Lucas 9

Lucas 9

From Jensen's Survey of the NT by permission John MacArthur's Introduction to the Gospel of Luke Charles Swindoll's Introduction to Luke Luke Overview Chart by Charles Swindoll Click chart to enlarge LIFE OF CHRIST IN GOSPEL OF LUKE (See Shaded Areas) Chart from recommended resource Jensen's Survey of the NT - used by permission Ryrie Study Bible -Borrow Source: ESV Global Study Bible ​​​​​​Introduction Lk 9:1 Christ sends his apostles to work miracles, and to preach. Lk 9:7 Herod desires to see Christ. Lk 9:10 Apostles return. Lk 9:12 Christ feeds 5000 Lk 9:18 Inquires what opinion the world had of him; foretells passion; Lk 9:23 proposes to all the pattern of his patience. Lk 9:28 The Transfiguration. Lk 9:37 Heals the Demon possessed boy Lk 9:43 Again forewarns his disciples of his passion; Lk 9:46 commends humility; Lk 9:51 bids them to shew mildness towards all, without desire of revenge. Lk 9:57 Would Be followers upon conditions. John Hannah's Outline The conclusion of the ministry of the Son of Man (Luke 9:1-50) The commission of the twelve (Luke 9:1-6) The anxiety of Herod (Luke 9:7-9) The feeding of the five thousand (Luke 9:10-17) The revelation of the Son of Man (Luke 9:18-45) Concerning His person (Luke 9:18-20) Jesus' question (Luke 9:18) The disciples' reply (Luke 9:19) Peter's reply (Luke 9:20) Concerning His work (Luke 9:21-27) Concerning His glory (Luke 9:28-36) Concerning His power (Luke 9:37-43) Concerning His death (Luke 9:44-45) The teaching of the Son of Man (Luke 9:46-50) Concerning humility (Luke 9:46-48) Concerning toleration (Luke 9:49-50) The rejection of the Son of Man (Luke 9:51-11:54) The commencement of the rejection of the Son of Man (Luke 9:51-11:13) The rejection in Samaria (Luke 9:51-56) The rejection of His call (Luke 9:57-62) The mission of the seventy (10:1-24) Luke 9:1 And He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases. KJV Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. he Lk 6:13-16; Matthew 10:2-5; Mark 3:13-19; 6:7-13 gave Lk 10:19; Matthew 10:1; 16:19; Mark 6:7; 16:17,18; John 14:12; Acts 1:8; 3:16; Acts 4:30; 9:34 Luke 9:1-9 - Steven Cole Luke 9:1-2 A Profile of a Christian Messenger, Part 1 - John MacArthur Luke 9 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Parallel passages in Matthew and Mark - Text in bold not in Luke's account. Matthew 10:1-15+ Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean (akathartos) spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Him. 5 These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; 6 but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 “And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ 8 “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give. 9 “Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts, 10 or a bag for your journey, or even two coats, or sandals, or a staff; for the worker is worthy of his support. 11 “And whatever city or village you enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and stay at his house until you leave that city. 12 “As you enter the house, give it your greeting. 13 “If the house is worthy, give it your blessing of peace. But if it is not worthy, take back your blessing of peace. 14 “Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet. 15 “Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. Mark 6:7-13+ And He summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs, and gave them authority over the unclean (akathartos) spirits; 8 and He instructed them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a mere staff–no bread, no bag, no money in their belt– 9 but to wear sandals; and He added, “Do not put on two tunics.” 10 And He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave town. 11 “Any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet for a testimony against them.” 12 They went out and preached that men should repent. 13 And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them. THE 12 EMPOWERED IN PREPARATION TO PREACH THE GOSPEL Observe Jensen's chart above to get a sense of where Jesus is timewise in His great Galilean Ministry. You will note that He has been in Galilee for about 18 months and is nearing the end of this portion of His ministry. He will soon begin His journey to Judea, Jerusalem and ultimately the Cross. Luke marks this transition time in Luke 9:51+ writing "When the days were approaching for His ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem" or as the ESV renders it Jesus "set his face to go to Jerusalem." (Lk 9:51ESV) And He called the twelve together (sugkaleo) - A divine summons. These would be the 12 apostle selected from the other disciples as described in Lk 6:13-16+ (cf Mt 10:2-3+ Mk 3:14-19+; John 1:40-49+) Matthew and Mark both say He "summoned (Call (proskaleo = to invite, call in an official manner, higher rank calling to the lower) the twelve" (Mt 10:1+ , Mk 6:7+), Matthew adds that they were "His 12 disciples.