Luke 12c: HG Bishop Youssef

IntroductionThe Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant

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• In the first 8 chapters, the period of instruction of the disciples is now completed
• Now it is time to send them on their mission for two things:
  • To proclaim the gospel
  • To heal the illnesses in the people
• It is like after Pre-servants, you when they have completed their instruction, are sent to be Sunday School Servants

Outline

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• 1-6: Sending out the Twelve
• 7-9: Herod Seeks to See the Lord Jesus Christ
• 10-17: Feeding the Five Thousand (Gospel of the 9th Hour)
• 18-20: St Peter Confesses Jesus as the Messiah]
• 21-22: The Lord Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection
• 23-27: Take Up the Cross and Follow Me
• 28-36: The Transfiguration on Mt Tabor
• 37-42: A Boy is Healed
• 43-45: Jesus again Predicts His Death
• 46-48: Jesus answers "Who is the Greatest"
• 49-50: The Disciples and Serving Others
• 51-56: A Samaritan Village Rejects the Savior
• 57-62: The Cost of Discipleship

Sending Out the Twelve

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¹ Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. ² He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. ³ And He said to them, “Take nothing for the journey, neither staffs nor bag nor bread nor money; and do not have two tunics apiece.00:00

^4 35 “WhateverLet houseyour youwaist enter,be stay there,girded and your lamps from there depart.burning; ^5 36 and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately. ³⁷ Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them. ³⁸ And whoeverif willhe should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. ³⁹ But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not receiveallowed you,his whenhouse to be broken into. ⁴⁰ Therefore you goalso outbe ready, for the Son of thatMan city, shakeis offcoming theat veryan dusthour fromyou yourdo feetnot as a testimony against them.expect.”

^6 41 SoThen Peter said to Him, “Lord, do You speak this parable only to us, or to all people?”

⁴² And the Lord said, “Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season? ⁴³ Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. ⁴⁴ Truly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all that he has. ⁴⁵ But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk, ⁴⁶ the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. ⁴⁷ And that servant who knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. ⁴⁸ But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they departedwill and went throughask the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.more.

• The Lord sentis still addressing the disciples whoand continuing to talk about greediness and covetousness and the love of money
  • As followers of Christ, we treat the accumulation of wealth and earthly goods with indifference because no man knows when the end of those things will come.
• Let your loins be girded and Let your lamps be burning
  • Since we don't know when we will leave this world, our hearts should be focused on something else. Be like servants waiting for their master - let your loins be girded
  • Men and women wore long flowing robe. When they worked or walked or ran, it was necessary to tie up the flowing robe with a belt around their waste or it would obstruct their work or walking or running.
  • Girding loins means to be ready, be active, be diligent. Be ready for the coming of the Lord!
  • Lamps burning (Psalm 119:105 - Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path).
  • If my waste is girded but the road is dark, I cannot run... I will stumble. I need a lamp to enlighten my way.
  • Girded waste is the inner willingness to serve the Lord and inner readiness for the coming of the Lord. The burning lamp is the external service - the outwardly service that will shine before men (let your light shine before men that they may see your good works) or the Word of God enlightening my way.
  • St Augustine: "What does it mean to be dressed and ready for action? To control our passions and be chaste. Lighting our lamps is to light them brightly with good deeds and righteous work (let your light shine before men)
• The master will gird Himself and make them sit down to eat and serve them.
  • I'm sure the disciples remembered these words on covenant Thursday
• If he shall come in the second or third watch
  • The Jews had three watches: 6-10pm, 10pm-2am, 2am-6am
  • The Romans had four watches: 6-9pm, 9-12am, 12-3am, 3-6am
    • This is what we follow in our Coptic Tradition
    • 6pm Compile (12th hour)
    • 9pm Veil
    • 12am 1st Watch
    • 3am 2nd Watch
    • 6am 3rd Watch
    • 7am 1st Hour
    • 9am 3rd Hour
    • 12pm 6th hour
    • 3pm 9th hour
    • 5pm 11th hour
    • 6pm 12th hour (Compline)
  • We read this gospel at the 3rd watch to remind ourselves to be ready - even at the 3rd watch
  • 2nd and 3rd watch are nowthe ableweary hours of the night when it is difficult to watch and be ready
  • Church Fathers said:
    • 1st Watch: Childhood and Infancy
    • 2nd Watch: Youth
    • 3rd Watch: Adulthood
    • 4th Watch: Seniorhood
    • Watching is more important in the 2nd and 3rd watch when one is busy with work, studying, marriage, kids, etc. Children don't have accountability and we don't expect them to watch!
• A thief never announces his coming
  • The coming of the Lord will be at an unexpected hour
  • The way to be ready for a thief is to live in constant readiness
  • The way to be ready for the Lord is to live in constant readiness
• The Lord is coming
  • Some will be faithful and ready
  • Some will be unprepared and unaware... the people of the world
  • What of the delay in His coming?
    • An opportunity for repentance
    • A test for the loyalty of the faithful
• Peter asks if this parable is for the disciples or for all
  • The disciples are stewards of the Church and have a great responsibility in serving the Master
  • The multitude are stewards too! Each one for his own body and his soul, to preserve it and take care that he receives salvation
  • The parable is for every faithful and wise steward
• Faithfulness and Wisdom
  • An owner of a business who wants to hire a manager will look for someone who is faithful and wise.
    • Wise to make good decisions and make a profit.
    • Faithful means he won't steal that profit.
  • Faithful and wise stewards of God will use our talents to make a profit and render that profit to the Lord. (i.e. to give toglory to God)
• Their portion of food in due season
  • Right food
  • Right amount
  • Right time
• Cut in two
  • The person who harms the peopleglory whatof theyChrist, or dares to scorn the flock of Christ is no different from an unbeliever who does not love God and does not know God
  • To be entrusted to tend the flock of the Lord needs love in the heart
  • At ordination, when he enters into the altar, the Bishop tells him "enter into the joy of your Master" as if to say "you were faithful over little now you are entrusted with more"
• Degrees and Grades of Punishment... Degrees and Grades of Glory
  • He who is called to a service, God gives the ability to carry out this service... so there is no excuse tolerated in the end.
  • In heaven, there are different levels of glory and in hell, different levels of punishment

