Luke 6:1-19

Things I have learned through Luke 6:

1.Common sense and doing good are always the right choice. 

2.The wisest decisions are always filtered through prayer. 

3.God chooses whom He wills not us. 

4.Miracles can and do happen when we ask them in His name. 

5.Never call good evil or evil good.

Jesus pointed out that if David and his men could violate the Law to satisfy their hunger, His disciples could do the same. Jesus may have been attempting to show that the Law was never intended to be applied so absolutely that it would take precedence over the necessities of daily life. Jesus chose to do good. The plots of the Pharisees represented doing evil and destroying. That was truly breaking the Sabbath. 

Luke 6:1-19

6 Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first that He went through the grainfields. And His disciples plucked the heads of grain and ate them, rubbing them in their hands. ² And some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”

³ But Jesus answering them said, “Have you not even read this, what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: ⁴ how he went into the house of God, took and ate the showbread, and also gave some to those with him, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat?” ⁵ And He said to them, “The Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”

Now it happened on another Sabbath, also, that He entered the synagogue and taught. And a man was there whose right hand was withered. ⁷ So the scribes and Pharisees watched Him closely, whether He would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against Him. ⁸ But He knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Arise and stand here.” And he arose and stood. ⁹ Then Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one thing: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy?” ¹⁰ And when He had looked around at them all, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored as whole as the other. ¹¹ But they were filled with rage, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

¹² Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. ¹³ And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named apostles: ¹⁴ Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew; ¹⁵ Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called the Zealot; ¹⁶ Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot who also became a traitor.

¹⁷ And He came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of His disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and be healed of their diseases, ¹⁸ as well as those who were tormented with unclean spirits. And they were healed. ¹⁹ And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all.

¹⁶ Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” Others said, ^j“How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them. 

John 9:16

⁴ But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts? 

Matthew 9:4

²³ If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath? 

John 7:23

³⁵ Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed. 

Mark 1:35

And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. 

Matthew 10:1

Job 1:6-12

In the Old Testament God’s family was the Israelites. In the New Testament God’s family is not limited to just one group of people but all creation has the means in which to enter in through Jesus. We see things now through a clouded lens the Father sees everything crystal clear. His ways are beyond our understanding and are so far above our limited thinking. 

“I am” is all knowing, all powerful and  present in every situation. 

Allow God to be God knowing that He is in total control. He will work everything out for the good of all those who believe in His salvation through the cross of Jesus Christ. We are the Body of Christ.

Stay true, trusting in His course for man and He will give you peace in all things!

God had placed a hedge of protection around Job and his household. No harm could come to him unless the Lord permitted it. Believers today should take great comfort from the biblical teaching that the Lord protects His people. Satan asserted that Job would surely curse God if his prosperity and blessings were removed.That Satan must receive permission from the Lord to lay a hand on Job indicates that God limits Satan’s power. Satan’s actions are limited by God’s sovereign control. 

Job 1:6-12

⁶ Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. ⁷ And the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?”

So Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”

⁸ Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?”

⁹ So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing? ¹⁰ Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. ¹¹ But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!”

¹² And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person.”

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

⁸ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 

1 Peter 5:8

¹⁴ And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ” 

Exodus 3:14

² He dug it up and cleared out its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst, And also made a winepress in it; So He expected it to bring forth good grapes, But it brought forth wild grapes. 

Isaiah 5:2

¹⁰A fiery stream issued And came forth from before Him. A thousand thousands ministered to Him; Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. ^sThe court was seated, And the books were opened. 

Daniel 7:10

Mark 3:1-5

Protect your heart…out of it comes compassion, mercy and grace. Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit.

In order to do the will of the Father a soft, pliable, teachable spirit is a necessity. The world will try to destroy your compassion don’t let it. 

Satan would like nothing better than to make us complacent in a world set for self destruction.

It is possible, as Paul exhorts, to be angry and not sin. Jesus demonstrated this righteous anger. He was grieved with sin but did not sin Himself by retaliating or losing control of His emotions.

Mark 3:1-5

3 And He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand. ² So they watched Him closely, whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him. ³ And He said to the man who had the withered hand,  “Step forward.” ⁴ Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they kept silent. ⁵ And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.

³² The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to slay him. 

Psalm 37:32

²⁰ So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor. 

Luke 20:20

Acts 13:46-48

He came to His own and His own received Him not.

God knew that Jesus would be rejected by the very ones that were meant to embrace Him. He sent Him anyway. God knew that He without sin would suffer terrible physical and mental afflictions for the sins of man. He sent Him anyway. God knew that that they would place Him in a another’s tomb and that it would appear that He was despised and rejected. God allowed it anyway. Why? Because God loved man that much! God wanted His creation to have the chance to choose Him and have that love returned to Him. The real shocker…Jesus loved His Father so much that He willingly gave up His life for yours. There is no greater love than this.

A person who convinces himself that he does not need forgiveness from the Holy One has already condemned himself.

