Lucas 6
John Phillips · Citado em PreceptAustin
Lucas 6
Phillips - Jesus was about to make a momentous decision, one that would affect the future of the world, but first He must spend time talking it over with God. Luke emphasizes here the essential humanity of the Lord Jesus. Consequently, he emphasizes the Lord's habits of prayer. All too often we make decisions and blunder into distressing situations simply because we fail to pray earnestly enough about them. Jesus never made that mistake. The Lord not only was dependent on the faithfulness of His Father but also was about to become dependent on the faithfulness of His friends. No wonder He felt the need for a full night of prayer....The decisions He was about to make called for great spiritual discernment. The character, capacity, and commitment of each disciple had to be weighed. (ED: HOW FASCINATING THAT HE CHOOSE ONE WHO WOULD BETRAY HIM!) (See Exploring the Gospel of Luke)
Lucas 6
Phillips - We do what we do because we are what we are. The Lord, while expounding these obvious contrasts, put an unerring finger on the crux of the matter. It is usually easy to tell what a person is like by listening to what he says. He will always, sooner or later, irrevocably betray himself. He will declare himself to be regenerate or unregenerate, spiritual or carnal, godly or worldly, clever or ignorant, wise or foolish, or good or bad. (Exploring Luke) What you say flows from what is in your heart -- Allison Trites For his mouth speaks from that which fills (perisseuma) his heart (kardia) - Jesus makes a similar statement in Matthew declaring to the Pharisees "You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills (same noun perisseuma) the heart. The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil." (Mt 12:34-35) So from Matthew we see that our heart can bring forth good or evil depending on what is in our heart.