Bible in one year 1/24/2022 Luke 9-10 By Rev.Katherine Liu Bruce

 Bible in one year 1/24/2022 Luke 9-10

By Rev.Katherine Liu Bruce

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Chapter 9:23- 27

Then he said to them all “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.” (Luke9:23-27).

 “A voice came from the cloud, saying, “ This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him.”(Luke9:35)

 The Son of Man has not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.(Luke9:56)

 

Chapter 10 Rejection by a lawyer -Parable of the Good Samaritan ( Luke 10:25-37)

  

   

       On one occasion and expert in the law stood up to test Jesus “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the Law?” he replied, “ How do you read it?” He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength, and with all your mind and love your neighbor as yourself.” (Luke10:25-27) You have answered correctly, Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.” But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” (v.29) In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. (v.30). A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. (v.31). So too, a Levite when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. (v.32)

But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring an oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. the next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. “Look after him,” he said, “and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.” (vv.33-35).

Which of these do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?  (v.36) the expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise”. (v.37)  

 

  Verse 30 A man. This is one of the parables narrated only by Luke. It conveys the principle of high morality in the Savior’s full salvation. The Savior intended the “certain man” to be a figure of the self-justified lawyer (v.29) as a sinner who had fallen from the foundation of peace (Jerusalem) to the condition of curse (Jericho). A fall from city of the foundation of peace to the city of curse. Jerusalem means foundation of peace (Heb.7). Jericho was a city of curse (John6:26);1 Kings16:34).

Robbers. Signifying the legalistic teachers of the Judaic law (John10:1), who used the law (1Cor.15:56) to rob lawkeepers such as the self-justified lawyer.  Stripped him, signifying the stripping caused by the Judaistic teachers’ misused of the law. Beaten him, laid blows upon; signifying the killing by the law (Rom.7:9-10). Leaving him, signifying that the Judaistic teachers left the lawkeeper in a dead condition. (Rom.7:11,13).

           Verse 31 A certain priest, the one who should have cared for God’s people by teaching them the law of God (Deut.33:10; 2 Chron.15:3) was going down on the same road and was thus unable to render any help to the beaten one.

         Verse 32 A Levite, one of those who helped God’s people in their worship to God (Num1:50;3:6-7;8:19) was coming to the same place, and he too was unable to render any help to the dying one.

          Verse 33 Samaritan, signifying the Man-Savior, who apparently was a layman of low estate. He was despised and slandered as a low and mean Samaritan (John8:48;4:9) by the self-exalted and self-justified Pharisees, including the one to whom He was speaking here (vv.25,29).Such a Man-Savior, in His lost –one –seeking and sinner-saving ministry journey (19:10), came down to the place where the wounded victim of the Judaistic Robbers lay in his miserable and dying condition. When He saw him, He was moved with compassion in His humanity with His divinity and rendered him tender healing and saving care, fully meeting his urgent needs (vv.34-35).

In verses 34-35 all the aspects of the good Samaritan’s care for the dying one portray the Man-Savior in His merciful, tender, and bountiful care. In His humanity with His divinity, for a sinner condemned under law, showing to the uttermost His high standard of morality in His saving grace:

1.      He bound up his wounds-healing him;

2.      He poured oil and wine on his wounds which signifying giving him the Holy Spirit and the divine life (Matt.9:17; John2:9);

3.      He place him on his own beast (a donkey)-- carrying him by lowly means in a lowly way (Zech9:9).

4.      He brought him to an inn—bringing him to the church.

5.      He took care of him ---Taking care of him through the church.

6.      He paid the inn for him –blessing the church on his behalf.

7.      He said that he would repay at his return whatever the inn spent –declaring the whatever  the church spends in this age on one who is saved by the Lord will be repaid at the Savior’s coming back.  

      Verse 36 The self-justifies lawyer thought that he could love another as his neighbor (v.29), not knowing, under the blindness of self-justification, that he himself needed a neighbor, the Man-Savior, to love him.

 Verse 37 Or, The one who dealt mercifully with him. The self-justified one was helped to know that he needed a loving neighbor (such as the good Samaritan, who was a figure of the Man –Savior) to love him, not a neighbor for him to love. The Savior intended to unveil to him through this story (1) That the was condemned to death under the law and was unable to take care of himself, much less love others, and (2) that the Man-Savior was the One who would love him and render him full salvation. 

 Theological implication

1) Samaritan, signifying the Man-Savior, He was despised and slandered as a low and mean Samaritan (John8:48;4:9) by the self-exalted and self-justified Pharisees, including the one to whom He was speaking here (vv.25,29). a Man-Savior, in His lost –one –seeking and sinner-saving ministry journey (19:10), came down to the place where the wounded victim of the Judaistic Robbers lay in his miserable and dying condition. When He saw him, He was moved with compassion in His humanity with His divinity and rendered him tender healing and saving care, fully meeting his urgent needs.

2) All the aspects of the good Samaritan’s care for the dying one portray the Man-Savior in His merciful, tender, and bountiful care. In His humanity with His divinity, for a sinner condemned under law, showing to the uttermost His high standard of morality in His saving grace -He said that he would repay at his return whatever the inn spent – whatever the church spends in this age on one who is saved by the Lord will be repaid at the Savior’s coming back. 

3) The self-justifies lawyer thought that he could love another as his neighbor (v.29), not knowing, under the blindness of self-justification, that he himself needed a neighbor, the Man-Savior, to love him.

 

 

Bibliography,

Lee, Witness. The New Testament (R.V.) Anaheim, CA: Living Stream Ministry, 1985.

Ryrie, Charles C. The Ryrie Study Bible (NIV).Chicago, IL: The Moody Bible Institute, 1986.