The recognition of the good that is in the evil is the devout man’s talisman, but there is always need for the resistance and endurance which my texts prescribe. “Meaning” is what the writer intended. So I think I have made out my thesis that the two sayings are substantially one. But Christ prescribes to us this defense of our life, that we should be always exposed to death, and walk, through fire, and water, and sword, (Psalms 66:12.). Lastly, note the crown which endurance wins. Wrong. Old Testament Genesis 1:1–31 Genesis 1:1 Genesis 1:26–28 Genesis 1:26–27 The following is an excerpt from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on John 1. Many a martyr had the promise, ‘Not a hair of your head shall perish,’ fulfilled at the very moment when the falling axe shore his locks in twain, and severed his head from his body. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold." 19 In your patience possess ye your souls. I. These two sayings, different as they sound in our Version, are probably divergent representations of one original. In your patience, or ‘stedfastness,’ ye shall win your souls, or ‘lives.’ In the endurance of these predicted afflictions they should gain, or come into the possession of, their true life. Happy birthday to me! So the essence of these verses is twofold. поÑÑнение к ÐÑ. Mark how emphatically our Lord here makes the space within which that virtue has to be exercised conterminous with the whole duration of our lives. — Matthew 4:24; Acts 2:5 . The whole verse might be rendered, By your endurance save ye your souls; the same as, "He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." In your patience possess ye your souls. In 20:30-31, the Fourth Evangelist stated the purpose of this Gospel and concluded. First, he wants them to know that all is not as bad as it looks, and therefore they shouldn’t be too quick to follow preachers of doom and gloom. Lectionary Reflections Luke 21:5-19 November 17, 2013. I. Persistent perseverance in the path that is marked out for us is especially the virtue that our Lord here enjoins. The dreadful persecutions that must be faced and the certain security of all who are in Christ. (132) In a word, Christ orders us to possess our life both under the cross, and amidst the constant terrors of death. Now, secondly, mark the victorious temper. "All men will hate you because of Me. It cannot mean that martyrs can earn justification by remaining faithful rather than apostatizing since justification comes by faith, not works (cf. The Meaning of “Meaning” “Meaning” is entirely different than “application” when it comes to reading, interpreting and actualizing the word of God. II. —Luke 21:17-19. Christian people, to how many of us should the word be rung in our ears: ‘Ye did run well; what did hinder you’? Chapter 20 tells the story of the resurrection and Jesus' appearances to Mary and the disciples. \"But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship oth… Similar various readings in Romans 5:1, or . Wherever two or three are gathered together, even if they gather for a feast, there will be some of them who carry a sorrow which they know well will never be lifted off their shoulders and their hearts, until they lay down all their burdens at the grave’s mouth; and it is weary work to plod on the path of life with a weight that cannot be shifted, with a wound that can never be stanched. First, it is seen in Matthew 21:18-22, and then also in Mark 11:12-14. For you know it is only ‘what cannot be cured’ that ‘must be endured,’ and even incurable things are not merely to be endured, but they ought to be utilised. • Gave the Parable of the Wicked Tenants, pointing to We can go to God for protection. But there should be fire within the mountain, though there may be snow on its crest. The reasons for so supposing are manifold and obvious on a little consideration. By standing firm you will gain life." Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Luke 21:5-19 EXEGESIS: LUKE 19-21. [17] "But there shall not an hair of your head perish." In our world, an astonishing number of people, including Christians, speak freely of “a different truth for each … “Meaning” is entirely different than “application” when it comes to reading, interpreting and actualizing the word of God. 1. [Footnote] Christianity may have arrived in Damascus either following Jesus’ preaching in Galilee or after Pentecost 33 C.E. Everyone experiences hate and bitterness at some point in their life. But he tells us to stand firm and do nothing. The Lord has a special place in His heart for the afflicted (Ps. And such self-control which is the winning of ourselves is, as I believe, thoroughly realised only when, by self-surrender of ourselves to Jesus Christ, we get His help to govern ourselves and so become lords of ourselves. It may mean that perseverance will earn an eternal reward (cf. She gave out of her need. Luke’s Gospel is dated to about 85 ce, 15 years or so after the destruction of the Jerusalem temple by the Romans in 70 ce, which means that for Luke’s readers what Jesus says in Luke 21:5-6 is more a reflection on the temple’s destruction than a prediction of it. Acts 1:18; Acts 8:20; Acts 22:28. In the first place, the two sayings occur in the Evangelists’ reports of the same prophecy and at the same point therein. II. Daily Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions. If we are to know God personally as the Scriptures declare we can and must, and if we are to avoid the perversions about God that we find in a satanically-deceived world, we must learn what God is like and who God is from His God-breathed revelation to us in the Bible. 