← Repent, Bear Fruit, and Live — July 1 [Description]Overview of the Passage:Jesus uses current events, a tragic temple massacre, and the parable of a barren fig tree to warn His listeners of the urgent need for personal repentance. He dispels the belief that disaster means someone else’s guilt and reminds all that unless they turn to God, they too will face judgment. Though Israel had every spiritual advantage, it bore no fruit, misrepresenting God to the world. Yet God, full of mercy, delays jud…
Flipping the Script: The Last Will Be First — July 3 [Description]Overview of Luke 13:22-33:In this passage, Jesus is journeying toward Jerusalem and teaching along the way. Someone asks Him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?” Jesus responds not with a number, but with a challenge:“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door…” (v. 24)He emphasizes that entering God’s Kingdom isn’t about casual association with Him or religious activity—it requires personal commitment, urgenc… →
Healing Over Hypocrisy — July 2 [Description]Overview of Luke 13:10-17:In this passage, Jesus is teaching in a synagogue on the Sabbath when He sees a woman who had been crippled for 18 years, bent over and unable to straighten up. With compassion, Jesus calls her forward, declares her free from her infirmity, and heals her immediately.This act infuriates the synagogue leader, who criticizes Jesus for healing on the Sabbath, implying it breaks religious law. But Jesus responds boldly, exposing the hypocrisy of the religious leaders by pointing out that even they untie their animals to give them water on the Sabbath—so how much more should a daughter of Abraham be untied from her suffering?The crowd rejoices at Jesus’ words and the miraculous healing, while His opponents are publicly humiliated.Key Themes:- Freedom through Jesus- God’s heart over man-made rules- The value of compassion over tradition- Jesus as the liberator from both physical and spiritual bondage 365D 183
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Luke 13:10-17 365D 183.1
10 Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 365D 183.2
11 And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up. 365D 183.3
12 But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.” 365D 183.4
13 And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. 365D 183.5
14 But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath; and he said to the crowd, “There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day.” 365D 183.6
15 The Lord then answered him and said, “Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it? 365D 183.7
16 So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?” 365D 183.8
17 And when He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him. 365D 183.9