June 2, 2014 – Luke 13:7-9

June 2, 2014 – Luke 13:7-9

Fasts of Tammuz and Ab – Lamentations 3:42-49 – “Though hast made us offscouring”

The time between Pentecost and the Fasts of Tammuz and Ab is a time of destruction of idolatry in us.

Luke 13:7-9 – “cut it down”

Matthew: 8-10 – The axe is laid to the human race

Isaiah 29:1-16

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May 30, 2014 – Luke 13:6-9

May 30, 2014 – Luke 13:6-9

More on the Fig Tree parable and “dung”

Philippians 3:1-8 – count all things as dung

I Cor. 4:4-16 – offscouring – what falls off or is wiped off

Long discussion on Forgiving from the heart

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May 29, 2014 – Luke 13:7-10

May 29, 2014 – Luke 13:7-10

“Dung” in the parable is balocopria

John 20:30-21:1 – “I go fishing” means he’s returning to his former life.

Feed my sheep!

vs. 19 – Jesus breathed on the disciples

Mathematical explanation of the 153 fishes

Matthew 3:7-10 – axe is laid to the root of the trees (plural) i.e. the human race

Luke 14:33-35- forsook not all that he has

Acts 2:41-47 – early church had all things in common.

 

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May 28, 2014 – Luke 13:7-10

May 28, 2014 – Luke 13:7-10

I Cor. 2:5 – “came to nought” – the wisdom of the world and all value systems are rendered useless.

Matt. 3:5-9 – John’s baptism was no longer a washing but a burial

I John 3:1-10 – The only way we can be righteous is to die.

“yet not I that liveth, but Christ who liveth in me”

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May 27, 2014 – Luke 13:7-10

May 27, 2014 – Luke 13:7-10

A parable of the fig tree

“Cunbereth” means rendered useless, bring to nothing

Isaiah 5:1 – Fig tree is a symbol of Israel and the vinyard, the Bride.

Romans 3:1-3 – same word translated “cumbered” is here translated “without effect.”

Romans 6:1-6 – translated “destroyed”

I Corinthians 1:26-28 “nought” is same word.

Luke 16:15 – the est is, what do we “esteem?”

I Cor. 2:1-9 – “come to nought”

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May 23, 2014 – Luke 13:3-9

May 23, 2014 – Luke 13:3-9

More on Sinner vs Debtor

Matthew 6:9-13 – “forgive us our debts”

II Thess. 2:1-4 – using our minds returns us to the evil one

Luke 13:6-9 – Fig tree, mystery of 3 years and waiting another year. Dung used in the process.

Philippians 3:1-8 – Loss of all things, poverty is equivalent to the dung

Gal. 6:14 – Glory only in the cross

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May 22, 2014 – Luke 13:2-4

May 22, 2014 – Luke 13:2-4

Sinner vs. debtor

Romans 1:8-15

Romans 7:24-8:12 – not debtors to the flesh

Galatians 4:28 – 5:3 – debtors to he entire law if we try to fix ourelves

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May 21, 2014 – Luke 13:2-4

May 21, 2014 – Luke 13:2-4

Suffering

Romans 8:17-18

II Timothy 2:1-14 – discussion of the nature of suffering

Luke 13:4 – “sinners” here means anyone who owes a debt

Matthew 6:12-13 – we must forgive without any transaction

Matthew 18:15-17

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