Christ Brings Division

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⁴⁹ “I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! ⁵⁰ But I have receiveda baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished! ⁵¹ Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division. ⁵² For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three. ⁵³ Father will be divided against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

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  • God does not call the equipped, but He equips the called.
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    • He is asking them to rely on God and trust Him to take care of them
      • When they travel light, they are dependent on God
      • If the preacher, himself, does not trust God, how will he tell the people to trust God?3

  Discern the Time

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  ⁵⁴ Then He also said to the multitudes, “Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it is. ⁵⁵ And when you see the south wind blow, you say, ‘There will be hot weather’; and there is. ⁵⁶ Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?

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    • You should have recognized the signs and realized that judgment is near

  Make Peace with Your Adversary

  52:59

  ⁵⁷ “Yes, and why, even of Lydiayourselves, do you not judge what is right? ⁵⁸ When you go with your adversary to the wholemagistrate, timemake every effort along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. ⁵⁹ I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last mite.”

  • It's not that they didn't know what was right... but they did not act on their knowledge of what is right.
    • They were inpassing Philippiunrighteous judgment on the preacher of repentance
    • They accused John the Baptist of having a demon
    • Accusing the Lord Jesus that He is a drunkard
    • They heard the truth but did not act on it
  • ShakeIf offyou wait until you stand before the Dustthrone of God, the Judge, it will be too late for you
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    • There was a Jewish tradition that when they walked through a city of Gentiles, they would shake off the dust from their feet - a gesture that means "we don't want to take anything from this city of unbelievers"Readiness
    • ThisWatchfulness
    instruction means that any city that does not accept the message
    • Anticipation of the GospelReturn of Christ
  • St Augustine says that your adversary is asthe a cityWord of unbelieversGod
    • When you sin, the word of God tells you not to do that
    • If you like to get drunk, it says to you "do not do that"
    • If you like to commit adultery, it says to you "do not do that"
    • If you like to go to clubs, it says to you "do not do that"
    • In whatever sins you wish to follow your own will, it says to you "Do not do that" 
    • It is the enemy of your will until it becomes the assurance of your salvation. Oh, what an honest and helpful enemy!

  Herod Seeks to See the Lord Jesus

  17:21

  ⁷ Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by Him; and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead, ⁸ and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again. ⁹ Herod said, “John I have beheaded, but who is this of whom I hear such things?” So he sought to see Him.

