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INTRO
Entire section is on stewardship
Faithful stewards with the Truth/Gospel
The Pharisee gives us a picture of an unfaithful steward
They denied the hope found only in Christ
They Love Something More Than Jesus– v. 14
They loved their money
Ridiculed the words of Christ
Christ’s teachings should have convicted and encouraged
Their Heart Condemns Them – v. 15
They justify themselves before men
Matthew 23:28 – Outwardly…inwardly.
God knows the heart
2 Corinthians 4:4 – Blind
Ephesians 2:1 – Dead to sin
1 Corinthians 2:14 – Unable to understand
What sinful man loves, God hates
They Depend on Works and Not Grace – vv. 16-17
All things were pointing to this day
The law -Genesis to Deuteronomy
Prophets – rest of OT
Jesus is arguing that what he brings represents the fulfillment of the promise and hope of the Law, to bring righteousness to God’s people.[1]
Romans 7:4-6 [4] Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. [5] For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. [6] But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code. (ESV)
Those that hear and believe…respond
Everyone forces his way in
Enthusiastic to enter this NEW way (Grace!!!!)
The new magnifies the old
Matthew 5:7 – not abolish but fulfill
Matthew 22:37 – love God…Love others.
ALL FULFILLED IN CHRIST
We adhere to the ethics and values of the law and prophets
Yet, we are not under the Old Covenant requirements
The great moral principles of the law, the eternal truths contained in the law’s types and symbols, and the promises recorded by the prophets all remain in force and are not abrogated by the kingdom message.[2]
God’s character does not change, and therefore his demand for holiness, purity, honesty, and integrity does not change. God still wants from us what he has always wanted: a life that is totally dedicated to his glory[3]
FOR US TODAY…LISTEN FOR THE I (Little fruit… all talk)
I believe in Jesus
I’m a good person
I “did” something (baptized, joined the church)
A Life Lesson in Their Home – v. 18
This seems out of place, but we know it is not.
If they were worried about keeping the law, evidently Christ is pointing out an area that hit home
If our relationship with God is right… our relationship with our spouse is right!
They were treating divorce differently than God had intended.
Matthew 5:31-32; Matthew 19:3-12; Mark 10:1-12; 1 Corinthians 7:1-40
[1] Darrell L. Bock, Luke, The NIV Application Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1996), 426.
[2] John F. MacArthur Jr., The MacArthur Bible Commentary (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2005), Lk 16:17.
[3] Philip Graham Ryken, Luke, ed. Richard D. Phillips, Philip Graham Ryken, and Daniel M. Doriani, vol. 2, Reformed Expository Commentary (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2009), 189.
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