533-534. Luke 21:36; Revelation 2:10). I also include the date of writing of Acts, which was written by Luke, and I often mention Luke’s involvement, since he was a key player in Paul’s life and ministry, and his biographer. Luke 21:17-19; "And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake." Can He be described? Self-surrender is self-possession. And so our two texts presuppose that life on the whole demands endurance, whatever may be included in that great word. As Christians, we are called to live in ways that many won’t understand. And the youngest of us, the gladdest of us, the least experienced of us, the most frivolous of us, if we will question our own hearts, will hear their Amen to the stern, sad view of the facts of earthly life which underlies this text. Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and Preaching Slides on Luke 21:5-19. After various turmoils the decision is made to move him to Caesarea for his own safety. possess ye = ye shall possess. Besides the hindrances in every noble path, the hindrances within and the hindrances without, the weight of self and the drawing of earth, there come to us all-in various degrees no doubt, and in various shapes-but to all of us there come the burdens of sorrows and cares, and anxieties and trials. I have said that the words of our texts have an application to bodily preservation in the midst of the dreadful dangers of the siege and destruction of Jerusalem. 10 Christianity may have arrived in Damascus either following Jesus’ preaching in Galilee or after Pentecost 33 C.E. 18-27 - The Watchtower—1990 A Bible Prophecy You Have Seen Fulfilled (1 occurrence) 4 All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”. While there are slight differences between the two accounts, they are easily reconciled by studying the passages. There is required something more than passive endurance. Stand firm, and you will win life. “Meaning” is what the writer intended. The temple fascinated both Jesus and His disciples, but how different were those things which attracted them. And # Luke 22:41; Acts 9:40; 20:36 we knelt down on the shore and prayed. His attitude toward Hagar and Ishmael is vastly different than Sarah’s. Some translations do not even contain the word, while in others it is found only once in Revelation 21:8, in which the coward is condemned to hellfire along with murderers and sorcerers. Now, secondly, mark the victorious temper. Luke 21:36; Revelation 2:10). The money lende… By their patient endurance as they gave testimony to Him and endured persecution they would gain in its fullest realisation the eternal life that they have received through Jesus. Not so the saints: Revelation 13:10 [“He that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.” Similar power to … In the chart below the names of letters (and other books of the New Testament) and their places of writing are in red and dates and major time periods are in green . This is the man # (Matt. on StudyLight.org All which things being kept in view, I may expand the great promise that lies in my text, as follows:- First, by such persevering persistence in the Christian path, we gain ourselves. Let us try now to reap some of that harvest. In the second place, the verbal resemblance is much greater than appears in our Authorised Version, because the word rendered ‘patience’ in Luke is derived from that translated ‘endureth’ in Matthew; and the true connection between the two versions of the saying would have been more obvious if we had had a similar word in both, reading in the one ‘he that endureth,’ and in the other ‘in your endurance.’ In the third place, the difference between these two sayings presented in our Version, in that the one is a promise and the other a command, is due to an incorrect reading of St. Luke’s words. And, indeed, no man will commit his soul into the hands of God in a right manner, unless he have learned to live from day to day constantly prepared to die. The verb, unless used in the perfect tense, always involves the idea of âacquiringâ rather than âpossessing,â and the command so understood answers to the promise, âHe that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved,â in Matthew 23:13, Mark 13:13. First, then, notice the view of our condition which underlies these sayings. 2. Despite Peter’s cowardice on occasion, Jesus loved him and continued to call him a disciple (Luke 22:31–32; John 21:15–22). (St. Gregory, Mag. It means active persistence as well as patient submission. Comparing and contrasting two accounts of the same story gives readers the benefit of different perspectives and details. Paul is arrested in Jerusalem (as a result of a misunderstanding concerning Trophimus). 3 “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. The others gave out of their abundance. 