  • After Herod the Great (who ordered the slaughtering of the children of Bethlehem) died, Israel was divided into four areas
    • Herod Antipas (mentioned here) was the son of Herod the Great, and was ruler over Galilee
    • Herod Antipas is also the one who beheaded St John the Baptist
  • Herod was not interested in the Lord Jesus in any sincere spiritual way, but interested in Him as a "celebrity"
    • He observed the popular thinking about who Jesus was (some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah or one of the prophets - v19)
    • We will see later that Herod simply wants to see Him so he can see a miracle
  • John the Baptist's Beheading is in Matthew 14
  • Who did people think Jesus was?
    • Some thought that Jesus was St John because they both preached a message of repentance
    • Some thought that Jesus was a famous miracle worker like Elijah as promised in Malachi 4:5-6
    • Some thought that Jesus was a prophet as Moses promised in Deuteronomy 18:15-19
  • Herod was perplexed
    • All of these rumors about Jesus left Herod confused
    • He had a guilty conscience over the murder of John the Baptist
    • A guilty conscience brings confusion and perplexity because God is not the author of confusion
  • St Luke notes this to emphasize and warn us about the increasing danger surrounding the work of the Lord Jesus
  • St Luke records more than one reference to Herod
    • Chapter 9: Herod wants to see Jesus... maybe because of his guilty conscience or maybe he wanted to kill the Lord as he killed John
    • Chapter 13: People went to the Lord and said "Herod wants to kill you" and the Lord replied “Go, tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be ^[j]perfected.’"
    • Chapter 23: The Lord Jesus faces Herod on the morning of His crucifixion. Herod was glad because he wanted Him to do a miracle. The Lord did not answer him. Herod mocked Him, and accused Him and arrayed Him in a purple robe

  Feeding the Five Thousand

  25:18

  ¹⁰ And the apostles, when they had returned, told Him all that they had done. Then He took them and went aside privately into a deserted place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. ¹¹ But when the multitudes knew it, they followed Him; and He received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing. ¹² When the day began to wear away, the twelve came and said to Him, “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding towns and country, and lodge and get provisions; for we are in a deserted place here.”

  ¹³ But He said to them, “You give them something to eat.”

  And they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.” ¹⁴ For there were about five thousand men.

  Then He said to His disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of fifty.” ¹⁵ And they did so, and made them all sit down.

  ¹⁶ Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude. ¹⁷ So they all ate and were ^[a]filled, and twelve baskets of the leftover fragments were taken up by them.

  • This is the Gospel of the 9th Hour of the Agpeya
  • Disciples vs Apostles
    • In verse 1, St Luke calls them "Disciples" but in verse 10 "Apostles"
    • Before the mission, they were disciples - pupils, students, learners
    • After the mission, they are called apostles - "those sent with authority and a message"
    • (e.g. after pre-servants they are called 'servants')
    • The spirit of discipleship is important regardless of rank or order or service (i.e. deacon, servant, priest, bishop, pope)
  • They gave a report of the responsibility they were entrusted with
    • "They told Him all that they had done"
    • As we have Servants reporting to the Coordinator, reporting to the clergy, reporting to the bishop, reporting to the Synod
  • The Lord took them into a private place
    • The Lord took special care of those who served Him
    • Bethsaida is the city of Andrew, Peter, John and James - close to the Lake of Gennesaret (Sea of Galilee)
    • That they might retire and be alone to get some rest and refreshment after their ministry, to have some private time with the Lord, to receive words of comfort and blessing, etc.
  • The Lord served the crowd that followed Him
    • He received them
      • Without anger
      • Without making them feel guilty
      • Without rebuke
    • He spoke to them about the Kingdom of God
      • Spiritual Food
    • He healed those who had need of healing
      • Did good for them
  • Send the multitude away
    • The disciples were simply considering the crowd (with women and children) and concerned that the people would get tired
    • To their surprise, the Lord answered them "you give them something to eat"
    • The Lord told them that it is not His will to dismiss the multitude - it was the Lord's will that the disciples supply their food
    • The Lord is challenging their faith and their compassion
  • Make them sit down in groups of fifty
    • The Lord does the work in an organized way
    • The number that we have is accurate (5000) since they sat in groups of 50
  • They all ate and were filled
    • The Lord Jesus took the little that they had and gave thanks to God for it
      • Sometimes when we have little, we don't see a reason to thank God
      • If we had a banquet and only five loaves and two fish, who would thank God?
    • In order to be successful, there is a human element and a divine element
      • Human element: What you need to do - What you CAN do
        Divine element: What God will do - What you CANNOT do
      • God will never do our part, or else He's encouraging and enabling laziness
      • Human: Offer 5 loaves and 2 fish
        Divine: Feed the multitude
      • Human: Move the stone of a tomb
        Divine: Raise Lazarus
      • Human: Cast the net
        Divine: Catch many fish
      • In service, do what you can and God will complete our deficiency and God will do what we cannot
    • Display of His authority over creation
      • He insisted on doing this miracle through the hands of His disciples
    • Collecting the leftovers
      • God is not for wasting resources or food
  • The Purpose
    • The miracle was a reminder of what God provided in the Old Testament
    • The miracle was practically to feed the people there
    • The miracle was a show of His Divinity and His authority over Creation
    • The miracle was an indication that He is the Bread of Life
  • Eucharist/Bread of Life
    • John 6 - St John connects this miracle with the Lord's teaching on the Eucharist
    • As Moses liberated the people from slavery in Egypt, Jesus is the new Moses who came to liberate us
    • As David started the Kingdom of Israel, Jesus is the new David who came to re-establish the Spiritual Kingdom of Israel
    • The Lord promises in John 6 that He will give His Body and Blood for the salvation of man
    • This miracle foreshadows the giving of the Eucharist by the Lord to all of us

