LUKE LESSON 16
We will begin this lesson in Luke 6:34 "And if ye lend [to them]
of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend
to sinners, to receive as much again."
This is just explaining that if we conduct our lives no better
than the worldly, then we will be classified as worldly. Our unselfish
attitude of helping those who we have no hope of ever getting it back
from separates the Christian as not of the world.
Luke 6:35 "But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping
for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the
children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and [to]
the evil."
Jesus, here, is speaking of those who desire to walk in His
footsteps. God loved every one of us and still does. He is not wiling
that even one will be lost. God the Father loved us so much,
regardless of our sins, that He gave His Son that we might be saved.
If we are His children, then we must love as He loves.
Luke 6:36 "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is
merciful."
Forgive and you shall be forgiven. This mercy of the Father is
what rewrote our life to include life everlasting. God's grace and
mercy is what opened the gate for us to walk through and be saved.
Luke 6:37 "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and
ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:"
God forbids us to judge other people. Jesus is the Judge of the
world. It is always very easy to see the faults of others. We cannot
see our own faults. The religious people of Jesus' day were condemning
Him with no idea of who He really was. The best policy is not to
condemn others at all, and then you won't make a mistake. If we
expect God to forgive us, then we, too, must forgive.
Luke 6:38 "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure,
pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give
into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it
shall be measured to you again."
We see, here, that the first part of this is not speaking of what
God will give you in return, but is saying that the people will give
it unto you. You not only cannot outgive God; but when you have a
giving heart, men want to give to you, as well. It is difficult to
outgive any one. If you are a greedy person, every one around you will
act just the same way.
Luke 6:39 "And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead
the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?"
Verse 39 is perhaps a warning to the people of that day not to
follow the scribes and Pharisees who were seeing all the miracles that
He was doing and were totally blind as to who He was, He is saying if
they are too blind to see this that is before their very eyes, why do
you follow them. He is also saying, if you follow them, you are just
as blind as they are; and you will fall, too, We could look at this
for us also. Signs are everywhere that the second coming of the Lord
is near. Many church people are so blinded by their doctrine (like
these Pharisees) that they cannot see the signs. The Lord warned
about getting in a rut and following without looking around you. This
is disaster for them then, and for those now who will not open their
eyes and see.
Luke 6:40 "The disciple is not above his master: but every one
that is perfect shall be as his master."
That leaves us all out, because we are not perfect. The worker's
goal should be to be as near like the master as is possible. The Lord
set the pattern. It should be our goal to fit that pattern as near as
we can. We are the apprentice, He is the Master. We are learning from
Him.
Luke 6:41 "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy
brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"
Luke 6:42 "Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me
pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest
not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first
the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull
out the mote that is in thy brother's eye."
This shows me that those of us who are ministering to others must
live wholesome, upright lives. We must allow the Lord to purge us and
do away with sin in our life before we can begin to minister to
others. How can we tell the people we are ministering to not to sin,
if there is sin in our lives. We might tell them, but it would be
meaningless as long as there was sin in us. Not, do as I say do, but
do as I do is pleasing unto God. Ministers should set a pattern of
righteousness. Rightly so, Jesus calls those hypocrites who do
otherwise. You cannot live a double life. The rules are for everyone.
Ministers are not exempt from God's laws. It is easy to see the sin in
someone else and very difficult to see it in ourselves.
Luke 6:43 "For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit;
neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit."
We know that a sticker bush does not produce luscious peaches,
don't we. To get a peach, you must have a peach tree. Peach trees do
not produce cockleburs, either. Whatever the tree is, the fruit will
be like it. We Christians are branches, and Jesus is the tree we are
to be attached to. If the tree is Christ, the branches will be Christ-
like.
Luke 6:44 "For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns
men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes."
This is what has been said above. Whatever the tree or bush is, is
what the fruit of that tree will be. Figs come from fig trees and
grapes comes from grape vines, Romans 11:16 tells it all, Romans 11:16
"For if the first fruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also [holy]: and if
the root [be] holy, so [are] the branches."
Luke 6:45 "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart
bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil
treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the
abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh."
Romans 10:10 "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Out of the
issue of the heart the mouth speaketh, as is said above, If your heart
is pure, then the words you speak will be pure, A Person with an evil
heart cannot speak sweet words. The heart is either desperately
wicked, or it is full of love for God.
Luke 6:46 "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things
which I say?"
If you call someone Lord, you are obligated to do exactly what He
tells you to do. Not only are you obligated, but by calling Him Lord
you are saying that He has every right to rule every part of your
life. These people are not living in truth, if they call Him Lord and
then do not do what He says.
Luke 6:47 "Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and
doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:"
This is like the parable of the seed that fell on good ground and
brought forth much fruit, some even 100 fold. This is a wise person
who receives the Lord and then lives trying to please Him in all that
you do.
Luke 6:48 "He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep,
and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the
stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it
was founded upon a rock."
The wise person builds his life upon the Rock who is Jesus Christ
our Lord. The storms of life may come and try to wash us off of the
Rock, but this is the solid Rock that cannot be moved. If we are
grounded in the teachings of Jesus, problems will still come; but we
will not be overwhelmed by them. We will be able to stand and not be
moved. The Lord is our very present help in all our troubles. When we
ask in the name of Jesus Christ, God will answer our prayers and help
us. In St. John 14:13 we read, "And whatsoever ye shall ask in my
name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son."
Luke 6:49 "But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that
without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the
stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of
that house was great."
Men who build houses will tell you that they dig down over 8
inches until they find a really solid spot to put the footing for the
house to be built upon. If they did not do this and put the house on
sand or loose dirt at the top, the whole house would shift if a hard
rain came. A foolish man would build his house or his life in this
manner, He would not have a solid foundation for his house or his
life. He would just float around until he fell. Great would be the
fall of this man.
Luke 16 Questions
1. Why should we not lend to receive in return?
2. Who will we be called the children of if we love our enemies?
3. If we belong to God. how should we conduct our lives?
4. Why should we be merciful?
5. What 2 things allowed us to walk through the gate to salvation?
6. How can you be guaranteed you will not be judged?
7. Who is the Judge of all the world?
8. Who was condemning Jesus. because they had no idea who He was?
9. Describe the way you will be given good things, if you give first?
10. How will God measure things to us?
11. We know we cannot outgive God. Who else can we not outgive?
12. If the blind lead the blind, what will happen to both of them?
13. Who were the blind Jesus was speaking of here?
14. Who shall be as their master?
15. What should be the goal of every Christian?
16. Before a person starts telling someone else about their faults,
what should that person do?
17. How should the person ministering to others live?
18. What type of pattern should a minister set?
19. A good tree bringeth forth _______ fruit?
20. We Christians are branches, and Jesus is the __________.
21. What is a tree known by?
22. What message do we get in Romans 11:16?
23. Of the abundance of the __________ the mouth speaketh.
24. Romans 10:10 says. "For with the ________ man believeth unto
righteousness".
25. What did Jesus tell them not to call Him, unless they did what He
said?
26. A person who comes to Jesus and listens and does what Jesus says
is like whom?
27. The foolish man's house was built on what?
28. What is the secret to getting our prayers answered?
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