Daily Devotion Text

March 1, 2018

Luke 2018-03-01

By carmenhsu In Devotion Text, Luke with Comments Off on Luke 2018-03-01
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  • Bible Text

    Luke 16:16–31 (ESV)  

    16 “The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it. 17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.

    18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

    19 “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21 who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24 And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ 27 And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— 28 for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ 30 And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31 He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”

  • Reflection Questions
  • Luke 16:16-17
    • Reflect on the fact that the gospel causes people to force their way into it.  How passionate and urgent has my response been to the gospel?

    Luke 16:19-26

    • What warnings does this story give to those who live in comfort and luxury in this world?
    • What is the significance of the words, “the rich man also died”?

    Luke 16:29-31

    • What was the rich man’s crucial mistake that he is afraid his brothers will also make?
    • What is Abraham saying about human nature, the role of the miraculous, and the role of God’s word?

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