet basic instructions and begins by warning them of stumbling blocks...
All of us have those within the family of God that we lead (whether or not you like this idea)
Christ is warning us that we should not be the cause of stumbling… false teaching!
False teaching will always be around us BUT...
WOE to him who… the one who through serious sin causes one to fall away from faith or stumble themselves
This is serious!
Jesus says it is better for one to suffer death mafia style than to cause these little ones to stumble
“Little ones” children of God, yet we also see in ch 18 He desires the young children too!
As a spiritual leader to someone in the family of God you are responsible… those you lead are His children!
Be careful… avoid sin… Yet as Christ stated it is inevitable!
verse 3 “Be on your guard” So what do we do when we see it?
We identify SIN = disobedience to God’s will and law… ONCE IDENTIFIED we have a responsibility.
We need to REBUKE the sin.
We are so scared these days to call sin what it is…SIN!
The problem with this rebuke part is our hearts… remember Jesus instruction about the splinter and the log in our eyes...
Rebuke with a heart to forgive... seeking the one spoken to in a loving & caring manner to seek repentance.
These first two I feel the church does and often with the wrong heart… the next two cannot occur without a HUMBLE HEART!
REPENTANCE occurs when we see the sin in our life.
Sorrow over the sin.
Does sin cause sorrow in your heart?
Has your heart grown calloused to sin?
Repentance is demonstrated in a changed mind and attitude toward that sin!
Jesus speaks to the one who is unrepentant in Matthew 18.
Now we FORGIVE him.
The statement Jesus makes here is an imperative… you will forgive.
Seven times a day!
Complete forgiveness
In Matthew 18 Peter tries to impress Jesus with forgiving others stating He would forgive them seven times (Pharisees taught 3 times, double plus 1!!!) No Peter 7x70!
“Nothing is more Christian than forgiveness” - Chuck Colson
“Forgiveness is surrendering my right to hurt you for hurting me.” - Archibald Hart
“We are most like beasts when we kill.
We are most like men when we judge.
We are most like God when we forgive.”
- William Arthur Ward
A cartoon in the New Yorker magazine showed an exasperated father saying to his prodigal son, “This is the fourth time we’ve killed the fatted calf.”
God does that over and over in our lifetime.
Just the same as giving, we forgive because we are made in His image, AND He has shown greater grace and forgiveness than we will ever have to extend!
Church forgiveness should be a part of our lives as the Family of God!
The apostles response is priceless… Luke 17:5-10
Obedience in Serving
INCREASE OUR FAITH! … Why is something so easy to understand met with a cry for more faith?
You need to obey!
The size or amount of faith is not important.
It is the One who we have faith in!
We do this great work in the family of God because of the One we have faith in!
We can do great things if we obey Him!
Jesus uses rhetorical questions to further His point...
Does a servant come in from the field to have his master serve him?
NO!
He comes in and prepares a meal for the master!
Does the master thank the slave for doing as he is commanded?
NO!
He does as commanded because he is supposed to do this.
We confuse our roles with God all too often.
We get upset when He does not do as we wish or even command Him to do!
We forget our place, God calls us to obedience!
He does NOT owe you and I anything!
Robert Stein states it well when he says: “Believers are unworthy in the sense that at their very best all they have done is what they should have done, i.e., what the commandments teach.
They have not done more than that.
On the contrary, usually they have done much less.”
We are saved by faith, and by faith we walk/serve in the Spirit obeying His Word.
God’s will is not complicated for the believer to know or understand.
We don’t need more faith, we need more obedience to His will and commands.
Luke 17:11-19 draws out another area we need to learn...
Obedience With Gratitude
Luke continues to point out that Jesus is on His way to Jerusalem… Jesus focus of what He came to do has not shifted.
Yet we see our Savior continue to have compassion on the outcast, sick, and poor.
Has it ever occured to you, God has a plan and yet He pauses to notice your needs and desires?
10 men calling from a distance and Jesus hears them!
Instructions are given and followed by the men
The healing comes in their obedience!
“as they were going”
All are healed, one returns to thank Him
9 healed physically, 1 healed from sin
What a sad picture of Israel… wanting the healing, signs, miracles, just not the Messiah
What is God doing in your life that deserves Glory given to HIM!?
When we switch roles thinking He owes us He serves us… we begin to live entitled… He ALWAYS deserves the glory.
How We Look at Obedience
This last portion of the chapter deals with end times / the return of the Lord.
The pharisees ask a question which Jesus answers but then goes into greater detail with His disciples Luke 17:20-25
There were popular ideas among religious leaders of how the kingdom would come...
Grandeur with signs trumpets
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