Luke 17:1-19

Luke 17: 1-19

Sin, Faith, Duty

¹ Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come. ² It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble. ³ So watch yourselves.

“If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. ⁴Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.”

⁵ The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

⁶ He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

⁷ “Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’? ⁸ Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’? ⁹ Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? ¹⁰ So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy

¹¹ Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. ¹²As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance ¹³and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”

¹⁴ When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.

¹⁵ One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. ¹⁶ He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.

¹⁷ Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? ¹⁸ Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” ¹⁹ Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”

Summary:

1-6:

This is how we should Love others:

- transformation (to prevent others from sinning because of your actions)

- rebuke

- encourage

- forgive one another

....this is our duty to God

If we cannot do this, then ask God for faith because it is our faith that affects our actions.

7-10:

- Once we have done our duty, don't expect our Master to thank us or give us more because He has given us enough. He has given us life which is more than we could ever ask for. He has given us everything we need. We should not stop and be lazy and not do our duty anymore, but continue to do our duty and improve. We can make ourselves better by preventing others to sin through our actions. (Example: the way we dress or prevent ourselves - don't make "little ones" lust or infatuate)

11-19:

Jesus:

- Jesus was compassionate and gentle. He didn't look down on the lepers even though they had a contagious skin disease.

- Jesus healed the leper(s) physically, socially and spiritually

physically = "And as they went they were cleansed"

socially = "Go and show yourself to the priest"

spiritually = (to the one Samaritan) "Rise and go, your faith has made you well"

Leper(s):

- acknowledged their place in front of God = "they stood at a distance" = "Jesus, Master, have pity on us"

- acknowledged that Jesus was God, Master through confidence in voice = they knew He could heal ="loud voice"

Samaritan:

- TRULY acknowledged that Jesus was the Son of God = "One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice"

- didn't ask more from God but thanked and praised Him

- He thanked Jesus and threw himself at Jesus' feet (example of how we should behave when relating back to v.7-10)

- social group shows that not only the Jews can enter the Kingdom of God but anyone can be a child of God.

- 1/10 acknowledged Jesus Christ as God = shows how many people are on the narrow road compared to the 9/10 on the wide road (WOAH! THAT IS SO SMALL!!)

- Jesus was walking between Samaria and Galilee, which is populated by Samaritans or Jews. Therefore in the group of lepers there must have been Jews, since the lepers were made to stay in a remote area together outside of the city. They did not acknowledge that Jesus was the Messiah even though they knew the Old testament and laws better than the Samaritan. Moreover, Jesus had made a healed them (wow humans are so dumb)

Wow so amazing!

Prayer: God, You are so amazing!