{"id":408,"date":"2023-02-24T10:21:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T10:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/?p=408"},"modified":"2023-02-24T10:21:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T10:21:54","slug":"luke-chapter-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/24\/luke-chapter-9\/","title":{"rendered":"LUKE CHAPTER 9<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LUKE CHAPTER 9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Today I will summarize Luke chapter 9 where Luke wrote about the transfiguration of Jesus.\u00a0 Where Jesus feeds 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish.\u00a0 Where Jesus talked about discipleship.\u00a0 Peter\u2019s declaration about Jesus.\u00a0 Jesus speaks about his suffering and death.\u00a0 Jesus heals a boy with an evil spirit.\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus talks about who is the greatest.\u00a0 And a Samaritan village refuses to receive Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus was teaching the people and it was getting late in the day.\u00a0 Jesus\u2019 disciples told him we should probably send the people away so that they can get something to eat and find lodging for the night. Jesus told them you give them something to eat.\u00a0 This startled the disciples.\u00a0 They asked Jesus if should we go buy some food for all of these people because we have no more than five loaves of bread and two fish between all of us.\u00a0 Jesus smiled and said have the people sit down in groups of fifty each.\u00a0 So, the disciples instructed all the people to sit down.\u00a0 Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up to heaven, thanked God for them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to distribute to all the people.\u00a0 They all ate and had enough, and the disciples took up twelve baskets of what was left over.\u00a0 Later on, when Jesus was alone with his disciples, he began to teach them, and ask them questions.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He asked whom people say I am.\u00a0 They answered some say that you are John the Baptist who has been raised from the dead.\u00a0 Some say you are Elijah and others say that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.\u00a0 Jesus asked them another question.\u00a0 Whom do you say I am? Peter answered and said, \u201c I believe you are the Christ of God, the Messiah.\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus told him don\u2019t tell anyone this just yet.\u00a0 I must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests.\u00a0 I will be killed, but I will be resurrected on the third day.\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus continued if anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily and follow me.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whoever wants to save his life will lose it.\u00a0 Whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.\u00a0 What will the man profit if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?\u00a0 Whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this wicked world.\u00a0 I will be ashamed of him when I come in my glory and the glory of the father.\u00a0 Speaking of my glory, some people here will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.\u00a0 About a week after he had said these things, Jesus took Peter, John, and James with him and went up a hill to pray, While Jesus was praying his face changed its appearance, and his clothes became dazzling white.\u00a0 Two men appeared with Jesus in glory.\u00a0 Moses and Elijah began speaking about how he would soon fulfil God\u2019s purpose through his crucifixion and resurrection.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Peter, James, and John saw this and became speechless.\u00a0 As the men were leaving Jesus, Peter said to him, \u201cLord it is good that we are here.\u00a0 We will make holy tents for you and Moses and Elijah.\u00a0 But he didn\u2019t realize what was happening or what he was saying.\u00a0 Just then a bright cloud covered them with its shadow.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A voice came from heaven out of the cloud and said,\u201d This is my son, whom I have chosen.\u00a0 Listen to him.\u201d They were afraid of the voice.\u00a0 When the voice stopped, there was Jesus alone with the disciples.\u00a0 The disciples kept quiet about all this and told no one at that time what they had witnessed.\u00a0\u00a0 They went down the hill and saw people who are waiting for them to return to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A man rushed up to Jesus and said,\u201d My boy is demon-possessed.\u00a0 A spirit attacks him with a sudden shout and throws him into a fit so that he foams at the mouth.\u00a0 It keeps on hurting him and will hardly let him go.\u00a0 I begged your disciples to drive him out but they couldn\u2019t.\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus replied,\u201d How unbelieving and wrong you people are! How long must I stay with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy here.\u00a0 Jesus cast out the demon.\u00a0 All the people were amazed at the mighty power of God.\u00a0 Again, Jesus began teaching his disciples and said,\u201d Let me tell you this again and let it sink deep into your ears I am going to be handed over to the wicked men and I will be killed. I will rise again on the third day.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They all thought Jesus was going to be a military leader to crush the Roman Government and free them from political oppression.\u00a0\u00a0 They could not understand what Jesus was saying.