The Dumb Spirit the Unclean Spirit Dinner Lecture

The Dumb Spirit, the Unclean Spirit, Dinner Lecture, Wonderful Teachings… Viewing Luke Chapter Eleven & Twelve. Prepared by: Soon Siak. May 2009

Topics covered. . . l How are you feeling today? 5 l A Sign from Heaven 10 l Parable of the Unclean Spirit 10 l Dinner Lecture 15 l The Leaven of the Pharisees 15 l Parable of the Rich Fool 10 l Lessons on a Christian Life 15

How are you feeling today? Give everyone some newspaper. Ask everyone to express how they feel or how their day has been through the newspaper. For example, crumble the newspaper to express frustration etc.

A Sign from Heaven (11: 14 -23) Read the verses. What are the 3 responses? (pg A 73) How would you respond? Blasphemy of the Pharisees (v. 15 -23) l They contributed the work of the Holy Spirit to Satan. Note Jesus’ reply. Sign from Heaven (v 16) l A demand that He, as a Messiah, should perform a great convincing miracle. l The refusal resulted in the final rejection of Him by the leaders of the Jews (Matt. 16: 4) `

Parable of the Unclean Spirit (11: 24 -36) Two Interpretations: 1. Man – It is not sufficient to drive out the evil spirit. The Holy Spirit must fill the heart or the evil will return in a worse form. 2. The Jewish Nation – Idolatry expelled by the Babylonian captivity (Unclean spirit). Sins of Pharisees, i. e. letter worship, formalism, exclusiveness, ambition, greed, hypocrisy, hate (Seven others).

Parable of the Unclean Spirit (11: 24 -36) Double Signs of Jonah: (pg 55 w) 1. Type of resurrection. 2. Preacher of repentance to a sinful nation (Matthew only). The Lamp is the word of God. The Jews had the law and prophets for their lamp.

Dinner Lecture (11: 37 -54) The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner. (37 -44) l Not uncleanliness but ceremonial defilement. They were meticulously scrupulous in matters pertaining to ceremonial cleansing, but ignore God’s demand for inner holiness and for charity toward the poor. Hypocrisy is always more concerned with the form than the reality.

Dinner Lecture (11: 37 -54) They were self-deceived, falsely claiming to surpass their forefathers in righteousness. Even though they built monuments to prophets whom their fathers murdered, they themselves were plotting to kill the Son of God. Therefore, they will suffer the same condemnation. (45 -48)

The Leaven of the Pharisees (12: 1 -12) In the old days, when people made bread, they included an ingredient called leaven. Leaven is a yeast that makes bread rise. It creates air pockets in the dough, which end up being the tiny holes of air in finished bread. Have you ever had bread that had air pockets in one end of the loaf, and none in the other? No. Bread that has these air pockets has them evenly distributed throughout the bread. That's because when you put leaven in dough, it affects the whole loaf. Jesus compares this to our lives. You can't include a little sin in your life without affecting your whole soul. He warned His disciples that they couldn't be a little bit hypocritical. Any hypocrisy (not practicing what they preached) would make then unreliable and sinful. Hypocrite 1 : a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion 2 : a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings. (Merriam-Webster Online)

The Leaven of the Pharisees (12: 1 -12) Analysis of verses 1 -12 1. Avoid all hypocrisy (v 1) 2. For a time will come when even a man’s secret thought will be disclosed (v 2 -3). 3. Therefore, speak out boldly without fearing men (v 4). 4. The One 2 b feared is God, Who knows your secret thought (v 5). 5. Men are powerless to injure you, for God is your protector (v 6 -7) 6. I (Jesus) will acknowledge you at the last day (v 8 -9). 7. Judgment will be given against men according to the manner in which they receive you (v 10). 8. The judgment and condemnation of men may be disregarded (v 11 -12).

The Leaven of the Pharisees (12: 1 -12) “…but whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven” (v 10 b) Blasphemy (evil things – pg 58 h) 1. Attributing the miracles of Jesus wrought in the power of the Spirit to Satanic Agency. 2. Contemptuous rejection of Jesus as the Messiah. 3. Continuous attitude of hardening of heart against God by having an attitude of calling what is of God evil and from Satan good.