Acts 13:46-48

⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷ For so the Lord has commanded us:

‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles,

That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”

⁴⁸ Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

⁵ Surely you shall call a nation you do not know, And nations who do not know you shall run to you, Because of the Lord your God, And the Holy One of Israel; For He has glorified you.” 

Isaiah 55:5

⁶ “I, the Lord, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles, 

Isaiah 42:6

⁶ Indeed He says, ‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ” 

Isaiah 49:6

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 

Romans 1:16

³² A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of Your people Israel.” 

Luke 2:32

Luke 12:46-48

To whom much is given much is required. When our eyes see and our ears hear and understand the truth of salvation we are without excuse. It is up to us, by our words and in our actions, to spread the Good News wherever we are placed.

The parable suggests degrees of God’s punishment: The faithful are rewarded, the ignorant are disciplined a little and the disobedient are disciplined moderately. In each case, the stewardship of the servant is evaluated.

Luke 12:46-48

 ⁴⁷ And that servant who knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. ⁴⁸ But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.

⁴¹ Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains. 

John 9:41

²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. 

John 15:22

³⁰ Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, 

Acts 17:30

¹⁷ Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin. 

James 4:17

¹³ although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 

1 Timothy 1:13

Philippians 1:3-11

God is faithful , full of mercy and grace.

When we sincerely want to change our character into His…He listens. We can pray knowing that whatever we ask in the precious name of Jesus, without doubting, we receive.

Be grateful for all the people that He has placed in your life…they are His loving gifts. 

In all things with prayer and supplications ask for His intervention in your life and theirs. The love we show to others in His name draws them to the Cross of Salvation.

Every time God brought the Philippians to his mind, with joy Paul gave thanks. Paul had become convinced some time in the past that God would complete His good work among the Philippians, and his confidence remained unshaken.

The word translated affection literally means the internal organs, regarded by the first-century reader as the center of the deepest feelings. Whereas the heart is the seat of reflection, Paul now speaks of his affection, his deep feelings for the believers. In modern terminology, Paul revealed that he had the “heart” of Jesus Christ. His feelings for the Philippians were like those of Jesus Christ, who loved them and died for them.

Philippians 1:3-11

³ I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, ⁴ always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, ⁵ for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, ⁶ being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; ⁷ just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace. ⁸ For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.

⁹ And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, ¹⁰ that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, ¹¹ being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

⁴ I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, 

1 Corinthians 1:4

¹⁶ do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: 

Ephesians 1:16

² We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, 

1 Thessalonians 1:2

¹⁰ For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. 

Ephesians 2:10

⁶ which has come to you, as it has also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth; 

Colossians 1:6

⁸ By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. 

John 15:8

Mark 2:18-22

Change will do you good! 

We will never get new results with old behavior.

The metaphors in the two parables were drawn from the culture of the times. When patching a garment the patch had to be washed prior to placement or it would shrink and tear away from the garment it was sown onto, likewise, if new wine was placed in old wineskin the fermenting of the fruit would eat away at the brittle skin and cause it to burst. The same holds true today.

A pliable new wineskin can take the expansion.

The new wine of the Holy Spirit requires a shift in paradigm. Jesus called for change in our worldly way of looking at the world to discerning everyday life spiritually. We need to break free from the fear of change.

The comparison implies that the newness of His message, and of the new covenant to follow, cannot fit into the old molds of Judaism. The Old Testament was preparation for the new.

^{Mark 1:15: "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news."}

^{Paul understood this. To his friends in Rome, he said, "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds" (Rom. 12:2). And to those in Philippi, "Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus" (Phil. 2:5).}

^“I believe the Lord wants to unleash a gushing river of new wine into the church today, but He is directing us to prepare our wineskins. What is old must be renewed by the Spirit, what is outdated must be remodeled, and what is ineffective must be replaced. God wants to do a new thing. Don’t resist it.

~ ”New Wine, Old Wineskins and the Fear of Change J.Lee Grady

Mark 2:18-22

¹⁸ The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. Then they came and said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

¹⁹ And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast. 

²⁰ But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days. ²¹ No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; or else the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse. ²² And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.”

Ezekiel 20_33-37

God is sovereign. 

sovereign |ˈsäv(ə)rən|

noun

1 a supreme ruler, especially a monarch.

He will not tolerate placing the created above the Creator. He will make you aware of your sins and He will show you the way to Him, through Christ, but He will not force you to enter in.

Because of His great love there are consequences to our actions…we will learn our lessons, the easy way or the hard way, but we will learn them.

Ezekiel 20:33-37

³³ “As I live,” says the Lord God, “surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, I will rule over you. ³⁴ I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out. ³⁵ And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will plead My case with you face to face. ³⁶ Just as I pleaded My case with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will plead My case with you,” says the Lord God.

³⁷ “I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; ³⁸ I will purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the country where they dwell, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

 I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger and fury and great wrath. 