1 Thessalonians 4:4. But it is more commonly used in the New Testament to mean more generally, "destroy, demolish, dismantle" and "put an end to." Just as important, Luke traveled with the Apostle Paul. I wonder how many of us would scarcely know our own former selves if we could see them. They carry a great weight of warning, of exhortation, and of encouragement to us all. Though it has many other aspects, the world seems to me sometimes to be like that pool at Jerusalem in the five porches of which lay, groaning under various diseases, but none of them without an ache, a great multitude of impotent folk, halt and blind. We are not our own masters then. In Mark’s account (Mark 11: 12-14), we read the fig tree parable before we get to Jesus clearing the temple courts.While Matthew’s account, the order of the story is swapped. — Matthew 4:24; Acts 2:5 . What is God like? Ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake. Luke 21:17-19 17 Everyone will hate you because of me. Some interpreters believe that this verse simply restates in different terms the principle that those who endure to the end will experience salvation ( Matthew 24:13; Mark 13:13). It cannot mean that martyrs can earn justification by remaining faithful rather than apostatizing since justification comes by faith, not works (cf. Easy-going optimists try to skim over these facts, but they are not to be so lightly set aside. The boat is simply identified as “Simon’s” without any explanation of who Simon is (see Luke 5:3), similar to the previous healing episode of Peter’s mother-in-law in Luke. 18 But not a hair of your head will perish. First, in the Old Testament the fig tree often stood as a symbol for the nation of Israel (Jeremiah 8:13; Hosea 9:10). Romans 2:7). Acts 21:17-19 (James 1:1) (Jude 1) The leaders suggest a plan for Paul to improve his reputation among the Jewish Christians in Jerusalem, which Paul follows. It is not enough that we should build up a dam to keep the floods of sorrow and trial from overflowing our fields; we must turn the turbid waters into our sluices, and get them to drive our mills. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. аклÑÑиÑелÑном аÑпекÑе ÑпаÑÐµÐ½Ð¸Ñ â пÑоÑлавлении. You have only to look at the faces that you meet in the street to be very sure that it is always a grave and sometimes a bitter thing to live. The endurance which wins the soul, and leads to salvation, is no mere passive submission, excellent and hard to attain as that often is; but it is brave perseverance in the face of all difficulties, and in spite of all enemies. And yet there are times when patience is by no means a counsel of despair, III. With Jesus’ forgiveness and the gift of His sanctifying Spirit, Peter learned to live a life of great faith and boldness despite facing persecution (1 Peter 4:12–19; John 21:17–19). While there are slight differences between the two accounts, they are easily reconciled by studying the passages. Luke, for instance, wants to make sure that his Christian community hears two things in particular. • Taught and answered hostile questioners (19:47-48; 20:1-8, 20-40). Note how in the chiasmus this statement parallels the earlier “It will turn out to you for a testimony” (Luke 21:13). Old Testament Genesis 1:1–31 Genesis 1:1 Genesis 1:26–28 Genesis 1:26–27 When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said, “As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down.” We never own ourselves till we have given up owning ourselves, and yielded ourselves to that Lord who gives us back saints to ourselves. As far as we are in their circumstances, the application will be just, but no further. 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. Read Acts 21 commentary using Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible. News flash-there are no perfect mothers. Upon his return the elders of the Church of YEHOVAH God in Jerusalem welcomed him, and heard his report of the miracles and wonders YEHOVAH had done among the Gentiles (Acts 21:17-19). 24:13. The Widow’s Offering( A) 21 As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. (See Scofield "Luke 2:1"). When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said, “As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down.” For hear how the Master introduces them: ‘Some of you shall they cause to be put to death, but there shall not a hair of your heads perish. 27 Now when the seven days were almost ended, # Acts 20:19; 24:18 the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and # Acts 26:21 laid hands on him, 28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help! Acts 21:20-26 . But this I desire to insist upon, that right on to the very close of life we are to expect the necessity of putting forth the exercise of the very same persistence by which the earlier stages of any noble career must necessarily be marked. \"See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and adversity; in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that the LORD your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it. 21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls. ‘In’ means: in this God appointed way, not strictly, by means of it. – Francis Schaeffer, The Church at the End of the 20th Century What does the Bible say about happiness? Whether it’s from friends, family, or coworkers, it happens to the best of us. Answer: At first glance, it would seem the Bible has very little to say about cowardice. It is objective, historical and inseparable from the context of the book, section and passage in which it resides. 