The Dumb Spirit, the Unclean Spirit, Dinner Lecture, Wonderful
Teachings Viewing Luke Chapter Eleven & Twelve. Prepared by:
Soon Siak. May 2009
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Topics covered... How are you feeling today? 5 A Sign from
Heaven 10 Parable of the Unclean Spirit 10 Dinner Lecture 15 The
Leaven of the Pharisees 15 Parable of the Rich Fool 10 Lessons on a
Christian Life 15
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How are you feeling today? Give everyone some newspaper. Ask
everyone to express how they feel or how their day has been through
the newspaper. For example, crumble the newspaper to express
frustration etc.
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A Sign from Heaven (11:14-23) Read the verses. What are the 3
responses? (pg A73) How would you respond? Blasphemy of the
Pharisees (v.15-23) They contributed the work of the Holy Spirit to
Satan. Note Jesus reply. Sign from Heaven (v16) A demand that He,
as a Messiah, should perform a great convincing miracle. The
refusal resulted in the final rejection of Him by the leaders of
the Jews (Matt.16:4) `
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Parable of the Unclean Spirit (11:24-36) Two Interpretations:
1. Man It is not sufficient to drive out the evil spirit. The Holy
Spirit must fill the heart or the evil will return in a worse form.
2. The Jewish Nation Idolatry expelled by the Babylonian captivity
(Unclean spirit). Sins of Pharisees, i.e. letter worship,
formalism, exclusiveness, ambition, greed, hypocrisy, hate (Seven
others).
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Parable of the Unclean Spirit (11:24-36) Double Signs of
Jonah:(pg 55w) 1. Type of resurrection. 2. Preacher of repentance
to a sinful nation (Matthew only). The Lamp is the word of God. The
Jews had the law and prophets for their lamp.
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Dinner Lecture (11:37-54) The Pharisee was astonished to see
that he did not first wash before dinner. (37-44) Not uncleanliness
but ceremonial defilement. They were meticulously scrupulous in
matters pertaining to ceremonial cleansing, but ignore Gods demand
for inner holiness and for charity toward the poor. Hypocrisy is
always more concerned with the form than the reality.
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Dinner Lecture (11:37-54) They were self-deceived, falsely
claiming to surpass their forefathers in righteousness. Even though
they built monuments to prophets whom their fathers murdered, they
themselves were plotting to kill the Son of God. Therefore, they
will suffer the same condemnation. (45-48)
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The Leaven of the Pharisees (12:1-12) In the old days, when
people made bread, they included an ingredient called leaven.
Leaven is a yeast that makes bread rise. It creates air pockets in
the dough, which end up being the tiny holes of air in finished
bread. Have you ever had bread that had air pockets in one end of
the loaf, and none in the other? No. Bread that has these air
pockets has them evenly distributed throughout the bread. That's
because when you put leaven in dough, it affects the whole loaf.
Jesus compares this to our lives. You can't include a little sin in
your life without affecting your whole soul. He warned His
disciples that they couldn't be a little bit hypocritical. Any
hypocrisy (not practicing what they preached) would make then
unreliable and sinful. Hypocrite 1 : a person who puts on a false
appearance of virtue or religion 2 : a person who acts in
contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings.
(Merriam-Webster Online)
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The Leaven of the Pharisees (12:1-12) Analysis of verses 1-12
1. Avoid all hypocrisy (v1) 2. For a time will come when even a
mans secret thought will be disclosed (v2-3). 3. Therefore, speak
out boldly without fearing men (v4). 4. The One 2b feared is God,
Who knows your secret thought (v5). 5. Men are powerless to injure
you, for God is your protector (v6-7) 6. I (Jesus) will acknowledge
you at the last day (v8-9). 7. Judgment will be given against men
according to the manner in which they receive you (v10). 8. The
judgment and condemnation of men may be disregarded (v11-12).
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The Leaven of the Pharisees (12:1-12) but whoever says evil
things against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven (v10b)
Blasphemy (evil things pg 58h) 1. Attributing the miracles of Jesus
wrought in the power of the Spirit to Satanic Agency. 2.
Contemptuous rejection of Jesus as the Messiah. 3. Continuous
attitude of hardening of heart against God by having an attitude of
calling what is of God evil and from Satan good.
