Month: March 2021

15
Mar
2021

Luke 13:19 – Is the mustard seed the smallest of all seeds?

“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; and this is smaller than all other seeds; but when it is full grown, it is larger than the garden plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches,” (Matt. 13:31; see also Mark 4:30;  Luke 13:19).

No, the mustard seed is not the smallest of all seeds.  Jesus was speaking proverbially.  That is, he wasn’t making a statement of absolute fact but using a proverbial style of communication.

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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Jesus
13
Mar
2021

Luke 12:10 – Blaspheming the Holy Spirit?

Problem: Jesus taught, “And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him” (Lk. 12:10). What does it mean to blaspheme the Holy Spirit? Does this mean that a Christian can lose their salvation if they do this?

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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Bible Teaching
12
Mar
2021

Luke 11:51 – Jesus claims that the last Hebrew martyr was Zechariah the son of Berechiah, but this is the wrong Zechariah.

Problem: Jesus says that the last martyr was “Zechariah, the son of Berechiah” the prophet. However, Zechariah the prophet was never recorded to be martyred. Instead, another Zechariah of Jehoiada in 2 Chronicles 24:20-22 was the one who was martyred. For this reason, critics claim that Jesus was referring to the wrong Zechariah.

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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Jesus
11
Mar
2021

Wisdom From Above – (James 3:13-18)

13  Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

“Conversation” means behaviour.  Let your lifestyle do the talking for you.  Your not wise because you say you are, your wise because others see wisdom in you.  Your not a Christian because you say you are, you are a Christian if others see Christ in you.  Let your good behaviour (life style) show godly wisdom.

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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Teaching
11
Mar
2021

Luke 11:1-4 – To whom did Jesus tell the Lord’s Prayer?

Some critics assert a contradiction between Matthew and Luke by point out that some of the same teachings found in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) are found in different contexts in Luke. For example, when Jesus offers the model prayer often known as the “Lord’s Prayer,” Matthew has Jesus teaching the multitude how to pray (Matt. 6:6-13). Luke records another instance (Luke 11:1-4), where the disciples ask Him to teach them to pray, which He does in much the same way He taught the crowd in Matthew. There is certainly no logical conflict here at all. Jesus can (and did) teach the same thing more than once.

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05
Mar
2021

Luke 9:27 – Did Jesus think he would return soon?

Problem: Jesus said, “There are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God” (Lk. 9:27). Critics argue that Jesus was incompetent, and he believed that he would return before the disciples died. Peterists argue that this predicts Jesus’ hidden coming during the destruction of the Temple. Is this the case?

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04
Mar
2021

Luke 9:3 – Did Jesus tell His disciples to take a staff or not?

Cannot take a staff

Matthew 10:9-10, “Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts, 10 or a bag for your journey, or even two tunics, or sandals, or a staff; for the worker is worthy of his support.”

Luke 9:3, “And He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, neither a staff, nor a bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not even have two tunics apiece.”
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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Proof, Jesus’ Death
03
Mar
2021

Luke 9:1-6 – Does the commissioning of the Twelve contradict Mark’s account?

Problem: Matthew records that the disciples shouldn’t acquire “a bag for your journey, or even two coats, or sandals, or a staff” (Mt. 10:9-10). Mark records, “[Jesus] instructed them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a mere staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belt—but to wear sandals” (Mk. 6:8-9). Whereas Luke records that Jesus instructed, “Take nothing for your journey, neither a staff, nor a bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not even have two tunics apiece” (Lk. 9:3). The discrepancy can be seen in this way:

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Posted by petra1000 in Bible Difficulty, Jesus