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Heads Up! Luke 12:4913:9 Dont miss the forest for the trees! What - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Heads Up! Luke 12:4913:9 Dont miss the forest for the trees! What - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Heads Up! Luke 12:4913:9 Dont miss the forest for the trees! What kind of Kingdom of God is being proclaimed? What kind of Messiah is doing the proclaiming? What kinds of followers will follow ? What kinds of things are they being
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Crisis Point (Luke 12:49–13:9)
Jesus as “crisis point” in history (12:49–13:10) Jesus causes division (12:49-59) He tells us why he came… Jesus calls for repentance (13:1-5) He tells us what to do about it… Jesus gives an illustration (13:6-9) He tells us to do it quickly…
The
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He tells us why he came… (Luke 12:49-59)
Princeofpeacewhat? (See Luke 2:34-35) 2 sides to the same coin (or sword, see above) Jesus as “crisis point” in history “Hypocrites”? Hey now… Jesus as Judge of History?
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He tells us why he came… (Luke 12:49-59)
Princeofpeacewhat? (See Luke 2:34-35) 2 sides to the same coin (or sword, see above) Jesus as “crisis point” in history “Hypocrites”? Hey now… Jesus as Judge of History?
“To be placed in that situation of decision is critical, for to turn toward one person or goal or value means turning away from another. According to these sayings, God is so acting toward the world in Jesus of Nazareth that a crisis is created, that is to say, Jesus is ‘making a difference,’ even within families.”
- F. B. Craddock, Luke, 166
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He tells us why he came… (Luke 12:49-59)
Princeofpeacewhat? (See Luke 2:34-35) 2 sides to the same coin (or sword, see above) Jesus as “crisis point” in history “Hypocrites”? Hey now… Jesus as Judge of History? “Do you believe in divine judgment? By which I mean, do you believe in a God who acts as our judge? Many, it seems, do
- not. Speak to them of God as a Father, a friend, a helper, one
who loves us despite all our weaknesses and folly and sin, and their faces light up; you are on their wavelength at once. But speak to them of God as Judge, and they frown and shake their heads. Their minds recoil from such an idea. They find it repellent and unworthy. But there are few things stressed more strongly in the Bible than the reality of God’s work as Judge.”
- J. I. Packer, Knowing God, 125
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He tells us why he came… (Luke 12:49-59)
Princeofpeacewhat? (See Luke 2:34-35) 2 sides to the same coin (or sword, see above) Jesus as “crisis point” in history “Hypocrites”? Hey now… Jesus as Judge of History?
“Will all people be saved, or will God not get what God wants? Does this magnificent, mighty, marvelous God fail in the end? … Is God our friend, our provider, our protector, our father — or is God the kind of judge who may in the end declare that we deserve to spend forever separated from our Father?”
- R. H. Bell, Love Wins, 98-102
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He tells us why he came… (Luke 12:49-59)
Princeofpeacewhat? (See Luke 2:34-35) 2 sides to the same coin (or sword, see above) Jesus as “crisis point” in history “Hypocrites”? Hey now… Jesus as Judge of History?
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Discussion points for small groups…
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He tells us what to do about it… (Luke 13:1-5)
2 sides to the same coin (or sword, see above) IMPORTANT & URGENT Key: Repent (this is a *loaded* term)
What does it mean? Repent from what to what? [flip back to: Luke 3:1-14; 5:27-32] Why repent?
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He tells us what to do about it… (Luke 13:1-5)
2 sides to the same coin (or sword, see above) IMPORTANT & URGENT Key: Repent (this is a *loaded* term)
What does it mean? Repent from what to what? [flip back to: Luke 3:1-14; 5:27-32] Why repent?
“Literally, this means ‘turning back’. It is widely used in Old Testament and subsequent Jewish literature to indicate both a personal turning away from sin and Israel’s corporate turning away from idolatry and back to YHWH. Through both meanings, it is linked to the idea of ‘return from exile’; if Israel is to ‘return’ in all senses, it must ‘return’ to YHWH. That is at the heart of the summons of both John the Baptist and Jesus.
- N. T. Wright, Luke for Everyone, 314
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He tells us what to do about it… (Luke 13:1-5)
2 sides to the same coin (or sword, see above) IMPORTANT & URGENT Key: Repent (this is a *loaded* term)
What does it mean? Repent from what to what? [flip back to: Luke 3:1-14; 5:27-32] Why repent?
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Discussion points for small groups…
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He tells us to do it quickly… (Luke 13:6-9)
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