1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. In your patience, &c. We then truly possess our souls, when we live in all things perfect, and from the citadel of virtue command and control all the motions of the mind and heart. 3. Hear the Word of the Lord, as given to us in the Gospel according to Luke, chapter 21, verses 5 through 19. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Now, I need not spend or waste your time in mere verbal criticism, but I wish to point out that that word ‘soul’ in one of our two texts means both the soul and the life of which it is the seat; and also to remark that the being saved and the winning of the life or the soul has distinct application, in our Lord’s words, primarily to corporeal safety and preservation in the midst of dangers; and, still further, to note the emphatic ‘in your patience,’ as suggesting not only a future but a present acquisition of one’s own soul, or life, as the result of such persevering endurance and enduring perseverance. And when we are able to keep straight on in the path which is marked out for us, and especially in the path that leads us to God, notwithstanding all opposing voices, and all inward hindrances and reluctances; when we are able to go to our tasks of whatever sort they are and to do them, though our hearts are beating like sledge-hammers; when we say to ourselves, ‘It does not matter a bit whether I am sad or glad, fresh or wearied, helped or hindered by circumstances, this one thing I do,’ then we have come to understand and to practise the grace that our Master here enjoins. Question: "Why did Jesus curse the fig tree?" Lesson 7: Matthew 19–23-New Testament Teacher Manual. The United States … Luke 21:17-19 King James Version (KJV). 920 The amazing stones were indeed turned into rubble by the Romans in 70 AD. 21:1 Greek Tiberias It happened this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus 21:2 Thomas (Aramaic) and Didymus (Greek) both mean twin. 6 When we had taken our leave of one another, we boarded the ship, and they returned # John 1:11 home. Please remember: Images, such as copyrighted logos and maps, uploaded under claims of fair use (as opposed to a free license) should not be converted to the SVG format, as this constitutes a derivative work and thus violates fair use practices.If you find such an image tagged for conversion, please remove the tag. all the elders were present. Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus - Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people. See on Luke 18:12. 72 Norval Geldenhuys, Commentary on the Gospel of Luke (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1951), pp. Just who is God? Bible Verses: 1 Kings 21:17-19 Affluence and personal peace at any price as the controlling factors of life are as ugly as anything could be. [Note: E.g, Martin, p257.] ‘Whilst they promise them liberty, they themselves are the bond-slaves of corruption.’ It is only when we have the bit well into the jaws of the brutes, and the reins tight in our hands, so that a finger-touch can check or divert the course, that we are truly lords of the chariot in which we ride and of the animals that impel it. 1 Later on, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples. Luke 21:17-19. ), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. Gen 21:23 - Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. First, it is seen in Matthew 21:18-22, and then also in Mark 11:12-14. Daily Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions. That is referred to in the one saying by ‘he that endureth,’ and in the other ‘in your endurance.’ Now, it is very necessary for the understanding of many places in Scripture to remember that the notion either of patience or of endurance by no means exhausts the power of this noble Christian word. Astronomers tell us that one, at any rate, of the planets rolls on its orbit swathed in clouds and moisture. III. I need not discuss what ‘the end’ was in the original application of the words; that would take us too far afield. Only then ‘will the end come.’ —See also Mark 13:10, 13; Luke 21:17-19. w90 1/1 pp. And so you and I, by continual repetition, in the face of self and sin, of our acts of self-surrender, bring Christ into the field; and then, when we have said, ‘Lord, take me; I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me’; and when we daily, in spite of hindrances, stand to the surrender and repeat the consecration, then ‘in our perseverance we acquire our souls.’. The one moment the runner, with flushed cheek and forward swaying body, hot, with panting breath, and every muscle strained, is straining to the winning-post; and the next moment, in utter calm, he is wearing the crown. “Hosanna 21:9 A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 15 to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” 21:9 Psalm 118:25, 26 “Hosanna 21:9 A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 15 in the highest heaven!” Imperfect Mothers Contributed by Derrick Tuper on May 13, 2019 | 4,136 views. Paul greeted them and reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry" (Acts 21:17-19). But may I say that this emphatic ‘to the end’ has a special lesson for us older people, who, as natural strength abates and enthusiasm cools down, are apt to be but the shadows of our old selves in many things? Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve. 1 Later on, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples. And every one of us, if we have taken on us the orders of any lofty chivalry, and especially if we have sworn ourselves knights of the Cross, have to meet the same antagonism. As hard as it may be, stand firm now to win later. Commentators generally agree that chapter 21 is an epilogue, although It is not enough that we should stand and bear the pelting of the pitiless storm, unmurmuring and unbowed by it; but we are bound to go on our course, bearing up and steering right onwards. I was asked to be on a panel sponsored by the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture called … Whether it’s from friends, family, or coworkers, it happens to the best of us. 13.). Jesus warned us that we would be hated. 21:18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish. Matthew 10:9. Christians as early as Augustine have gone to great lengths trying to tease out the meaning of this number. Luke 21:19. ‘He that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.’. It can mean literally "to detach in a demolition process, throw down, detach" as in this passage. Some little petty Rajah, up in the hills, in a quasi-independent State in India, is troubled by mutineers whom he cannot subdue; what does he do? But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. III. [Footnote] ^ par. In your perseverance ye shall win your lives.’ ‘Some of you they will put to death,’ but ye ‘shall win your lives,’-a paradox which can only be solved by experience. Some of the best MSS., indeed, give this also as a promise, âBy your endurance ye shall gain.â, Luke 21:19.In your patience. It is well to sit still unmurmuring; it is better to march on undiverted and unchecked. ( B) 2 He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. The desert, with its wild beasts and its Bedouin, reaches right up to the city gates, and until we are within these we need to keep our hands on our sword-hilts and be ready for conflict. Think of the inward resistance and outward hindrances to every lofty life. 21:17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. But there shall not an hair of your head perish. Finally, full salvation, the true possession of himself, and the acquisition of the life which really is life, comes to a man who perseveres to the end, and thus passes to the land where he will receive the recompense of the reward. This verse seems to be an additional promise. 140:12), and we should not be amazed that He rescues Hagar and her son from starvation (Gen. 21:17–19). iniquity lawlessness. Jesus followers will not suffer spiritual or eternal loss. This passage may be thus translated: By persevering in bearing these trials you "will" save your lives, or you will be safe; or, by persevering "preserve" your lives; that is, do not yield to these calamities, but bear up under them, for he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. The world tries to obtain the safety of its followers’ souls by repelling force with force. Question: "What does the Bible say about cowardice or being a coward?" However the differences in terminology in Luke argue for a different meaning here. Another Bible Passage About the Parable of the Fig Tree. The scholar, the man of culture, the philanthropist-all who would live for anything else than the present, the low, and the sensual-find that there is a banded conspiracy, as it were, against them, and that they have to fight their way by continual antagonism, by continual persistence, as well as by continual endurance. This is essential and it is the foundation to an intimate walk with God by which we can learn to personally relate to the who and what of God. Paul journeys to Jerusalem—He is persecuted, arrested, and bound. Study Notes —Chapter 19. AN EPILOGUE? And without, there is a down-dragging, as persistent as the force of gravity, coming from the whole assemblage of external things that solicit, and would fain seduce us. 1 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:. The world moves wrapped in a mist of tears. Pastor and New York Times best-selling author Jentezen Franklin brings a powerful message of healing and hope though the truths found in God’s Word. It is objective, historical and inseparable from the context of the book, section and passage in … 18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish. In your patience possess ye your souls; the word "possess" is here to be taken in the sense of gaining or saving. They note that 153 is the sum of the numbers 1 through 17 (1+2+3…+17=153)—and that 17 is the sum of 7 and 10 (7+10=17)—and that 7 is the sum of 3 plus 4 (3+4=7). Zacchaeus: From a Hebrew name, possibly from a root word meaning “clean; pure.”As a chief tax collector, it seems that Zacchaeus was over other tax collectors in and around Jericho.The district around this city was fertile … There are plenty of people, and I dare say that I address some of them now, who began their Christian career full of vigour and with a heat that was too hot to last. Within, weakness, torpor, weariness, levity, inconstant wills, bright purposes clouding over, and all the cowardice and animalism of our nature war continually against the better, higher self.
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