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IVP New Testament Commentary Series – Jesus' Teaching (6:17-49)
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IVP New Testament Commentary Series
Luke
Galilean Ministry: The Revelation of Jesus (4:14-9:50)
Jesus' Teaching (6:17-49)
Jesus' Teaching (6:17-49)
- A Summary of Jesus' Ministry (6:17-19)
- A Prophetic Call of Blessing and Woe (6:20-26)
- The Call to Exceptional Love and Mercy (6:27-36)
- On Judgment, Righteousness and Jesus' Teaching (6:37-49)
Luke's "Sermon on the Plain" is the Gospel equivalent of Paul's chapter on love, 1 Corinthians 13. Here Jesus sets forth his ethic for daily life in detail. The sermon begins with a recognition of the disciples' blessing as a result of God's grace. The rest of the sermon gives the ethical response to being such a beneficiary. Disciples are to live and relate to others in a way that stands out from how people relate to one another in the world. They are to love and pray for their enemies. Righteousness requires that they respond wisely to Jesus' words by building their lives around his teaching. In sum, disciples are to live and look different from the rest of the world, even as they reach out compassionately to that world.
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