  St Peter Confesses the Lord Jesus as the Messiah

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  ¹⁸ And it happened, as He was alone praying, that His disciples joined Him, and He asked them, saying, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”

  ¹⁹ So they answered and said, “John the Baptist, but some say Elijah; and others say that one of the old prophets has risen again.”

  ²⁰ He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

  Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”

  ²¹ And He strictly warned and commanded them to tell this to no one, ²² saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.”

  • Many things happened after the Miracle of the 5000 (in Matthew and Mark), but St Luke ignores them and switches the time and place of the story
    • Jesus walking on the water
    • Many healings
    • The healing of the Syrophoenician woman
    • Feeding of the 4000
    • Rebuke of the Pharisee sand Sadducees who were seeking a sign
  • Who do men say that I am?
    • Jesus was not ignorant of what people were saying, but He asked this to introduce a more important follow-up question: "Who do YOU say that I am"
    • Those who thought He was John did not know Jesus well
    • John and Elijah were courageous and standing up to rulers (Herod, Ahab)
      • The people hoped that the Messiah would be a political Messiah
      • The people saw from the Lord that He stood up to the Pharisees
  • Who do you say that I am?
    • Peter's answer showed that he knew not from human being, but from God
    • "Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven" (Matthew 16:17)
    • Most people did not know that He is the Christ
      • "He came to His own but His own did not receive Him"
      • "He was the light that shines in darkness but the darkness did not comprehend Him"
  • Tell this to no one
    • The crowd could not understand that Jesus was the Messiah and the Messiah had to suffer
    • The disciples should learn this first - that the Messiah must suffer
    • His work was not yet finished - He had to finish His work before the Crucifixion
    • Their faith was still very weak and their knowledge very partial
  • Jesus predicts His Death and Resurrection
    • From now on, He will teach clearly about what they should expect: Death and Resurrection
    • He is preparing their mind for the climax which is the Crucifixion and Resurrection
    • Before this moment, He is fulfilling the prophecies of Isaiah concerning the Messiah: Healing the sick, casting out demons, giving hope to the oppressed and broken-hearted
    • From now on, until the end, He is fulfilling the other side of the prophecies of Isaiah about the Suffering Servant who will die for the sake of His people
    • The Son of Man MUST suffer, MUST be killed, MUST be raised

  Take Up the Cross and Follow Me

  52:27

  ²³ Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. ²⁴ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. ²⁵ For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost? ²⁶ For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels. ²⁷ But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God.”

  • Three requirements
    • Deny himself
    • Take up his cross daily
    • Follow Him
  • A true disciple of Christ should be willing to deny his selfish desires daily
    • To die to himself
    • To be ready to accept unto himself the same as the Lord
  • In the Roman law, if someone was condemned to crucifixion, he had to carry his own cross up to the hill
    • The cross is an instrument of torture, death and humiliation
    • Anyone who takes up their cross doesn't come back... it's a one way journey
  • The Promise from Christ is that if you take up your cross and follow Him, you will live eternally
  • Whoever loses his life for the sake of Christ will live eternally in His heavenly kingdom; but whoever is concerned for his life, will lose his eternity
    • You will never live until you walk to your death with Christ... and only then will you have life
    • You cannot gain resurrection and life without dying first
    • This is a strong and sure promise of life after death
  • Gaining the whole world, which is temporal, may lose everything in eternity
  • Who is ashamed of Christ and His words?
    • Some out of fear of the Cross
    • Some out of social pressure
    • Some out of intellectual or cultural pride
  • Not taste death until they see the kingdom of God
    • The Crucifixion, Resurrection and Pentecost which some standing there would see
    • Jesus Reigns on the Cross - those who live to see these events, live to see the kingdom of God
    • St Ambrose: "Thus, if we wish not to fear death, let us stand where Christ is so that He may say of us, too, 'there are some standing here that shall not taste death.' It is not enough to stand unless the standing is where Christ is... for only those who can stand with Christ, will not taste death. It is therein lawful through the quality of the very word to ponder that those who are seen to have deserved the fellowship with Christ will not have, even, the perception of death."
      • If you stand with Christ in His Crucifixion and Sufferings, then you will be with Him in His glory