{"id":12083,"date":"2020-10-23T20:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T03:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/luke_18_18-30-copy\/"},"modified":"2020-10-18T18:02:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T01:02:09","slug":"luke_18_31-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/luke_18_31-43\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Traits That Help You Experience God’s Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke 18:31-43 \u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Luke 18:31-43. Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Luke 18:31-34 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n31 \u00a0Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
\n32 \u00a0He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him and kill him.
\n33 \u00a0On the third\u00a0<\/em>day<\/em>\u00a0he will rise again.”
\n34 \u00a0The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 31-34: According to Jesus himself, the Old Testament (i.e. \u201cthe prophets\u201d – v31) predicts that the Messiah (\u201cthe Son of Man\u201d) would be handed over to be mocked and killed, but afterwards would rise again.<\/p>\n

Notice that Jesus specifically says in verse 32 that he will be handed over to the Gentiles.\u00a0One of Luke\u2019s big themes is that Jesus came not just to save the Jews but to save the Gentiles (all non-Jewish people) as well. Other places in Scripture focus on how it was the Jews who handed Jesus over to be crucified (e.g. Acts 2:22-23). But here Luke emphasizes that Jesus would be given into the custody of Gentiles who would mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him and kill him.\u00a0It is not just Jews but Gentiles too \u2013 indeed all of humanity \u2013 that is ultimately responsible for Jesus\u2019 death.<\/p>\n

Luke 18:35-43 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n35 \u00a0As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
\n36 \u00a0When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
\n37 \u00a0They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”
\n38 \u00a0He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
\n39 \u00a0Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
\n40 \u00a0Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,
\n41 \u00a0“What do you want me to do for you?” “Lord, I want to see,” he replied.
\n42 \u00a0Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.”
\n43 \u00a0Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 35-43: In Mark\u2019s account of this event, we learn that this blind man\u2019s name was Bartimaeus. In his own application commentary[1] Pastor Jon Courson does a great job of identifying 3 characteristics that Bartimaeus displayed in the way he approached Jesus.<\/p>\n

First,\u00a0Bartimaeus was humble<\/strong>. Notice that when Bartimaeus calls out to Jesus, he is not blaming God for his problem.\u00a0Rather he is asking God for mercy.<\/p>\n

Second,\u00a0Bartimaeus was tenacious<\/strong>. Bartimaeus was living out Jesus\u2019 parable of the persistent widow at the beginning of chapter 18. He called out to Jesus with persistence and perseverance, even when people were telling him to shut up. Bartimaeus was tenacious in prayer.<\/p>\n

Third,\u00a0Bartimaeus was expectant<\/strong>. Bartimaeus believed Jesus could heal him. That\u2019s why he called out so persistently and approached him so humbly.<\/p>\n

Because Bartimaeus was humble, tenacious and expectant, Bartimaeus experienced God\u2019s power doing the impossible in his life<\/strong>. May you and I also be humble, tenacious and expectant in the way we approach God and thus experience God powerfully in our own lives.<\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, like Bartimaeus, may I be humble, tenacious and expectant in the way I approach You today. Thank You for having mercy on me. Please show Your power in and through my life. In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

[1] Courson, Jon.\u00a0Jon Courson’s Application Commentary \u2013 Jon Courson’s Application Commentary New Testament<\/em>. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2004. WORDsearch CROSS e-book.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Luke 18:31-43. Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Luke 18:31-34 (NIV)\u00a0
\n31 \u00a0Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
\n32 \u00a0He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him and kill him.
\n33 \u00a0On the third\u00a0day\u00a0he will rise again.”
\n34 \u00a0The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.<\/p>\n

On verses 31-34: According to Jesus himself, the Old Testament (i.e. \u201cthe prophets\u201d – v31) predicts that the Messiah (\u201cthe Son of Man\u201d) would be handed over to be mocked and killed, but afterwards would rise again.<\/p>\n

Notice that Jesus specifically says in verse 32 that he will be handed over to the Gentiles.\u00a0One of Luke\u2019s big themes is that Jesus came not just to save the Jews but to save the Gentiles (all non-Jewish people) as well. Other places in Scripture focus on how it was the Jews who handed Jesus over to be crucified (e.g. Acts 2:22-23). But here Luke emphasizes that Jesus would be given into the custody of Gentiles who would mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him and kill him.\u00a0It is not just Jews but Gentiles too \u2013 indeed all of humanity \u2013 that is ultimately responsible for Jesus\u2019 death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12083"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12084,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12083\/revisions\/12084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}