Luke 6:20-21 (NIV)
"Looking at his disciples, he said:
"Blessed are you who are poor,
for yours is the kingdom of God.
Blessed are you who hunger now,
for you will be satisfied.
Luke 6:24-25 (NIV)
But woe to you who are rich,
for you have already received your comfort.
Woe to you who are well fed now,
for you will go hungry.
Were these words written directly to me? Or is this a record of Jesus' words to His 12 disciples and some other specific rich people in that audience?
I'm hoping Jesus was talking about some other rich and well fed people - not directly to me!
2 comments:
It looks like Jesus said a lot of things that are what we would call, "hard teachings."
What He said here was not so nice as what Matthew recorded, was it? There aren't any 'woes' in the Beatitudes.
And, here's a question: why would the Holy Spirit see to it that these words of Jesus were preserved for posterity if they were not meant for future generations? The very last verse in John indicates that there was lots of stuff that Jesus did and said that were not recorded. So why did the Holy Spirit want these particular teachings of Jesus recorded in Luke saved?
These are thorny issues aren't they Jon? Thanks for bringing them up. It's things like these that need to be discussed in the church today.
Blessings.
Thanks Jeraldd. Yes these teachings are both hard to understand, and difficult to apply.
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