Jeremiah 21:5

³⁵ Yet you say, ‘Because I am innocent, Surely His anger shall turn from me.’ Behold, I will plead My case against you, Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’ 

Jeremiah 2:35

²¹ but truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord—²² because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice, ²³ they certainly shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it. 

Numbers 14:21–23

1 Corinthians 1:18-21

God uses the rejected of men to preach the simplicity of His Gospel, His Word made flesh, so that no man could boast.

For God loved His creation enough to allow His only begotten Son to live, to die and to redeem them through His precious blood. It is all about Jesus and Him crucified, in our place, for our sins so that we could have life…abundant and eternal!

The message of the cross is the gospel, the Good News about Christ’s death and resurrection for our sins. The gospel penetrates to the core of self-centeredness. For those who exalt self, the message sounds absurd. But for those who bow humbly in faith, it becomes the power that is able to snatch them from death and impart eternal life. No wonder Paul put such confidence in this message. All human efforts to find favor with God fall woefully short. Only through faith in Christ can we be saved from our sins.

1 Corinthians 1:18-21

¹⁸ For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. ¹⁹ For it is written:

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,

And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”

²⁰ Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? ²¹ For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.

¹⁵ For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 

2 Corinthians 2:15

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 

Romans 1:16

¹⁴ Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work Among this people, A marvelous work and a wonder; For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.” 

Isaiah 29:14

³³ Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! 

Romans 11:33

Luke 8:11-15

Ask and you will receive. Knock and the door will be opened to you. Seek God and you will find Him. 

Precept by precept the Holy Spirit will reveal to you the Christ and as you become a doer of His Word you will be changed. In the measure that you believe in God is the measure that you can receive from God. Faith alone pleases Him.

The soils do not represent individual moments of decision as much as a lifelong response to God’s Word. A person needs to meditate on the truths in Scripture and establish them as principles for living in order to withstand the trials and temptations that will inevitably come. The concerns of life can squelch spiritual growth. The key here is a noble and good heart. This “soil” allows the word of God to settle in and become productive.

Patience (or forbearing) is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting on negative annoyance/anger; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties. Patience is the level of endurance one can take before negativity. It is also used to refer to the character trait of being steadfast.

 Luke 8:11-15

¹¹ “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. ¹² Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. ¹³ But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. ¹⁴ Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. ¹⁵ But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience. 

²³  having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, 

1 Peter 1:23

²⁸ But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” 

Luke 11:28

⁷ eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; 

Romans 2:7

³⁶ For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:

Hebrews 10:36

⁸ You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. 

James 5:8

Luke 11:37-44

Love will always trump legalism.

Obedience, wrote C.S. Lewis, is the key to all doors.

Do the right thing for the right reason, out of love for God, not to please others. What does the Father asks of us? He wants us to be fair, forgive easily and remain humble knowing all good comes from Him alone!

Jesus pointed out that the Pharisees concerned themselves with outward appearances and ritual cleanness, while what was inside, what really counts, was full of selfishness and evil. They neglected two basic things that the prophets also had warned about: love and justice. The Pharisees, the paragons of purity, were in fact the height of uncleanness.

Luke 11:37-44

³⁷ And as He spoke, a certain Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. So He went in and sat down to eat. ³⁸ When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first washed before dinner.

³⁹ Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness. ⁴⁰ Foolish ones! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also? ⁴¹ But rather give alms of such things as you have; then indeed all things are clean to you.

⁴² “But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass by justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. ⁴³ Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. ⁴⁴ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.”

²⁵ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence. 

Matthew 23:25

³⁸ Then He said to them in His teaching,  “Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, love greetings in the marketplaces, 

Mark 12:38

⁸ He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God? 

Micah 6:8

Luke 8:49-56

ALL THINGS are possible to him who believes. Never cease praying knowing that what we ask of the Father He hears and acts upon.

We who were dead in our sins are made alive in Christ. The Holy Spirit is the spark that lights the flame of the Christ which enables us to show others the way to LIFE in and through Him.

Rejoice in your salvation in it is your strength.

This miracle highlights not only the authority of Jesus, but also the response of faith that God honors.

Luke 8:49-56

⁴⁹ While He was still speaking, someone came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, “Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the Teacher.”

⁵⁰ But when Jesus heard it, He answered him, saying, “Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be made well.” ⁵¹ When He came into the house, He permitted no one to go in except Peter, James, and John, and the father and mother of the girl. ⁵² Now all wept and mourned for her; but He said, “Do not weep; she is not dead, but sleeping.” ⁵³ And they ridiculed Him, knowing that she was dead.

⁵⁴ But He put them all outside, took her by the hand and called, saying, “Little girl, arise.” ⁵⁵ Then her spirit returned, and she arose immediately. And He commanded that she be given something to eat. ⁵⁶ And her parents were astonished, but He charged them to tell no one what had happened.

²² So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. ²³ For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. ²⁴ Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. 

Mark 11:22–24

¹¹ These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.” 

John 11:11