Parable of the Rich Fool (12: 13 -21) Told after the question of one, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide with me the property our father left us. ” Purpose: To guard against covetousness, “because a person's true life is not made up of the things he owns, no matter how rich he may be. ” The sin of the rich fool was greed and selfishness – total disregard to God. A thought: Is it a sin to be rich then?

Movie time (2 minutes) The Man Trustfulness (12: 22 -30) (track 51: 45 -53: 12 disc 1) Trustfulness (12: 31 -34) (track 54: 34 -54: 45 disc 1)

Trustfulness (12: 22 -30) Our Lord does not warn His disciples against prudence and foresight, which provides for the future, but against allowing themselves to be harassed and vexed with its uncertainties. (v 23) God Who gave the greater, viz. , the life, the body, will give the less, viz. , food, clothes.

The Ravens (12: 24) The raven is seen virtually everywhere - nesting in sheer cliffs in the bush or hopping along city streets on garbage day. It is a very intelligent bird an `opportunistic feeder' feasting on everything from carrion to groceries left in the back of pick-up trucks. The largest member of the crow family, the raven has a body length of up to 70 centimetres. Ravens range in pairs and mate for life, laying four to seven green spotted eggs in nests. Not so good looking, no need to sow or reap, no storehouse and yet God feeds them (v 24).

The Lilies (12: 27) Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. (v 27)

Trustfulness (12: 24 -34) … God feeds them! You are worth so much more than birds! (v 24) … It is God who clothes the wild grass — grass that is here today and gone tomorrow, burnt up in the oven. Won't he be all the more sure to clothe you? How little faith you have! (v 28) Instead, be concerned with his Kingdom, and he will provide you with these things. (v 31)

The Parable of the faithful and the unfaithful Servant (12: 35 - 48) • • 1. 2. 3. About the second coming of the Lord (v 40) Three watches by the Jews (6 -10 pm; 10 pm-2 am; 2 -6 am) He primarily addresses the parable to His followers. Lessons: A 82 Q 4 God’s people to be like a faithful servant, faithfully carrying out the work He has given to each one. He would come at a time least expected. He would either reward those who have been faithful, or punish those who neglected to do what they were supposed to do. God expects much from those to whom He had given much and to those whom He has given much more, He expects even more.

Jesus comes to divide (12: 49 - 53) • • Why is Jesus distressed? (v 49 -50) Jesus longed for God’s salvation plan to be fulfilled. However at the same time, the baptism, i. e. the suffering He would bear on the cross, would be a great cost to Him. Why the conflict that He would bring? (v 51 -53) The cross challenges people to make a decision. Those who choose to reject it would oppose those who do, leading to divisions which may run even through families.

Understanding the signs (12: 54 - 59) • Why did Jesus accuse the people of being hypocrite? (v 54 -56) They could look at the signs in the sky and predict the weather but yet they were unable to interpret the signs of the present time. They could look at what Jesus was doing and yet not recognise the signs that God’s kingdom in the person of Jesus had come into their midst. (pg. A 84 q 1)

Review on Luke 7 assignment Be detailed – missing points missing marks Do not assume the examiner knows – story of the two debtors, describe in details what it is. Write & underline topics – e. g. In Simon’s House and Two Jewish Customs. Some missed out this part of three marks! Thorough knowledge vital – “As they were eating, a sinful woman came into the house” vs “In that town was a woman who lived a sinful life. She heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee's house, so she brought a…” The first passage seems to indicate that the woman just happened to come into the house. The second passage is complete. The woman came in because she wanted to meet Him. But in exam, safer to write “she heard that Jesus was eating…” Marks are awarded for accurate details. Let us hear some comments from others. - students’ performance. ppt

Reminder Replacement (for 17/05) on 31/05 – Next Week! 13 th SPM National Bible Knowledge Quiz 2009 at interstate and interschool level on August 1 st, 2009. Luke & Acts (GNB). Get ready! Test on chapters 1 -10 after your May/June holidays, on 28/06/09! A one and a half hours test. Answer all the questions on the book of Luke for Section A & B.