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Luke
Chapter
11
{Instructions
on Prayer }
11:1``And
it came to pass {new subject}
as
He {Jesus} was praying in a certain place
that
when He stopped,
one
of His disciples/students {mathetes} said to Him,
"Lord,
teach {didasko} us to pray . . .
just
as John taught his students/disciples."
11:2-4``Now,
He said to them,
"When
you pray, say {an order}:
"Father
{all prayer is addressed to God the Father} . . .
Cause
Your Name to be
'set
apart as sacred and the object of veneration'/
'regarded
as holy' {hagiazo}.
Your kingdom {plan} . . . cause that it should come. 11:3``
Our
bread for the coming day . . . be giving us daily. 11:4``
{the phrasing of this is important - it goes back to the rules for
receiving and eating manna from heaven in the Exodus
Generation}
And
forgive us our sins
even
as we ourselves also are in the habit of forgiving
everyone
who is indebted to us.
And,
do not bring us into the place of testing
where
the circumstances in which we are tested
may
lead on to the place where we are solicited to do evil."
11:5-7``And
He {Jesus} said face to face with them,
"Who
is there of you
who
shall have a friend {philos} . . .
and
you would go to him at midnight and possibly say to him,
'Friend,
lend me three loaves of bread {an order} . . . 11:6``
'seeing
that' {epeide}
a
friend of mine on a journey is come
and
I have absolutely nothing {ouk} to set before him.' 11:7``
And
then he, from within {does not even open the door}
will
reply, 'Do not bother me
{idiom: literally 'stop furnishing me with troubles'}.
The
door is already shut,
and
my little children {paidion} are with me in bed.
I
absolutely do not {ouk} have the power to 'rise up' {anistemi}
and
give you {anything}.' "
11:8``
I {Jesus} tell you,
even
though the man inside will absolutely not {ouk} get up
and
give him {anything} . . .
because
he is his friend,
yet
on account of his {the asking friend's}
'bold
persistence' {anaideia}
he
will 'rise up'
and
give him as much/many as he is needing.
{Note: This parable is part of the students asking Jesus 'about how to pray'. It is a story using actual life's experiences to explain a spiritual fact. If you persistently ask in prayer (Paul will tell us to pray with the frequency of a smoker's cough) . . . believing . . . you shall receive - what you NEED - which may or may not be the same as 'for what you LUST' - God knows what you need!}
{Passage
on the Age of Israel - See Also II Kings Chapter 2: 9-10}
11:9~~"And
again, I {Jesus} say unto you,
"Ask
{for the enduement of God the Holy Spirit},
and
it {God the Holy Spirit - His title Pneuma is a neuter word so
this is in the neuter}
will
be given to you;
seek,
and you will find {the Spirit} . . .
knock
{be persistent},
and
it {the door} will be opened for you."
{Note: This is BEFORE the Church Age. This was a dissertation to the disciples/students of Christ that they could be endued with the Spirit to support them (as it was given to a few others in the Age of Israel - David for example. See also John 14:14.}
11:10~~"For
whoever asks . . . receives,
and
the one who seeks . . . finds,
and
to the one who knocks . . . it {the door} will be opened."
{Note: RBT says this is secondarily a prayer promise. But primarily - because of the context of the text following, we know this had to do with receiving God the Holy Spirit in the only fashion possible in the Jewish Dispensation.}
{Illustration
By the Ludicrous Examples}
11:11~~"If
a son shall ask of any one of you . . . who is a father . . .
for
bread . . . will give him a stone?
{bread is used for 'substance' - all fathers know this really refers to
MONEY}
Or
if . . . {your son asks} for a fish . . .
will
give him a serpent/snake?"
{this is food here, so would you give your son something dangerous
instead of the food?}
11:12~~Or
if he asks for an egg,
{RBT says this is probably continuing the analogy to the Mother
with the son asking for cooked food - with similar ludicrous
results}
will
give him a scorpion?"
