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Luke 9:46-48 Hey guys, what are you talking about? Day 329

Good morning fellow saints,

As we walk along the way with Jesus are we ever drawn into "discussion" like Luke tells us about?  I wonder if the disciples had prayed "lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil" that morning.

Blessings,

Jeff

A short time after Peter, James and John come down from the mount of transfiguration, an argument arose among the twelve..  KJV translates a "reasoning".  Sounds much more polite doesn't it?  We weren't arguing, we were reasoning. From the Greek, we get the word dialogue.  The same word is reasoning in v47.

Remember that Luke is not an eye witness to the things he reports.  They are all reported to him as he 

to write an orderly account for you Luke 1:3.  Presumably it was one of the twelve (who prefers to remain anonymous) told Luke about this after the crucifixion and resurrection.  Seems likely that each of them had a part in the reasoning.  Even Judas Iscariot may have given his reasons for why he was greatest.

Jesus knows what is in their hearts by what is coming out of their mouths.  Jesus' human nature does not share any attributes of his divine nature.  Psalm 139:4 tells us that God knows our words before they are on our tongue.  

Application

If the twelve who had been with Jesus for three years can have an argument about who is greatest, none of us is immune from this tendency to "sort things out".  Paul includes dissensions and divisions in the list of works of the flesh in Galatians 5.  The world system tells us that being on top is a good thing.  We must not listen to what the world tells us is important.  We must listen to what Jesus tells us is important.  That being least is best in the kingdom.

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