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William MacDonald - Here He is speaking of all true believers. To confess Him is to receive Him as only Lord and Savior. (Borrow Believer's Bible Commentary) Confesses (homologeo) Me before men - This speaks of willingness to be bold. We all have to ask ourselves "Does this describe my attitude and actions?" THOUGHT - When someone uses Jesus' Name as a curse word, how do you respond? John
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William MacDonald - The primary reference here seems to be to the Pharisees, but of course the verse includes all who refuse Christ and are ashamed to acknowledge Him. In that day, He will say, "I never knew you." (Mt 7:23+) (Borrow Believer's Bible Commentary) Trent Butler - "What happens when you fear God? You have no fear before men. You will tell every person you meet that Jesus is the Son of God, the promised messianic Savior. When you do this, Jesus, as the Son of Man, will recognize you before the heavenly angelic counsel as belonging to his kingdom. This means your eternal victory is assured. What happens when earthly fear takes charge? Religious hypocrites come after you like they came after Jesus. Will you join their hypocritical line and say you never knew Jesus? Or will you confess that Jesus is your Lord? Now make your decision: fear human persecution—or fear not being included in Christ's eternal kingdom. (See context Holman New Testament Commentary - Luke) Crawford - The verb arneomai is used of Peter's denial before the cross, but is never used of believers afterward. The test of 2Ti 2:12 is a test of the real against the false. No true believer can deny the Lord in this sense today; only apostates do this (see 1Ti 5:8; 2Ti 3:3; 1Jn 2:22, 23; Jude 4). This is a denial of His deity and the value of His shed blood. The denial of the Master is moral error and apostasy (2Pe 2:1; Titus 1:16), and is seen in those who are reprobate. Although no genuine believer can be an apostate, it is possible for believers to adopt at least some of the behaviour of apostates (Heb 10:25; Jude 20-25). To "be denied before the angels of God" means that in the presence of God the Lord will deny that these belong to Him, and they will perish eternally. (What the Bible Teaches - Luke) Kent
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William MacDonald - One of the great dangers in the Christian life is that the acquisition of food and clothing becomes the first and foremost aim of our existence. We become so occupied with earning money for these things that the work of the Lord is relegated to a secondary place. The emphasis of the NT is that the cause of Christ should have first place in our lives. Food and clothing should be subordinate. We should work hard for the supply of our current necessities, then trust God for the future as we plunge ourselves into His service. This is the life of faith. (See Believer's Bible Commentary)
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William MacDonald - When the man comes back from the wedding, his servants are eagerly watching for him, ready to swing into action at his command. He is so pleased with their watchful attitude that he turns the tables, as it were. He girds himself with a servant's apron, seats them at the table, and serves them a meal. This is a very touching suggestion that He who once came into this world in the form of a bondslave will graciously condescend to serve His people again in their heavenly home. The devout German Bible scholar Bengel regarded verse 37 as the greatest promise in all God's word. (BORROW Believer's Bible Commentary PAGE 1420) Darrell Bock on wait (diakoneo) on them - Jesus will be so pleased with those who wait for him that He will serve them at the great banquet table, which pictures final eschatological blessing (Luke 13:29; 22:30; Rev. 19:9) (Luke 9:51-24:53 Baker Exegetical Commentary ) Gilbrant on will come up and wait on them - It probably produced some laughter among the listeners! Yet that is exactly what Jesus did in the midst of His disciples. In Lk 22:27 He affirmed that He came to serve. In John 13:4, 5 He did serve and wash their feet. He made it clear that He is to be understood as a rewarding and serving Lord. (Complete Biblical Library) NET Note agrees that this "is a reversal of expectation, but shows that what Jesus asks for He is willing to do as well; see John 13:5 and John 15:18–27, although those instances merely foreshadow what is in view here." (Luke 12) Norman Crawford has an interesting analysis on Jesus serving those He saved - In the days of His humiliation He "took upon him the form of a servant?" (Phil 2:7+) and manifested true servant character, but even in the day of His glory He will not have ceased to be the true Servant. To those who are found watching when He comes will the great honour be granted to sit down at His table and He Himself will serve them, even as He served them that day on the shore of the sea, meeting all their need (John 21:13). This eternal character as the perfect Servant explains for us the use of morphē in Phil 2:7, for this word is always the display of essential nature, not a display of temporal features. In the incarnation the Lord Jesus became what He forever will be. (What the Bible teaches – Luke) (Bolding added) Wiersbe agrees that "the remarkable thing in this story is that the master serves the servants! In Jewish weddings, the bride was treated like a queen and the groom like a king; so you would not expect the “king” to minister to his staff. Our King will minister to His faithful servants when He greets us at His return, and He will reward us for our faithfulness." (Borrow Be compassionate) Here are some related passages... Revelation 19:9+ Then he said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” And he *said to me, “These are true words of God.” Tony
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William MacDonald - The Lord Jesus knew that His coming to the earth would not bring peace at the outset. First it must cause division, strife, persecution, bloodshed. He did not come with the avowed purpose of casting this kind of fire on the earth, but that was the result or effect of His coming. Although afflictions and dissensions broke out during His earthly ministry, it was not until the cross that the heart of man was truly exposed. The Lord knew that all of this must take place, and He was willing that the fire of persecution should burst forth as soon as necessary against Himself. (Believer's Bible Commentary - borrow) And how I wish it were already kindled - So although Jesus had come and is in the last stages of His 3 year ministry, the fire had not yet been kindled. So the question arises as what is the fire to be kindled and when is it to be kindled? Again, the context helps answer this question. Notice that the next verse describes His baptism which is clearly a reference to His Crucifixion. Now think for a moment why this might be a fire that is kindled. What is fire? Judgment. What did Jesus bear on the Cross? The sins of the world. And what did the world deserve from from God? His righteous judgment. Instead as Peter stated Jesus "Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed...For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just (Jesus) for the unjust (sinners), so that He might bring us to God (cf Ro 5:1-2), having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit." (1 Pe 2:24, 1 Pe 3:18) The wages of sin in death (Ro 6:23) and when Jesus was nailed to the Cross, He took our place (cf substitutionary atonement) and bore God's righteous wrath against our sins that had been place upon Him! That is when the fire of God's judgment was kindled. This helps understand why Jesus said "I wish it were already kindled." Clearly, what He is saying is He wishes the Crucifixion was already over. Of course He agonized Gethsemane, but He was always conscious that He had a baptism of judgment to undergo, which would entail separation from His Father, something that had never transpired in Eternity past (cf the moment when "Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?" Mt 27:46)
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William MacDonald - The Son of God had come to this earth, and was standing in their very midst. Heaven had never come so near before. But they did not know the time of their visitation. They had the intellectual capacity to know, but they did not have the will to know, and thus they were self-deluded. (Believer's Bible Commentary - borrow) David