(mathetes)" (Mt 10:1+) out of a larger group of disciples that were following Him, learning from Him. "This group was called not only the “Eleven” (Lk 24:9) but also the “Twelve” (1Co 15:5) even after one of the twelve original members fell away." (Keener) Robert Morgan paraphrases Jesus' instructions to the disciples in Luke 9 - "Now, you’ve been sitting around listening to me long enough. I want you to go out knocking on some door and trying your hand at preaching. Yes, I know it’s a little threatening. Yes, I know it’s outside your comfort zone. No, I’m not going to give you a lot of training in public speaking. I just want you to travel light—don’t take too many clothes with you because you’ll have a hard time lugging around that suitcase. Just show up and say a word for me and if they listen to you, that’s great. And if you fall flat on your face, just dust yourself off and go to the next town and try again.” Morgan goes on to comment "That’s just about all the instructions He gave them. Why? In the next chapter, Luke 10, He sends them out again (ED: actually sends out 70) and this time He gives more extensive training; but for now He just wants them to get their feet wet. He wants to expose them to the process of ministry. He wants to begin to cultivate in them a sense of faithfulness. Here’s the lesson as I see it. We don’t have to do big things for Christ. We just need to do little things faithfully. If God has given you a small task for the Kingdom, do it faithfully. Being faithful means that we do that work for Christ whether we want to or not, whether it’s convenient or not, whether it seems to be doing any good or not. If God has called us to some task, role, ministry, or job—however small—we must do it faithfully. Jesus later said, “He who is faithful in little is faithful in much.” And gave them power (dunamis) and authority (exousia) over all the demons (daimonion) and to heal (therapeuo) diseases (nosos) - For a full orbed picture of Jesus' instructions one should read the parallel passages above. Jesus gave the disciples power and authority, bestowing it on them as a privilege, but a privilege that brings with it responsibility. It is significant that this is how Jesus Himself began His ministry in Lk 4:14+ in the power of the Holy Spirit. While the Holy Spirit is not mentioned in the three synoptic accounts, it is clear that the Source of the apostles' supernatural power was the Holy Spirit. He is the Source of every believer's power for ministry. Don't try to minister without reliance on the power of the Holy Spirit! NET Note - "And notice how Luke distinguishes between authority over all demons and diseases here." In other words, not all diseases are related to demonic activity. In fact most are not. THOUGHT - We too have been granted power and authority from Jesus (cf 2 Pe 1:3-4+, Acts 1:8+) so the question for each of us is this - Are we using our privileges wisely to maximum advantage for the Kingdom and the glory of God? Too many Christians consider Sunday Service the primary responsibility of their Christian life, but they forget that when they walk out of the church doors on Sunday they are entering the MISSION FIELD just as did the first disciples! Are you being a good steward of the gifts God has given you (cf 1Pe 4:10, 11+, 1Cor 4:1+) and effectively serving Him as His missionary? (cf Mt 28:18-20+) (See related THOUGHT below) How aware are you of the POWER and AUTHORITY God has provided, and how does this affect your daily life? Remember you now have the POWER to live a supernatural life "‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD of hosts." (Zech 4:6) To reiterate whatever God has called you to do for the Kingdom, He will give you the power of the King to accomplish. The corollary is that apart from Him and His power and authority we can do absolutely nothing of eternal value (Jn 15:5, 15:16). One other point, if you are sure that He has called you and yet you don't sense He is equipping you, you may need to walk out "on the water" so speak and even like Peter cry "Lord, save me." (Mt 14:30). Before Jesus' final send off of the 11 apostles (minus Judas Iscariot) to "turn the world upside down" He promised the 11 “And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with POWER from on high.” (Lk 24:49+) Of course He was referring to the promised coming of the Holy Spirit in Acts 1:8+, the same SOURCE of POWER every disciple has access to EVERY DAY! ARE YOU LIVING UP TO YOUR POTENTIAL IN CHRIST? See Spirit-Filled Believers Are Like Artesian Wells and The Holy Spirit-Walking Like Jesus Walked! Steven