Luke 8:19-21, 11:24-36, 12:10-12
Today, Luke’s writing on a number of items that we have covered the past few days in Matthew and Mark, with a number of my 2019 comments repeated in the links below…
And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say. (Luke 12:11-12) Jesus’ prophetic words were realized a few years later when Peter and John found themselves in front of the Sanhedrin, defending themselves from a baseless charge in that they had done a good thing by healing a lame beggar in Jesus’ name (Acts 3). After hearing their testimony, the Jewish leaders were perplexed: Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. (Acts 4:13) These uneducated, common men, filled with the Holy Spirit spoke powerful words, just as Jesus had foretold! But one more item – these last few words from Luke are powerful for us today – do people “out there” recognize that we are living with Jesus? In my comments below I mention people looking into our eyes – what do they see? Do they see a body full of light? Do they see Jesus in us? Again, repeating Archbishop Beach, “If not, why not?”
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