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Introduction:
-We’re going to begin reading in Luke 6:17 this morning.
It does appear (here) that Luke is continuing to...
…record this series of events:
In chronological order...
And with a thematic connectedness.
To see that, we’ll need to be reminded of...
...what we’ve been looking at the past two weeks.
In short, it was Jesus’ appointment of 12 of his disciples...
…to the apostolic office.
Now, In studying that out, we learned that:
Apostles were authoritative messengers
They would speak:
On the King’s behalf...
With the King’s authority...
And in so doing...
...They would lay down a deposit of truth...
…that would serve as the foundation...
…upon which the King would build His theocratic Kingdom!
Last week, we looked at the particular men whom He had chosen...
…and what the Bible tells us about:
Who they were...
What they brought to the table...
…prior to their being selected.
We were almost forced to conclude...
(after having done that)
…that Christ didn’t choose them...
...because He needed what they had to offer.
We were forced to conclude along with Paul, that:
1 Corinthians 1:27–29 (ESV)
27...God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;
28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,
29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
And also:
1 Corinthians 2:5 (ESV)
5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
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And it is this “power of God” that we see...
…being displayed in our opening verses this morning.
And here too, it is a means to an end.
And we see that end coming into clearer focus...
…as this demonstration of divine power...
…testifies to the veracity (truthfulness)...
…of what most would call:
The greatest sermon ever preached!
Let’s read how it all begins:
Luke 6:17–20 (ESV)
17 And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon,
18 who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases.
And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.
19 And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.
20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
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Verse 17:
-If you’ve never studied out this text...
…then it may come as a surprise to you, that...
…that first clause in verse 17...
…is laden with interpretive difficulties.
Look at it with me again:
Luke 6:17 (ESV)
17 And he came down with them and stood on a level place...
Now, you may say:
“I don’t see what’s so difficult about that”
“That’s about a fourth grade reading level”
“It’s easily understood:”
Jesus comes down the mountain with His apostles...
…and comes to a stop on a level place.
What’s so difficult about that, right?
Maybe the Old King James rendering will enlighten a bit:
Luke 6:17 (KJV)
17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain...
That’s a little different, right?
But still no major exegetical dilemmas.
Well, the difficulties come when we...
…try to harmonize it with:
Matthew 5:1 (ESV)
1 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.
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You see, Both of these introductions are...
...followed by very, very similar sermons.
-So, the apparent difficulties are:
Is this the same event?
If so, did it occur:
On a mountain?
“In the Plain?”
On a level place?
-Let me say at the outset, that:
Solid commentators disagree on this.
It ISN’T a matter of orthodoxy.
The only heretical position to take here...
…is to say:
Well, it’s a contradiction
The Bible contains errors.
Indeed not, brethren!
We must always approach our study of ANY TEXT...
with a believing disposition...
from the starting point of faith!
We must never approach the Scriptures...
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