11-12-20 THOUGHTS

What is going on in the barrage of statements made by Jesus in Luke 6:27-42?
What does he want me to learn?  The word  HYPOCRITE is found in verse 42.  In the Greek, it is “an actor, a stage player, a pretender”.  One of the great problems with the religious leaders of Jesus time was HERE!  Jer 12:2 You have planted them, they have also taken root; They grow, they have even produced fruit. You are near to their lips But far from their mind.  
Religion to them had become PLAY ACTING.  Unknowingly, they had devised their own system. It is precisely this that Jesus is attempting to break down.  HE DEMANDS REAL!

Luke 6:27-42    "But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28  bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29  "Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either. 30  "Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back. 31  "Treat others the same way you want them to treat you. 32  "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33  "If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34  "If you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount. 35  "But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men. 36  "Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. 37  "Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be  condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned.  38  "Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure — pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return." 39  And He also spoke a parable to them: "A blind man cannot guide a blind man, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40  "A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher. 41  "Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 42  "Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.
Two passages jump to my mind:
2Pet 1:8    For if these [qualities] are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2Pet 1:10   Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;

My Prayer:
Oh Lord God, may we see your greatness and our own smallness continually.  Help us to be fruitful in the true knowledge of your Son.  We want to be sons of Yours Most High God.  In all, teach us mercy for you are merciful to us.  Help us to love as you have loved us.  
In Jesus name                Amen