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Parable of the Rich Fool (12:13-21) Told after the question of
one, Teacher, tell my brother to divide with me the property our
father left us. Purpose: To guard against covetousness, because a
person's true life is not made up of the things he owns, no matter
how rich he may be. The sin of the rich fool was greed and
selfishness total disregard to God. A thought: Is it a sin to be
rich then?
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Movie time (2 minutes) The Man Trustfulness (12:22-30) (track
51:45-53:12 disc 1) Trustfulness (12:31-34) (track 54:34-54:45 disc
1)
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Trustfulness (12:22-30) Our Lord does not warn His disciples
against prudence and foresight, which provides for the future, but
against allowing themselves to be harassed and vexed with its
uncertainties. (v23) God Who gave the greater, viz., the life, the
body, will give the less, viz., food, clothes.
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The Ravens (12:24) The raven is seen virtually everywhere -
nesting in sheer cliffs in the bush or hopping along city streets
on garbage day. It is a very intelligent bird and an `opportunistic
feeder' feasting on everything from carrion to groceries left in
the back of pick-up trucks. The largest member of the crow family,
the raven has a body length of up to 70 centimetres. Ravens range
in pairs and mate for life, laying four to seven green spotted eggs
in nests. Not so good looking, no need to sow or reap, no
storehouse and yet God feeds them (v24).
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The Lilies (12:27) Consider the lilies, how they grow; they
neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one of these. (v27)
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Trustfulness (12:24-34) God feeds them! You are worth so much
more than birds! (v24) It is God who clothes the wild grass that is
here today and gone tomorrow, burnt up in the oven. Won't he be all
the more sure to clothe you? How little faith you have! (v28)
Instead, be concerned with his Kingdom, and he will provide you
with these things. (v31)
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The Parable of the faithful and the unfaithful Servant (12:35 -
48) About the second coming of the Lord (v40) Three watches by the
Jews (6-10pm; 10pm-2am; 2-6am) He primarily addresses the parable
to His followers. Lessons: A82Q4 1. Gods people to be like a
faithful servant, faithfully carrying out the work He has given to
each one. 2. He would come at a time least expected. He would
either reward those who have been faithful, or punish those who
neglected to do what they were supposed to do. 3. God expects much
from those to whom He had given much and to those whom He has given
much more, He expects even more.
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Jesus comes to divide (12:49 - 53) Why is Jesus distressed?
(v49-50) Jesus longed for Gods salvation plan to be fulfilled.
However at the same time, the baptism, i.e. the suffering He would
bear on the cross, would be a great cost to Him. Why the conflict
that He would bring? (v51-53) The cross challenges people to make a
decision. Those who choose to reject it would oppose those who do,
leading to divisions which may run even through families.
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Understanding the signs (12:54 - 59) Why did Jesus accuse the
people of being hypocrite? (v54-56) They could look at the signs in
the sky and predict the weather but yet they were unable to
interpret the signs of the present time. They could look at what
Jesus was doing and yet not recognise the signs that Gods kingdom
in the person of Jesus had come into their midst. (pgA84q1)
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Review on Luke 7 assignment Be detailed missing points missing
marks Do not assume the examiner knows story of the two debtors,
describe in details what it is. Write & underline topics e.g.
In Simons House and Two Jewish Customs. Some missed out this part
of three marks! Thorough knowledge vital As they were eating, a
sinful woman came into the house vs In that town was a woman who
lived a sinful life. She heard that Jesus was eating in the
Pharisee's house, so she brought a The first passage seems to
indicate that the woman just happened to come into the house. The
second passage is complete. The woman came in because she wanted to
meet Him. But in exam, safer to write she heard that Jesus was
eating Marks are awarded for accurate details. Let us hear some
comments from others. - students performance.ppt
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Reminder Reminder Replacement (for 17/05) on 31/05 Next Week!
13 th SPM National Bible Knowledge Quiz 2009 at interstate and
interschool level on August 1 st, 2009. Luke & Acts (GNB). Get
ready! Test on chapters 1-10 after your May/June holidays, on
28/06/09! A one and a half hours test. Answer all the questions on
the book of Luke for Section A & B.
