Download Lesson: 2.3.19 Class Notes – Luke 6.40-45
LOOK:
Today’s passage reminds us that we cannot lead others where we have not been ourselves, nor can we be all that our Master is. In fact, the more we strive to be like Him, the more we realize how far short we fall. This is a warning against pride, for nothing blinds a person like pride.
Download Lesson: 1.27.19 Class Notes – Luke 6.37b-39
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We reap what we sow. If we judge others, we will ourselves be judged. If we forgive, we shall be forgiven, but if we condemn, we shall be condemned (see Matt. 18:21–35). He was not talking about eternal judgment but the way we are treated in this life. If we live to give, God will see to it that we receive; but if we live only to get, God will see to it that we lose. This principle applies not only to our giving of money, but also to the giving of ourselves in ministry to others.
Download Lesson: 1.20.19 Class Notes – Luke 6.36-37a
LOOK:
In Isaiah 55:8 we read that God’s ways are not our ways. If we want God’s blessing in our lives, we must go God’s way, which is usually counter to the ways of man. Man’s way is to go easy on ourselves and judge others more harshly than we judge ourselves. God’s way is to be merciful toward others and to judge our own sins. Since it goes against our flesh, it is something we must constantly work at if we want to please God and experience His blessing.
Download Lesson: 1.13.19 Class Notes – Luke 6.32-35
LOOK:
Jesus emphasizes the need for the believer to continually love, do good, and lend. Even as God has been gracious to believers “while we were still sinners” (Rom 5:8; cf. “ungrateful and wicked” in this verse), so we are to give freely in return.
Download Lesson: 1.6.19 Class Notes – Luke 6.29-31
LOOK: Think of God in His incessant giving. Giving His sun and His rain; giving to the Church and the miser, the thankless and heartless, equally as to the loving and prayerful. Our Master is our great model. We are to always give love and help to the thankless and needy world.