Most preachers re-use some
of their material from time to time.
And it seems that the Lord
Jesus was no exception.
Who knows how often Jesus
preached.
Maybe most days, perhaps
several times a day or for several hours.
And so he probably didn’t
have time for lots of extra sermon preparation as he travelled around.
You can imagine the
disciples saying to him, “O, Jesus, tell us the one about the whited sepulchres
again!”
Or, “Jesus, what about the
one about the man with the plank in his eye?!”
The oral tradition of the
time depended on repetition and that helps to account, under God, for the remarkable
preservation and agreement between the gospels.
We’re more familiar with
this famous passage from the version in Matthew’s gospel where it forms part of
the sermon on the mount.
And we’ve looked at that
passage together before.
But here it has a
different context which brings out particular aspects of its meaning.
Starting the reading at
v22 is really starting mid-way through!
When we come to the “therefore”
in v22, we ought to know from our Bible study training that we should ask: “What
is the therefore therefore?”
What is the logic of the
passage that is being pointed out here?
Because of that, therefore
this.
Because of what Jesus has
previously said, now here comes the application which follows from it.
So the application of what
exactly?
Let’s recall that
brilliant little parable of the rich fool which Jesus told which we studied
last week.
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