Luke 17:1-10

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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December 15, 2010


 *(From: LUKE #30 - 17:1-10)*


 *E. 17:1-10 THREE DUTIES OF DISCIPLES WHO ARE SERVANTS*


 *1. 17:1-4 DEAL WITH THOSE CAUSING STUMBLING*

*a. 17:1 JESUS' WORD ON OFFENCES*

EIpen de pros tous ma-th*e*TAS auTOU,

*And he said unto his :disciples,*

A-NENdekTON [418] es-tin tou ta SKANda-la [4625] m*e* elTHEIN;

*It is impossible but that :stumblings should come;*

pl*e*n ouAI [3759], di' hou ERche-tai!

*but woe to him, through whom they come!*


 *b. 17:2 THE MILLSTONE ANALOGY*

lu-si-teLEI [3081] auT*O* ei LIthos mu-liKOS [3684] peRIkei-tai [4029] peRI
ton TRAch*e*-lon [5137] auTOU,

*Well for him if a millstone were hanged about his :neck,*

kai ERrip-tai [4496] eis t*e*n THAlas-san,

*and he were thrown into the sea,*

*e* HIna skan-daLIs*e* [4624] t*o*n miKR*O*N [3398] TOUt*o*n HEna.

*rather than that he should stumble one of these :little ones.*


 *c. 17:3 SIN - REBUKE - REPENTANCE - FORGIVENESS*

proSEche-te [4337] he-auTOIS: eAN haMARt*e* ho a-delPHOS sou, e-piTIm*e*-son
[2068] auT*O*;

*Take heed to yourselves: if your :brother sin, rebuke him;*

kai eAN me-ta-no*E*s*e* [3340], Aphes [863] auT*O*.

*and if he repent, forgive him.*


 *d. 17:4 REPETITION OF THIS ORDER!*

kai eAN hepTAkis t*e*s h*e*MEras ha-marT*E*s*e* eis se,

*And if he sin against you seven times in the day,*

kai hepTAkis e-piSTREps*e* [1994] pros se, LEg*o*n, Me-ta-no*O* [3340]; aPH*
E*seis [863] auT*O*.

*and seven times turn again to you, saying, I repent; you shall forgive him.
*


 *2. 17:5-6 GREAT FAITH NOT NEEDED - ACT ON WHAT YOU HAVE*

*a. 17:5 And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith.*

Kai EIpan hoi aPOsto-loi t*o* KuRI*o*, PROSthes [4369] huMIN PIstin.


 *b. 17:6 THE NATURE OF FAITH*

EIpen de ho KUri-os, Ei Eche-te PIstin h*o*s KOKkon [2848] siNApe-*o*s
[4615],

*And the Lord said, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed,*

eLEge-te an t*e* su-kaMIn*o* [4807] TAUt*e*, E-kriZ*O*th*e*-ti [1610],

*you would say to this :sycamore tree, Be rooted up,*

kai phuTEUth*e*-ti [5542] en t*e* thaLASs*e*; kai huP*E*kou-sen [5219] an
huMIN.

*and be planted in the sea; and it would obey you.*


 *3. 17:7-10 PRINCIPLE: WE ONLY DO OUR DUTY WHEN WE SERVE*

*a. 17:7-8 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LORD AND SERVANTS*

Tis de ex huM*O*N, DOUlon [1401] Ech*o*n a-ro-tri*O*Nta [722] *e*poiMAInon-ta
[4165],

*But who of you, having a bondman plowing or keeping sheep,*

hos ei-selTHONti ek tou aGROU, eREI auT*O*,

*who will say unto him, when he is come in from the field,*

EuTHE*o*s pa-relTH*O*N aNApe-se [377];

*Come straightway and sit down to meat;*

all' ouCHI eREI auT*O*, HeTOIma-son [2090] ti deipN*E*s*o* [1172],

*8 but will not rather say to him, Make ready so that I may sup,*

kai pe-ri-z*o*SAme-nos [4024], di-aKOnei [1247] moi, HE*o*s PHAg*o* kai PI*o
*;

*and gird yourself, and serve me, till I eat and drink;*

kai meTA TAUta PHAge-sai kai PIe-sai su?

*and afterward you shall eat and drink?*


 *b. 17:9 Does he thank the bondman because he did the things commanded?*

m*e* Echei CHArin t*o* DOUl*o* HOti ePOI*e*-sen ta di-a-tachTHENta [1299]?


 *c. 17:10 THE OBEDIENT SERVANT*

HOUt*o*s kai huMEIS, HOtan poi*E*s*e*-te panTA ta di-a-tachTHENta huMIN,

*So you also, when you shall have done all the things commanded you,*

LEge-te [HOti], DOUloi aCHREI-OI [888] es-men;

*say [that], We are unprofitable bondmen;*

ho *o*PHEIlo-men [3784] poi*E*sai pe-poi*E*ka-men [4160].

*we have done what was our duty to do.*



 *NOTE**: (2010-12-15) - 17:1-4 - *SKANda-la - *stumblings* - are very
serious incidents to bring upon fellow believers, especially children.
Sexual sin and abuse is serious enough, but there are other ways that hurt a
brother. And - what we do to a fellow believer - we do to Christ! -
for *He*is one with every member of His spiritual body.


 Yet, if a brother sin against us, *we* are to rebuke (e-piTIm*e*-sin) him.
We *are* our brother's keeper. We can *not* be like Cain who murdered his
brother Abel. And no matter how many times a rebuked brother repents and
asks for our forgiveness - we *must* grant it. *God* is all-forgiving this
way. We see it in Jesus, Who is God manifest!


 17:5-6 - The apostles immediately recognized that they needed
*increased*faith to forgive a repenting brother after sinning and
being rebuked -
especially if he repeats this a number of times. Peter in another Gospel
asked Jesus if he could *fix* his brother after 7 such times of forgiving
him. No, Jesus said, not even 70 + 7! - which it would be impossible to see
that many sins in a day. And Jesus said faith as small as a grain of mustard
seed - will meet the need of that above.


 17:7-10 - It is important for us to see ourselves as servants! Jesus was *
this* to His Father in His earthly life. Four times in the book of Isaiah
Jesus is prophetically foretold in the four “*Servant* Songs.” If *Jesus* is
our example in all of this, then we can certainly obtain grace to
*also*live like Him down here. And - when we've done
*all* that is our duty to do - it *yet* is but our duty, and does not merit
praise. Yes - we do need grace for this. But just think - Jesus as the
Eternal Son of God manifested this earthly type of servant spirit for 33
years down here. On the Mount of Transfiguration we see Him as He was with
the Father before His Incarnation. He volunteered for this position. He came
to earth not to be ministered to - *but to minister*, and to give His life a
ransom for many! Oh - what grace! Oh - what love. And when He is allowed by
us to live His life in and through us supremely by His Spirit - then *we too
* on earth can be like Him in those 33 years! J.A.W.



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