What Jesus Did

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[After Jesus affirmed the importance of the commands to love God and love your neighbor, as stated by the expert in religious law, the expert] wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

—Luke 10:29 NLT

Key Thought​

So often when the conviction of God's word strikes our hearts, we try to justify ourselves rather than simply throwing ourselves on the mercy of God and changing our hearts and lives in accordance with God's word. If the...

 

[To answer, "Who is my neighbor?"] Jesus replied with a story: "A Jewish man was traveling from Jerusalem down to Jericho, and he was attacked by bandits. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him up, and left him half dead beside the road.
"By chance a priest came along. But when he saw the man lying there, he crossed to the other side of the road and passed him by. A Temple assistant walked over and looked at him lying there, but he also passed by on the other side.

"Then a despised...

 

One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: "Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?"
Jesus replied, "What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?"

The man answered, "'You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.' And, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

"Right!" Jesus told him. "Do this and you will live!"


—Luke 10:25-28 NLT

Key Thought​

Some...

 

Then when they were alone, [Jesus] turned to the disciples and said, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you have seen. I tell you, many prophets and kings longed to see what you see, but they didn't see it. And they longed to hear what you hear, but they didn't hear it."

—Luke 10:23-24 NLT

Key Thought​

The apostles were common men given an incredible blessing. They were blessed to be able to see God's greatest promise fulfilled and embodied in Jesus. We have received their...

 

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[Jesus continued,] "My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

—Luke 10:22 NLT

Key Thought​

Jesus reveals the Father. Do you want to know the Father? You need to look to Jesus! Jesus is the Father's ultimate expression in human form. He is the Father's Word of life [1] — the Father's message spoken through the life of Jesus...

 

At that same time Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit, and he said, "O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike. Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way."

—Luke 10:21 NLT

Key Thought​

Joy is a sign of the Spirit's presence. [1] It was in Jesus' day, and it is in our day. For Jesus, the basis of this joy included God's plan to reveal his truth...

 

When the seventy-two disciples returned [after being sent as missionaries], they joyfully reported to [Jesus], "Lord, even the demons obey us when we use your name!"
"Yes," he told them, "I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning! Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure you. But don't rejoice because evil spirits obey you; rejoice because your names are registered in heaven."

—Luke...

 

When the seventy-two disciples returned [after being sent as missionaries], they joyfully reported to [Jesus], "Lord, even the demons obey us when we use your name!"

—Luke 10:17 NLT

Key Thought​

Jesus' name is so frequently used in vain today that we often forget how powerful his name is. We pray in Jesus' name because he intercedes for us with authority. By praying in Jesus' name, we invoke his authority and power to work in our lives and the lives of others for whom we pray. We...

 

Then [Jesus] said to the disciples [he was sending as missionaries], "Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God, who sent me."

—Luke 10:16 NLT

Key Thought​

As Jesus' disciples, we must not take the rejection, or the acceptance, of the message of Christ personally. Yes, we should be passionate about sharing that message. Yes, we must understand the eternal implications of accepting or...

 

[Jesus continued,] "What sorrow awaits you, ### and ###! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked ### and ###, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse. Yes, ### and ### will be better off on judgment day than you. And you people of ###, will you be honored in heaven? No, you will go down to the place of the dead."

—Luke 10:13-15 NLT

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Jesus seldom...