Luke 5 - Jesus Responds

 

Luke 5- Jesus Responds

 

If you had fished all night and caught nothing, would you be getting ready to go out fishing again? One reason Jesus called several fishermen to be His disciples was that they never quit! Peter may have thought he knew more about fishing than Jesus did, but he did what Jesus commanded; and the Lord honored his obedient faith. No failure is final if you come to the Lord for a new start. When God asks His followers to do something that makes no sense, they are on the verge of experiencing Him in powerful and awe-inspiring ways, far more so than if they relied solely on their own strength and ability. (Eph. 3:20). The more time we spend with the Master, the more like Him we will become.

 

Lepers were not to approach people; but the man came to Jesus in desperation, and Jesus healed him. The offering Jesus referred to is described in Leviticus 14 and picture the salvation of the Lord.

 

The crowds sought Him, but Jesus withdrew to pray and commune with the Father. He did not allow popularity to detour Him from the Father’s will. If Jesus needed times of solitude and prayer, how much more do His followers!

 

He forgave the paralytic, Matthew the publican, and Matthew’s friends who trusted Him because He is a “friend of sinners” (Matthew 11:19). He could not forgive the scribes and Pharisees because they would not admit they were sick and in need of new clothes! They refused to grasp that Jesus was God in the flesh, with both the authority and the power to forgive sin. As the Great Physician, He came to heal the spiritually sick. Pharisees do not believe they are sick, like the scribes and Pharisees, do not seek the physicians care and therefore cannot be healed.

 

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