45 Days to Reading the Gospel. The Gospel According to Luke Chapter 17 – Forgive Brothers or Sisters Unlimited Times Then There Can Be No Offenses
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Overview of The Gospel of Luke
Apostle Luke, a Gentile and a physician, wrote this Gospel and the Book of Acts. Luke’s work is assumed to be written in AD 60-62 during the time Paul was in jail. His works were dedicated to Theophilus, a Roman dignitary. Luke gives an ordered account of the events of Jesus’s life but not necessarily in order. His primary research is based on eyewitnesses, disciples, and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Luke knew the disciples personally. He traveled with Paul most of the time. However, he also used other disciples’ work in his research, such as Mark’s work. A lot of Luke’s work included the Gospel of Mark. However, this Gospel gives many accounts of Jesus’s healing ministry because Luke was a physician himself.
Luke alone reported unusual circumstances surrounding the birth of John the Baptist and the annunciation to Mary. He emphasized the central role of women, children, Gentiles, Samaritans, rich people, sinners, and outcasts in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. Luke proposed to narrate the ministry of Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ’s mission dedicated to the saving of sinners and his progression to the cross to become Savior of the World.
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45 Days to Reading the Gospel. Gospel of Luke Chapter 17 – Forgive Brothers or Sisters Unlimited Times Then There Can Be No Offenses
Summary of The Gospel of Luke Chapter 17.
Jesus tells the disciples they should not intentionally offend others, especially children. It would be better for that person if a millstone is put around his neck and he is thrown in the bottom of the river. He also tells the disciples, if a brother or sister offends one, they are to forgive and unending forgiveness. Therefore, there are no offenses where there is forgiveness.
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith”. Jesus explains that the power of faith is great and it does not take a lot. If their faith is as the size of a mustard seed, they can uproot trees by speaking a command. Jesus teaches his disciples to be of a humble and not proud spirit.
After they are obedient to the words of God, they are to think and say “We are unprofitable servants, we have done what is or duty to do”. In other words, don’t think you are special or more deserving because you are a good obedient servant of the Lord. That is what you are supposed to be. Jesus gives to his believers upon the asking.
Ten persons had a disease called lepers. People with leprosy were isolated from others. They came to Jesus and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us”. He sent them to the priest to show they were cleaned and as they went (being obedient) they were cleansed. Only one returned and glorified God, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving Him thanks. He was a Samaritan (foreigner).
Jesus inquired of the other nine but they were nowhere to be seen. He blessed the Samaritan and told him his faith has made him whole. We are to always come to God with praise, thanksgiving, and gratitude.
Jesus teaches on the second coming. He advises to watch and be ready. In the days of Noah (flood), people missed their deliverance because they were judged while they were so involved in what they were doing – weddings, drinking, and the things of their lives. They were not close to God and missed his guidance. So it shall be in the second coming, two will be in the field, one will be taken and the other left.
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45 Days to Reading the Gospel. Gospel of Luke Chapter 17 – Forgive Brothers or Sisters Unlimited Times Then There Can Be No Offenses
Time: 45 minutes to complete lesson: 30 minutes to read the entire post and take the interactive quiz, additional 15 minutes to read the bible chapter.
Objectives Chapter Seventeen (You will learn…
- How many times are we to forgive others.
- A faith bigger than that of a mustard seed has great power
- Being obedient or doing God’s command is a reward in itself.
- God views praise, thanksgiving, and gratitude as glorifying God.
- The second coming: Stay close to God as no one knows the time.
Outline for Chapter Seventeen
- Jesus warns the disciples to avoid offenses, especially toward children.
- Jesus tells how to deal with an offending brother or sister.
- Jesus tells of the necessity and power of faith
- Jesus warns a servant does not to profit because he does his duty.
- Jesus heals Ten Lepers immediately and orders them to tell the priest.
- Jesus speaks of the Kingdom of God and the spirit within us.
- The coming of the Son of Man.
Reflection
Can you think of a person you have forgiven over and over? You have reached the end of your ropes. How are you handling that situation?
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Resources for this lesson
FREE copy of The Gospel of Luke and in its entirety (Public Domain-1907): You can use your zoom to increase the size of the text. Click Here. (PDF) or King James Bible Online. (Internet Web Site) YouTube video and audio Part One, and Part Two
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Chapter Highlights of Gospel According to Luke – Chapter Seventeen KJV) Answers to Objectives and Activity-Questions
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Chapter Highlights of Gospel According to Luke – Chapter Seventeen KJV) Answers to Objectives and Activity-Questions
A. How many times are we to forgive others. Luke 17:1-4 KJV
Luke 17: 1-4 1Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offenses will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 2It was better for him that a millstone was hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea than that he should offend one of these little ones. 3Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
B. A faith bigger than that of a mustard seed has great power. Luke 17:5-6. KJV
Luke 17:5-6 5And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. 6And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
C. Being obedient or doing God’s command is a reward in itself. Luke 17: 7-10 KJV
7But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he comes from the field, Go and sit down to meat? 8And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? 9Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not. 10So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
D. God views praise, thanksgiving, and gratitude as glorifying God. Luke 17: 10-19 KJV
11And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
13And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 14And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. 15And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
16And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. 17And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? 18There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. 19And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
E. The second coming: Stay close to God as no one knows the time. Luke 17:20-27 KJV
20And when he was demanded of the Pharisees when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. 22And he said unto the disciples, The days will come when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. 23And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them. 24For as the lightning, that lightened out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. 25But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation.
26And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 31In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
32Remember Lot’s wife. 33Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. 34I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 35Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 36Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 37And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
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Call to salvation
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Romans 10:9-10 9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation
John 3:5-6 5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is the Spirit.