11:13~~"
If - and it is true {1st class condition} -
therefore,
you "being evil"/"having an 'old sin nature'/
'an
evil behavior pattern'" {poneros} . . .
have
inherent knowledge {oida} . . .
how
to give 'intrinsically good' {agathos}
gifts
to your children {teknon} . . .
{then}
how much 'greater in quantity' {mallon}
will
your Father in heaven
give
the 'Holy Spirit'/Breath {hagios pneuma}
to
those who ask Him?"
{goes with the knocking above - keep asking - keep knocking}
{Note: Pneuma is the Greek word for 'spirit'. It is the noun form of pneo (Matthew 7:25), which means to blow - 'a wind blows' or to breathe - 'a person breathes'. Pneuma means breathe and is used for God and angels who have no material form.}
{Example
of What the Indwelling of God the Holy Spirit could Do for Them}
11:14~~Now
He kept on throwing/casting out {ekballo}
a
demon/'fallen angel' {daimonion}
who
{the possessed man} was mute.
{the demon controlled his vocal cords and would not let him speak}
And,
it came to pass,
when
the demon had gone out,
the
speechless man spoke,
and
the crowds were astounded/amazed.
{Note: Here the people were astounded, but the disciples were not as quick. They should have been astounded at Jesus' implication and asked for the Spirit themselves right then, but they did not. In the Age of Israel, they only receive the Spirit by asking for it/Him.}
11:15``But
some of them said,
"He
throws/casts out demons {daimonion} by Beelzebub
{Beelzeboul - a name for Satan - means 'lord of the house'},
the
prince/ruler {archon} of demons {daimonion}".
11:16``While
others . . .
to
test {peirazo} Him {Jesus} . . .
began
demanding {zeteo} from Him
a
sign {semeion} from heaven.
{Note: Jews are always asking for signs. That is the reason Jesus performed miracles - it was His 'calling card' to the Jews that He was the Messiah.}
11:17-19``
But He {Jesus} having known their thoughts
{oida - perfect tense - He always did know their thoughts}
and
said to them,
"Every
kingdom divided against itself is destroyed,
and
a divided household falls. 11:18``
So
if Satan too is divided against himself,
how
will his kingdom stand?
I
ask you this because you claim
that
I cast out demons by Beelzebub.11:19``
Now
if I cast out demons by Beelzebub,
by
whom do your sons {huios} cast them out?
Therefore they will be your judges."
20``
But if I {humanity of Christ}
by
the finger {daktulos} of God
cast
out demons . . .
then
the kingdom {plan} of God
has
come to you.
{Note: Finger-work is used for the 'easy stuff' for God, like creating the universe was finger-work to Him. It was salvation that was difficult, that is 'arm-work' and is much more difficult for Him (but nothing is impossible for Him!).}
21``
But if that strong man
{ischuros - strong in wisdom and alertness}
has
been completely armed {kathoplizo},
he
guards {phulasso} his home.
Therefore, his possessions and loved ones remain undisturbed.
11:22``
But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him,
he
takes away his {the first man's} armor on which the man relied
and
divides up his plunder.
11:23``
The one who is not with Me {Jesus} . . . is against Me.
And the one not gathering with Me . . . scatters.
{Response
to Jesus' Work}
11:24
"When the unclean spirit {a fallen angel}
may
be gone out of a man {anthropos},
he
{the fallen angel} passes/journeys through waterless places . . .
seeking/desiring
rest . . . and discovering none.
He
{the fallen angel} says,
'I
will return to my house I left
{back to the previously possessed man}.'
11:25``And
coming, he {the fallen angel} discovers . . . {it}
swept
and 'in order and decorated' {kosmeo}.
11:26``
Then 'proceeding on his journey',
also
'taking with himself'
seven
'of a different kind of' {heteros} spirits
more
evil {poneroteros} than himself.
And
entering in and living there . . .
and
the 'last state' of that man
becomes
worse than the first."
