Luke 6:12-19
The Lord Called
REVIEW:
Luke, a Gentile, has been sharing Jesus, the Jewish Messiah, with
a Gentile audience. He have great detail to Jesus’ conception and
birth then began to describe Jesus in various ways.
\\#Luke 5:2-11\\ The Personal Lord
\\#Lule 5:12-16\\ The Lord Who Cares
\\#Luke 5:17-26\\ The Lord Who Forgives
\\#Luke 5:27-35\\ The Lord Who Loves
\\#Luke 5:36-39\\ The Lord Who Brought Something New
When we came to chapter 6, Luke tied three Sabbaths together
\\#Luke 4:31, 6:1, 6:6\\. These Sabbaths had one thing in common.
On all of them, Jesus performed miracles which to the Jews violated
or broke the Sabbath. Why did Luke do that? Because even the
Gentiles would want to know why the Jews turned on one of their own.
Luke was giving the background.
What we find out is that the Jews leaders—perhaps meaning well—had
misunderstood the Law and how to honor it. Jesus did not break the
Law—He could not for that would have been sin. Instead, Jesus
revealed who He was, "the Lord (the Master, the Creator) of the
Sabbath," \\#Luke 6:5\\. Being the Lord of the Sabbath meant the Jews
should have been coming to Jesus for explanation of the Law and its
purpose not condemning Him. This caused the scribes and Pharisees to
change their attitude toward Jesus. They went from being curious to
condemning and will go to treacherous and violent.
Luke 6:11 And they were filled with madness; and
communed one with another what they might do to
Jesus.
All of this leads me to believe we well into the 2nd year of Jesus’
ministry and perhaps even further than that as we will see in a few
weeks.
CONNECTION:
Let me point out \\#Luke 6:12-19\\, the calling of the disciples, is
the prelude to \\#Luke 6:20-38\\. Some, I believe, have mistakenly
called this Luke’s account of the Sermon on the Mount. There are
several reasons why I do not think this is Luke’s rendition of the
Sermon on the Mount.
1. They are not on a mountain but in a plain.
Luke 6:17 And he came down with them, and
stood in the plain….
That is in contrast to Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount or
Mountain.
Matt 5:1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up
into a mountain….
2. At the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught the MULTITUDES
with the disciple listening on.
Matt 5:1 And seeing the MULTITUDES, he went up
into a mountain: and when he was set, his
disciples came unto him:
In Luke, Jesus taught to the DISCIPLES with the
multitudes watching.
Luke 6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his
disciples, and said….
3. Luke added a parable of the blind leading the blind
\\#Luke 6:39\\ that Matthew did not contain. Why? Because
Luke was recording a message to leaders—the Apostles— not
just followers—the multitudes.
4. If the gospels are in any kind of chronological order,
Matthew’s account of the Sermon on the Mount happened a long
time back.
Why would Jesus preach a similar message twice? The same reason all
preachers do, because different people need to hear the same truths
for different reasons. Jesus altered and repreached a message that
He had preached a year or more earlier to the public to the Apostles
that He had just called. Why? Because they needed to hear it.
Three thoughts from this text. The last one, "Jesus Preached" will
have to wait until next week.
I. \\#12\\ Jesus Prayed.
A. The Bible says of Jesus that He prayed all night to God.
B. Several thoughts came to me.
1. Wow. I know that is not profound and that you do not
need a preacher to tell you that, but….
a. God talking to God.
b. It is hard for us to image but for eternity past,
there was only God.
c. Some preaches preach that God created man so He would
have someone to be with, but God did not need anyone
to be with.
d. God is content with being with Himself.
2. To pray does not mean that Jesus made requests all night
long.
a. I do not believe He did. First, I am not certain that
was ever necessary for Jesus. Jesus is God and He did
not have to beg for any guidance that He might have
needed while on this earth.
b. I do not believe to pray means that we must be
praising or thanking God all night long either.
Both are good and part of prayer, but Jesus is God so
for Him to praise God was for Him to praise Himself.
c. I think a good portion of the night Jesus was just in
harmony and fellowship with God. They just enjoyed
One Another’s company.
d. I do not know how to explain it but sometimes I can
take a moment and it is like the Holy Ghost just
shows up. Sometimes with a need or a blessing but
sometimes just with a thought or even an emotion.
That is sweet fellowship with God.
(1) It is that fellowship that is important.
(2) Most other things lead to the fellowship.
aa. Why do we pray? To get to the fellowship
with God.
bb. Why do we read our Bible? To get to the
fellowship.
cc. Why do we obey? To keep the door open to
the fellowship.
dd. Why do we go to church? To enter into the
fellowship.
(3) It is strange how some Christians spend a lot of
time doing the "things of God" and then walk
away without even seeking the fellowship with
God!
3. I wish I could or would continuously have fellowship like
that. I’m not sure which one it is, but I wish it would
happen. And you know what, I think God does too.
(Continued in the next message.)
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