Misunderstood Day 9 Who You CAN Judge: Digging Deeper
Digging Deeper Days
Finding the original intent of Scripture and making good application to our everyday lives as we become equipped to correctly handle the Word of Truth!
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The Questions
1) Who is speaking in this passage?
2) What is the greater context?
3) What is the progression of behavior we are to have towards one another according to this passage?
Luke 17:3-4
3 Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, 4 and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Original Intent
1) Who is speaking in this passage?
In this passage Jesus is speaking to the disciples. You have to go back to chapter 14 of Luke to find where Jesus begins this section of teaching and is called by name, where in subsequent chapters Jesus is referred to simply as “He”. In the first verse, there are two pronouns used, “He” and “His”, both of which are referring to Jesus.
2) What is the greater context?
Jesus, in the past several chapters, has been teaching all around the region and mingling with people of various stations in society, including the sinners and the sick. Just before these verses, He used a parable to illustrate a story about a rich and a poor man with the intention of creatively explaining the earthly temptation of riches. Following His story, He turns to His disciples and discusses stumbling blocks to the faith, explaining and urging them to be on guard and keep each other accountable for righteous living.
3) What is the progression of behavior we are to have towards one another according to this passage?
There is a clear progression and intention that Jesus gives in these verses about rebuking someone. He establishes that we are to be on guard with our own behavior and then we can keep our brothers accountable by rebuking their sinful behavior with repentance as the goal. If they repent, then forgive and continually forgive, when repentance is at the heart of the situation.
Everyday Application
1) Who is speaking in this passage?
In three years of ministry, Jesus taught His disciples and other followers as much as He could. His intention was to set an example that could be followed while calling people to Himself. He ate with sinners, He sought after the lost, and He continually used moments in His everyday existence to teach about who He was as He pointed people to the Father. Today, He does that in so many ways, but especially through His Word and other believers.
2) What is the greater context?
This is not an isolated teaching moment for Jesus. He taught with the purpose of bringing about redemption often. He seeks after the lost to save them. He seeks the blind to bring them sight. He seeks the hurting to heal them, not just emotionally, but spiritually. At the heart of Scripture, we must recognize the greater story, which is the Gospel. It is the good news that we aren’t alone and can be redeemed! As Christians, we have a community of believers God has given us to hold us accountable, to love us as He loves, and to be His hands and feet here on Earth. Be aware, sisters! There are stumbling blocks all around…find your support, root yourself in His Word, and bathe your heart in His eternal truth! Allow the Holy Spirit to work as He was intended to work.
3) What is the progression of behavior we are to have towards one another according to this passage?
Rebuking is hard to do and forgiveness is even harder sometimes. Notice that in this passage we must first look at ourselves and guard our own heart before we act to rebuke someone. If you are rebuking someone’s behavior, the heart must be love and the goal to bring about restoration and redemption. Then, forgiveness is offered. Extending grace, just as grace was extended to us, is the goal of keeping each other accountable. Our desire should be to help not to harm, to point others to Christ, not beat them down with their own sin.
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1) Take this passage (or any other passage).
2) Read it, and the verses around it,
several times
3) Write down your questions
as you think of them.
4) Ask specific culture related questions and be ready to dig around for your answers. Google them, use www.studylight.org, or look them up in a study Bible and read the footnotes (click on the little letters next to a word and it will show you
other related verses!). (www.esvbible.org)
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in your everyday!
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Why Dig Deeper?
Finding the original meaning is a huge deal when we study Scripture and can make all the difference in our understanding as we apply God’s truths to our everyday lives.
In our modern-day relationships, we want people to understand our original intention as we communicate; how much more so between God and humanity?!
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Study Tools
We love getting help while we study and www.studylight.org is one of many excellent resources, providing the original Hebrew (Old Testament) or Greek (New Testament) with an English translation.
Want to know more about a specific word in a verse? Click on “Strong’s Interlinear Bible” then click the word you’d like to study. Discover “origin”, “definition” and hear the original pronunciation – That Is Awesome!
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