{Arrogant
believer - Rude and Mixed up on doctrine}
27~~And
it came to pass
while
He {Jesus} was teaching these things,
a
certain woman from the audience,
having
interrupted with a loud voice,
said
unto Him,
"Happy
is the womb that carried you!
Happy are the breasts that gave You food."
{Note: This woman is trying to belittle Jesus by shrinking him down to the status of a baby dependent upon its mother for everything. And, she is not even correct about happiness in a womb because the woman having children is part of the curse of Eve for her sin.}
28~~But
He . . . Himself . . . replied,
"On
the contrary {WRONG!},
happinesses
to those who keep hearing the Word of God
and
retain/guard it."
{Note: Retain here is the same use of guard in the sense of a 'retainer' placed on your teeth to keep them in place. The 3 R's of Grace Apparatus for Perception:
1) Reception - you must concentrate on doctrine taught for it to be RECEIVED. This is the gnosis stage. It is heard but not accepted as truth. When accepted as truth, it becomes epignosis.
2) Retention - When you are positive at the hearing of the Word, it is transferred to your soul and becomes epignosis where it is useable. Remember only a small percentage of what you hear will actually be retained. So, you must be consistent in your hearing, and the pastor-teacher must be consistent in his repetition.
3) Recall - This is applying doctrine to your daily life
experiences. In James 'faith without works is dead'. The 'works' to
which James is referring is 'recalling and applying doctrine as the
need arises - under the influence and guidance of the Filling of the
Holy Spirit'.}
{Verses
29-30: The Sign of Jonah}
11:29~~Now,
while the crowds were increasing,
{Jesus exerted His teaching authority over the
arrogant woman disturbing His teaching . . .
and now we see that caused the crowds to GROW!}
He
{Jesus} began to speak/communicate,
"This
generation keeps on being an evil generation . . .
it
keeps on seeking/looking
for
a sign/miracle {semeion},
but/'in
reality' absolutely no {ouk} sign
will
be given to it . . .
except
the 'miracle sign' of Jonah.
{Note:
From the 1976 Assyrian Crisis series, RBT says that Jonah, of the
book of Jonah, was a prophet who despised the nation of Assyria whose
headquarters was in Nineveh. God commanded Jonah to evangelize
Nineveh because He knew there was strong positive volition there to
Him and His Word. Jonah ran and we all know the story of God
returning him by submarine (in the stomach of a big fish). The second
time Jonah did go to Nineveh because God explained that he could tell
them they were going to Hell if they did not repent! That sounded
good to Jonah . . . but they DID repent and come to God! The
sign/miracle offered by Jonah was the tremendous opportunity to
believe and then study doctrine to replace human viewpoint thinking
with divine viewpoint. That is what Jonah offered a decadent nation
and they responded. Jesus offered the same to Israel, but they
rejected Him.}
11:30~~For
just as Jonah became a 'miracle sign'
to
the Ninevites {people of Nineveh},
so
shall also the Son of Man
became
a 'miracle sign' to this generation.
{Note: Miracles stimulate the emotions. The key to Jesus was His Teaching His followers/students. It is doctrine in the soul that is important. Jesus did NOT cure all the blind in Palestine. He could have. He performed His miracles to focus attention to what He said/taught.}
31``
The queen of the south {Sheba}
shall
rise with the men of this generation
{she became a mature believer},
at
the judgment
{evaluation of believers at the 2nd Advent}
and
condemn them . . .
because
she came from
the
ends of the earth
{extreme positive volition}
to
hear the wisdom {doctrine's taught} of Solomon.
And
behold, here is something {doctrine}
greater
than the wisdom of Solomon.
11:32``The
'noble men' {aner} of Nineveh
will
'rise up'/'stand up' {anistemi}
at
the judgment with this generation
and
condemn it . . .
because
they repented at the preaching of Jonah,
and
behold {beware} -
something
greater than Jonah is here!
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