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were bickering among themselves about who would be the greatest in the kingdom Jesus set up.\u00a0 While they bickered, Jesus brought a child over to them.\u00a0 He said,\u201d Whoever welcomes the child in my name, welcomes me.\u00a0 And whoever welcomes me, also welcomes the one who sent me.\u00a0 For he who is least among you, all is the greatest in my kingdom.\u00a0 A few days later Jesus started on his final trip traveling to Jerusalem.\u00a0 On the way, he neared a Samaritan town.\u00a0 They did not like the Jews and most Jews did not like the Samaritans.\u00a0 People in the Samaritan town did not allow Jesus or his disciples to stay there.\u00a0 James and John saw this and spoke up.\u00a0 They asked Jesus,\u201d Lord do you think we should command fire to come down from heaven and consume these people just like Elijah did?\u00a0 Jesus rebuked them.\u00a0 Jesus and his disciples left and went to another village.\u00a0 As they walked along someone saw Jesus and said,\u201d I will follow you where ever you go.\u00a0 Jesus replied to him,\u201d Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the son of man has nowhere to lie down and rest.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jesus saw another man and said,\u201d Follow me.\u201d\u00a0 But the man replied,\u201d Sir, first let me go back and bury my father.\u201d Jesus answered,\u201d Let the dead bury their dead.\u00a0 You go and proclaim the kingdom of God.\u00a0 Hearing this, another man replied,\u201d I will follow you, but first let me say goodbye to my family.\u201d\u00a0 Jesus said to him, \u201cAnyone who starts to plough and then keeps looking back is of no use to the kingdom of God.\u00a0 Jesus called the twelve disciples together and gave them the power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases.\u00a0 Then he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.\u00a0 He also instructed them o take nothing for themselves for the journey, no stick, no beggar\u2019s bag, no food, no money, not even an extra shirt.\u00a0 He said to them, \u201cwherever you are welcomed, stay in the same house until you leave that town.\u00a0 Wherever people don\u2019t welcome you, leave that town and shake the dust off your feet as a warning to them.\u00a0 The disciples did as they were told.\u00a0<\/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 fed many thousands of people by miraculously causing food to multiply when food was scarce.  God wants us to see that Jesus asked each one of us individually whom we think he is.  We must all make a choice.  God wants us to see that Jesus met with Elijah and Moses in a glorifying state called the transfiguration.  The father in heaven specified that Jesus is his beloved son and commanded all people to listen to him even while Moses represented the law and Elijah represented the prophet or in his presence.  God wants us to see that the scriptures specifically state that Jesus came to save people\u2019s lives not to destroy them.  God wants us to see that Jesus can see the motives of people\u2019s hearts.  One person wanted to follow Jesus for what he can get out of it.  One person refused to follow Jesus because of his family ties and one person refused to follow Jesus because he saw what he would have to give up and he was unwilling to do so.   Whom do you say that Jesus is? Is he a prophet or a great teacher?  Or do you say that he is the Messiah the only begotten son of God?  Jesus is asking you too directly and pointedly even right now.   He wants to know from the bottom of your heart whom you think he is. What does your heart say? This is the most important question that will ever be asked.  Come let us confess him as Lord.  Come let us turn from our sins and repent at the same time forgive one another because no one is perfect except that see a sudden peace in your heart and mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Our father, we bow before you and ask that, by your spirit, you will bring us to the place where we are truly able to pray from the heart.  \u201cYour will be Done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You know how hard we find it to submit to your way for our lives.  Lord, strengthen us to desire and do your will.  Help us to trust you when it is hard to understand what you are doing and believe in you and know that you reign supreme in all things including the things we do not understand.  Father help us to grow in discernment.  Lead us on the path of wisdom and guard us against making foolish decisions.  Help us to think clearly and correctly.  Give us the humility that seeks and hears the wise counsel of others.  Help us to be vigorous in ruling out what you forbid and ruling in what you command.  Father, we thank you that our saviour knows the intensity of our struggle when your will conflicts with our desires.  Give us the strength to believe your promises embrace your commands and bear the burdens you call us to carry.  Help us to love you with all our hearts, mind and soul, and strength.  Help us to love our neighbours as ourselves.  Help us to make disciples of people from every background, and to seek the good of people from every race.  Deliver us from the sinful habit of the complaint.  Help us to rejoice in you and be constant in prayer, and to give thanks in all circumstances.   Save us from thinking of prayer as means by which we can get you o do our will.  Make us more like Jesus.  Teach us to say,\u201d Your will be done and not mine through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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