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Luke 6:46-49
The Wise and Foolish Builders
46“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? Absorbing the way of Jesus into our hearts and assimilating truth into our lives is the goal, not merely filling our brains with Bible facts. The value of knowledge and understanding of truth is directly proportionate to the transformation that results. Unfortunately, we are all too capable of knowing and understanding truth at an ostensibly deep level, without ever really embodying that same truth.
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Luke 3:7-14
7John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
7John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
From the way that Luke unfolds this story, it appears that people may have been coming to see John the Baptist out of a desire to appear righteous/holy. (Maybe going to see John the B. was the latest religious trend?) John seems to be warning them not to hide behind outward religious acts while also challenging them to “produce fruit” that is real. The examples of “fruit” that he gives are acts of self-denial and self-giving. It’s almost a foreshadowing of the kinds of things that Jesus would later teach in his sermon on the mount. Of course, John also pulls the carpet from underneath them when he essentially says, “Stop hiding behind your Jewishness and live rightly.” It's all very reminiscent of Isaiah 29.13-16.
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