Download Lesson: 11.4.18 Class Notes – Luke 5.33-39

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Share John MacArthur’s thoughts on this passage: “The Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Gospel of God, as Paul calls it, the Gospel of grace, the message of forgiveness through the work of Jesus Christ, the Gospel which we know and love and believe is UNIQUE. When I say the Gospel is unique, I mean to say that it is incompatible with any and all other religious beliefs.  It stands alone. The idea that the Christian gospel can mix with or blend with any other religious system in any way is absolutely wrong. It mixes with no other religion. It accommodates no other religion.  In fact, it replaces all other religion. This needs to be emphatically understood in a time which exalts diversity of belief, tolerance of religion, pluralism, inclusivism, and even universalism, which essentially says we’re all headed the same direction. And that singularity of the Christian gospel means that any intrusion that mixes or alters the singularity of the gospel renders it void, nullifies it.  It stands alone….Luke 5:33-39 is very important and very focused on…the uniqueness of the Gospel. And what this passage does for us is demonstrate that the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Gospel of salvation is incompatible with Judaism…we’re going to find that Jesus didn’t come to add to Judaism.  He didn’t come to alter Judaism.  He didn’t come to blend with Judaism.  He came to bring the Gospel, which replaced it along with all other religions.”