{"id":391,"date":"2023-02-21T11:43:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T11:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/?p=391"},"modified":"2023-02-21T11:43:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T11:43:13","slug":"luke-chapter-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/21\/luke-chapter-5\/","title":{"rendered":"LUKE CHAPTER 5<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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LUKE CHAPTER 5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SCRIPTURE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today I will summarize Luke chapter 5 where Luke wrote about Jesus calling his first disciples.\u00a0 Where he performed healings and forgave a man of his sin.\u00a0 Jesus was teaching on the shore of lake Gennesaret and the crowd grew large to hear the word of God.\u00a0 There was not enough space for Jesus to stand.\u00a0 Then he saw a boat coming in from fishing all night.\u00a0 He asked the man named Simon if he could get into his boat and go out a little way so that the crowd could see and hear him.\u00a0 Simon agreed and brought Jesus out from the shore and Jesus continued teaching the people.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After he was done, he told Simon, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you go fishing? Put the boat in deep water and let your nets down.\u00a0 Simon replied,\u201d We were fishing all night and could not catch anything but because you asked I will.\u00a0 Simon did what Jesus asked him to do.\u00a0 When he followed Jesus\u2019s instructions, he caught so many fish in the net that the net began to weigh and break.\u00a0 Simon signaled for the other fisherman there to help.\u00a0 They helped and brought their boat to assist.\u00a0 Both the boats were so filled with fish their boats began to sink.\u00a0 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus\u2019s feet in the boat and said,\u201d Go away from me, Lord! I am a sinful man.\u00a0 He and the other partners James and John were all seized with amazement at a large number of fish they had caught.\u00a0 Jesus told Simon not to be afraid. He said,\u201d from now on you will be fishing for men.\u00a0 They left everything when they brought their boats back to the land and followed Jesus.\u00a0 While Jesus walked along, he noticed a tax collector named Levis sometimes called Matthew sitting at his tax booth collecting taxes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus said to him,\u201d Follow me\u201d and Levi left everything and followed Jesus.\u00a0 Then Levi gave a big feast for Jesus in his house.\u00a0 Levi invited all his friends who were tax collectors too.\u00a0 The Pharisees and the Scribes were watching this and they complained to Jesus\u2019s disciples.\u00a0 They said,\u201d Why do you and your teacher eat and drink with sinners and outcasts? Jesus heard this and replied to them and said,\u201d people who are well don\u2019t need a doctor but those who are sick do.\u00a0 I have not come to call the righteous but I have come to call sinners to repentance.\u00a0 They said to him, \u201cJohn the Baptist\u2019s disciples fast and pray and our disciples do the same thing.\u00a0 But your disciples and you eat and drink anytime you like.\u00a0 Jesus answered them and said, \u201cThe bridegroom is here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can\u2019t make the guests at the wedding party fast while they are celebrating there?\u00a0 There will come a time soon enough though when the bridegroom will be taken from them and then they will indeed fast and pray.\u00a0 When Jesus was in one town there was a man who was suffering from a dreaded skin disease called leprosy.\u00a0 When he saw Jesus, he fell at him and begged him.\u00a0 He said,\u201d Sir If you want to, you can make me clean!\u201d Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him and said, \u201cI do want to\u201d. \u201cBe clean!\u201d\u00a0 At once the disease left him and he was completely healed.\u00a0 Jesus told him not to tell anyone what had happened but to go and show himself to the priests and make an offering for his cleansing just like Moses commanded.\u00a0 The man obeyed him and left.\u00a0 But the news about Jesus spread widely and people from all over and widely came to hear him and be healed from their sickness.\u00a0 But Jesus would always move away from the crowd and go to an isolated place and pray quietly.\u00a0 On another day when Jesus was teaching, a large crowd gathered around.\u00a0 Many Pharisees and teachers of the law were there too from every village of Galilee and Judea.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some other men wanted to see Jesus too.\u00a0 Not for themselves but for their friend who was paralyzed.\u00a0 They knew only Jesus could heal him but they couldn\u2019t get through the crowd.\u00a0 They came up with a plan.\u00a0 They climbed the roof of the home Jesus was teaching in and they ripped a hole in the roof.\u00a0 They let the paralyzed man down and laid him right in front of Jesus.\u00a0 Jesus saw the man\u2019s friend\u2019s faith and said to the paralyzed man.\u00a0 \u201cYour sins are forgiven\u201d.\u00a0 This caused an uproar among the Pharisees and the teachers of the law. They said no one can forgive sin against God except for God himself.\u00a0 This man is speaking blasphemies.\u00a0 Jesus knew what they were thinking and saying.\u00a0 He said what\u2019s easier to say your sins are forgiven or you are healed.\u00a0 Get up and walk.\u00a0 Yes, the first one is easier but I want you to see that I have the authority to forgive sins on this earth.\u00a0 Jesus looked at the paralyzed man and said get up and pick up your bed and go home. Immediately the paralyzed man got up picked up his bed and walked home.\u00a0 All the people were struck with astonishment and began glorifying God because of what they just saw and the religious were left speechless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OBSERVATION<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thing I think the Lord wants us to understand after reading this chapter is that Jesus did many miracles from healing the disabled and disease. Causing some fishermen to catch so many fish that their boats began to sink but more importantly Jesus forgave a man for sin against God.  The Pharisees rightly said that only God can do this and God wants us to see that Simon also known as Peter, James, John, and Levi also called Matthew left everything and followed Jesus.  Even after leaving everything and following Jesus, they were never short of anything or had to worry about anything because our Father takes care of all our needs and knows what is required even before we ask him.  We must do the same thing too.  \u201cSeek the first kingdom of God, and everything shall be added unto you \u201c. If you are still holding on to something just let it go and follow Jesus with all of your beings.  Are you ready to leave everything and follow after Jesus?  If not.  Why not?  What could be more important and beautiful than him?  Remember when our soul leaves our body, we go empty-handed.  Not with wealth, possessions, or fame.  All these things perish. Come let us turn away from our sins right now and repent.  Let us place our faith in Jesus Christ for Salvation.  Our father gave his only beloved son Jesus Christ to be crucified on the cross for our sins as a substitute for you and me.  Is the thing we are holding on to more valuable than Jesus and the love of our father? What if the father did not have sent his only beloved son to suffer on the cross for our sins? Where would we have been now?  We must not only remember his sorrowful passion on Good Friday.  But every single day.  Every moment of our life, every step we take.  If you have to make decisions in your life or you are confused about something.  Ask yourself if Jesus was in my place how will he deal with the circumstances?  You will surely get your answer.  If you know the scriptures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRAYERS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heavenly Father, please order my steps by your Holy Spirit, let your word guide my choices, and let me not go ahead of you.  I humbly ask for your guidance and direction today as I go through life.  Please guide me in your love and lead me in your light so that I may not succumb to temptation and that darkness may not overtake me.  Teach me to do your will, for you are my God.  Let your good spirit lead me on a level path<\/strong>. I ask this in the name of your beloved son Jesus Christ.  Amen.    Psalms 23,25,31,51,91 and 121 daily.  <\/strong>Repeat the sentence in bold in the situation you are in repeatedly.  The Holy Spirit will surely guide you. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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