Lucas 4
David Guzik · Citado em PreceptAustin
Lucas 4
Guzik comments that "Satan is not stupid; he will not continually put his limited resources into an ineffective battle. If you want Satan to leave you alone for a while, you must continually resist him. Many are so attacked because they resist so little. Jesus resisted these temptations because He was walking in the Word and in the Holy Spirit. These two give the believer full resource for victory. Too much Word and not enough Spirit and you puff up (in the sense of pride). Too much Spirit and not enough Word and you blow up. With the Word and the Spirit together, you grow up." A T
Lucas 4
Guzik comments that "Jesus came from His time of testing stronger than ever. Though He was already filled with the Spirit (Luke 4:1), He continued to walk in the power of the Spirit after experiencing victory over temptation. “He who, through the grace of God, resists and overcomes temptation, is always bettered by it. This is one of the wonders of God’s grace, that those very things which are designed for our utter ruin he makes the instruments of our greatest good. Thus Satan is ever duped by his own proceeding, and caught in his own craft.” (Clarke)" (Enduring Word) ESV note says one of the "Key Themes of Luke is The coming and presence of the Holy Spirit for Jesus and his followers - see Luke 1:15–17, 35; 2:25–27; 3:16, 22; 4:1, 14, 18; 24:49." (Borrow ESV Study Bible) Ivor Powell on the power of the Spirit - There can never be any effective substitute for preaching in the power of the Holy Spirit. (ED: See A Spirit Filled Church) When the Church loses this dynamic; when the services become glorified entertainments; when the message is secondary in importance to other superficial things, the Church is on the road to suicide. (Mark Commentary) Ivor Power on the power of the Spirit - The Lord Jesus was (i) baptized with the Spirit; (ii) filled with the Spirit; (iii) led by the Spirit; (iv) energized by the Spirit. It is written, "And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee." This appears to be the royal highway to a successful ministry. A well-stocked mind can never be a worthy substitute for a flaming soul. There is a great difference between wood, dead and cold in the woodshed and fiercely burning logs on the hearth. (Luke's Thrilling Gospel) Fitzmyer - A leitmotiv is sounded in the phrase “armed with the power of the Spirit.” The Period of Jesus is thus inaugurated. Because the Spirit will later be depicted as a formative factor in the early community, Luke is now at pains to present Jesus’ ministry as guided by the same Spirit’s “power.” There is continuity between the Period of Jesus and the Period of the Church. (Borrow The Gospel according to Luke (I-IX) The Gospel according to Luke : introduction, translation, and notes) James Smith - Jesus had gone out of Galilee, as others had gone, to the baptism of John, but the coming of the Holy Spirit upon Him and the assault of the devil in the wilderness had wrought a marvelous change upon His public character. "There went out a fame of Him through all the region." He was an obscure man until He was baptized with the Holy Spirit. So was Peter and the rest of the apostles. The man or woman who returns to his or her work in the power of the Spirit will not be without manifest tokens of the blessing of God. (Handfuls of Purpose) R C H