GOD’S LOVE IS MANIFESTED IN US BY OUR SACRIFICIAL GIVING
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The brightness of our
revelations depend upon the correctness of our doctrines (our building blocks)
THOSE THINGS
(Luke
10:23,24) And he [Jesus] turned him unto his
disciples [Gk: learners, pupils], and said privately, Blessed [Gk: happy] are the eyes which
see the things that ye see: For I tell you, that many prophets and kings
have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things
which ye hear, and have not heard them.
WHAT THINGS? THESE THINGS:
(Luke
10:25-28) And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted [Gk: tested] him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he
answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and [love] thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast
answered right: this do, and thou shalt live [an eternal life with God (“God is love” 1 John 4:8,16)].
(Luke 10:29-32) But he [the lawyer], willing [Gk: determined] to justify [Gk: to
render, show, regard as just or innocent] himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour [1]?
And Jesus answering said, A certain man
went down from Jerusalem to Jericho [2], and fell among thieves
[3], which stripped him of his raiment [his covering], and wounded
him, and departed, leaving him
half dead [i.e., appearing
(possibly) dead]. And by chance
there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he
passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at
the place, came [closer] and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
1. The Nelson Study Bible: The
lawyer was looking for minimal obedience while Jesus was looking for absolute
obedience.
2. Dake’s Annotated Reference
Bible: “from
3. (John 10:10) The thief [Gk: a stealer] cometh not, but for to steal, and to
kill, and to destroy:
I am come that they might have life,
and that they might have it more abundantly [Gk: superior in quality].
(Luke
10:33-35) But a certain Samaritan [1],
as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion
[Gk: felt sympathy, pity] [2] on
him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring
in oil [an Old Testament
symbol of the Holy Spirit] and
wine [a New Testament symbol of
the Holy Spirit], and set him on his
own beast [the ass is a biblical
symbol of believers, that’s us] [3],
and brought him to an inn [a place
of temporary residence; a type and shadow of a church], and took care of [ministered
to] him. And on the morrow
when he departed, he took out two pence [“two
day’s wages” Amplif. Bible] [an allusion to the Third Day prophecy] [4], and gave them to the host [the
pastor], and said unto him, Take
care of him [i.e., minister to
him]; and whatsoever thou spendest
more [in sacrificial giving], when I come again [i.e., at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ
“in the third day” Hos 6:2], I
will repay thee.
1. Commentary: the Samaritans
were held by true Jews in high disrepute
as being a mixed race of Jews contaminated by foreign blood and false worship.
2. (Mar
6:34) And Jesus,
when he came out, saw much people, and
was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep
not having a shepherd: and he began to
teach [love] them many things.
3. (Mat 21:5-8) Tell ye the daughter of
4. (Hosea 6:1,2) Come,
and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive
us: in the third day he will raise us up [i.e., resurrect us], and we shall live [eternally] in his sight.
a. (2
Pet 3:8) But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one
thing, that one day is with the
Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand
years as one day.
(Luke
10:36,37) Which now of these three [the
priest, the Levite, the Samaritan],
thinkest thou, was neighbour unto
him that fell among the thieves? And
he said, He that shewed mercy
[syn: compassion, pity, forgiveness,
kindness, sympathy, understanding, benevolence] on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
(Luke
10:38-42) Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain
village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and
heard his word. But Martha was cumbered
[Gk: distracted] [syn: laden, weighted
down, burdened] about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister
hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful [Gk: to be anxious about] and troubled [Gk: to make turbid, disturbed] [1] about many things: But one thing is needful [(versus optional)]: and Mary hath chosen that good part [of service to the Lord (to learn of Him)], which shall not be taken away from her.
1. turbid = Dict: 1. muddy or
cloudy from having the sediment stirred up. 2. thick, dense, or dark, as clouds
or smoke. 3. confused; perplexed; muddled.
Amen