Luke 7- Deut. 13-14 and 17-18

Luke 7-
7That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." 9When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel."

Robby was just talking last night about God thing 1's and God thing 2 that Pastor Mike has taught on. Instant miracles performed through God just speaking a word. This man understood the power Jesus had!

21At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind. 22So he replied to the messengers, "Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
Here Jesus claims that He fulfills the O.T. Law and tells the men to testify to John what they've seen with their own eyes.

39When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner."

47Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little." 48Then Jesus said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." 49The other guests began to say among themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?" 50Jesus said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."
OH the pride the Pharisees had! The woman is a sinner! We are ALL sinners!!! To have been in the presence of Jesus, knowing the miracles He performed and power He had, and the Pharisees still scoffed and questioned His authority!

Deut. 13-
1 If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a miraculous sign or wonder, 2 and if the sign or wonder of which he has spoken takes place, and he says, "Let us follow other gods" (gods you have not known) "and let us worship them," 3 you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 It is the LORD your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him. 5 That prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he preached rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you. 6 If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, "Let us go and worship other gods" (gods that neither you nor your fathers have known, 7 gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other), 8 do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity. Do not spare him or shield him. 9 You must certainly put him to death. Your hand must be the first in putting him to death, and then the hands of all the people. 10 Stone him to death, because he tried to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

Just like we studied in 2 Peter at WBS, false prophets and false teachers are present and are looking to sway our beliefs and take the focus away from God! We need to KNOW the truth in our hearts by reading and memorizing scripture, fully understanding it so when someone brings it into question or says something false, we'll be able to call them out on it!!! We're also not allowed to make excuses for the false prophets! "Show him no pity. Do not spare him or shield him." Purse the evil from among you. God says here in this passage, I don't care if it's your child, your spouse, your sibling, if they tell you to worship someone other than Me, kill them! God has no tolerance for idol worship! Verse 2 says God tests us to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. It's God I must always follow, Him I must revere, his commands I'm to obey, and He is the only one I'm to serve and hold fast to!

16 Gather all the plunder of the town into the middle of the public square and completely burn the town and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. It is to remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt. 17 None of those condemned things shall be found in your hands, so that the LORD will turn from his fierce anger; he will show you mercy, have compassion on you, and increase your numbers, as he promised on oath to your forefathers, 18 because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all his commands that I am giving you today and doing what is right in his eyes. 18 because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all his commands that I am giving you today and doing what is right in his eyes.

Here, God warns us to not hold on to things He's condemned! There are unholy things in this world and God wants us to have NOTHING to do with them! Burn it!

God help me to always examine myself for anything I might have put before you! Help me to make wise use of my time here on earth. Search me God, find whatever you don't want in my life, convict me of it God so I can purge it from me!

Deuteronomy 14
1 You are the children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,
2 for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the LORD has chosen you to be his treasured possession.

I just marvel at the creations of God! He's made animals all unique! Some have split hoofs, some don't. Some animals chew cud, some don't. GOd had a plan for EVERYTHING He's created on this earth!

6 You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud. 7 However, of those that chew the cud or that have a split hoof completely divided you may not eat the camel, the rabbit or the coney. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a split hoof; they are ceremonially unclean for you. 8 The pig is also unclean; although it has a split hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses.

22 Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year.
Here in the O.T. we are reminded to tithe, bringing a tenth of what we've earned and giving it to God because He's blessed us!

29 ...so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

God, we want to live life so we will be blessed, whether it's in this life or the next life! Thank you for calling me your child!

March 25th
Luke 9-

Deuteronomy 17-18
2and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
3He told them: "Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra tunic.

Jesus tells His disciples to go out into the world and to take NOTHING with them. What an act of faith, trusting that the Lord will provide food, shelter and clothing for them on their journey!


16Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to set before the people.
17They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
God thing 1's! Jesus is able to multiply fish and bread for thousands!


At the end of the chapter, 3 men come to Jesus and say they want to follow Him yet give 3 different reasons why they can't follow right away! He then says vs 62 "no one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kindgom of God." Jesus doesn't want our excuses, He wants us to follow Him like the disciples did, ready to leave everything behind!

23Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
24For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.
25What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?
26If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels

Vs 23, daily is the key word here to me...some days are tougher days than others but we can't use that as an excuse, we must strive daily to glorify Him! There are people in this world who are perishing, we can't be worried what people will say if we share the gospel! We can't be ashamed of the Bible!