Luke 9:56 “For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” And they went to another village.”    So if Christ did not go to that village, and moved on to the next, was that not the same as destroying those lives? Would not the lack of light…

Luke 9:55 “But He turned and rebuked them, and said, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of.”    Jesus uses wording here that might seem strange to us. But, basically, He is telling His disciples that they are going in the wrong direction with this. This is the beginning of the…

Luke 9:54 “And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?”    This one will make you think. Here we have a town that rejected Christ’s disciples, and thus rejected Him as a…

Luke 9:53 “But they did not receive Him, because His face was set for the journey to Jerusalem.”    This Samaritan city did not accept the person of Christ for a couple of reasons. First, they did not accept this Jewish Messiah. They shared the ethnic bigotry that was pervasive in the relationship of the…

Luke 9:52 “and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him.”    Not every Samaritan was friendly to Christ. Though they did receive Him in spite of how the Jews felt about it, there were those among them that also rejected the truth.…

Luke 9:51 “Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem,”    Being a part of the Divine Essence Jesus knew the timing that the Godhead had determined beforehand for everything. Jerusalem was His target. And, thus we…

Luke 9:50 “But Jesus said to him, “Do not forbid him, for he who is not against us is on our side.”    Jesus doesn’t have to fight everybody. We do need to contend for the faith. There is a hill to stand on. But, often we tend to fight those who are fighting on…

Luke 9:49 “Now John answered and said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us.”    In context they had just been talking about who was great. So, this conversation followed naturally. The disciples may have thought that at the very least…

Luke 9:48 “and said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me. For he who is least among you all will be great.”    Jesus just went form the least of the least to the greatest of the greatest in two hops.…

Luke 9:47 “And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a little child and set him by Him,”    Jesus is always teaching. Always. His disciples gave Him lots of opportunities for it, and so do we even today. And, He is always patient. And, He is always very effective.    Jesus knew what…