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• Luke 20:9-40
• Luke 20:9-18 – Parable of the vine-growers
  • Jesus shows that the master owns the vineyard and by parallel God owns us, the church, and everything around us. God is coming to collect what is due.
• Luke 20:19-26 – The Pharisees realize Jesus was speaking against them and they start trying to catch Him in an error. People may do this to us today and try to catch us in errors. See Titus 2:7-8; I Peter 2:15; 3:16.
• Luke 20:27-40 – The Sadducees try to trap Jesus in a question about the resurrection.
  • See Acts 23:6-10; 4:1-4
  • Luke 20:37 – See Exodus 3:6.

• Fools in God’s sight:
  • One who says there is no God – Psalms 14:1
    • Acts 17:28
  • One who decides right and wrong by his own standards – Proverbs 12:15
    • Jeremiah 10:23; Psalms 37:25
    • Judges 21:25
    • Isaiah 55:8-9
    • Proverbs 28:26
    • Ephesians 4:27
  • One who laughs at sin – Proverbs 14:9
    • Isaiah 59:1-2
    • Ezekiel 18:20
    • Romans 6:23
  • One who leaves God out of his plans – Luke 12:20
    • James 4:13-15
  • Members of the church who are unfaithful – Galatians 3:1
  • One who fails to make adequate preparation – Matthew 25:3
  • One who hears the Word but does not obey it – Matthew 7:26
• Wise in God’s sight:
  • Believe God
  • Respect His standard
  • Do not laugh at, but rather hate sin
  • Take God into your plans
  • Be faithful in His service
  • Make adequate preparation
  • Hear His Word and obey it

• Colossians 4:12
• Develop the right attitude
  • I Corinthians 2:6; 2:14-3:4; 14:20
  • James 1:1-4 – Maturity comes by persevering through trials.
  • Philippians 3:11-16 – We must continually press on toward the goal.
• Study God’s Word well enough to have deep convictions.
  • Colossians 1:28
  • Ephesians 4:11-16 – This is why we need to mature – so we won’t be blown about “by every wind of doctrine”
  • Example: Luke 24:49
    • Read the text.
    • Read the context.
    • Compare translations.
    • Find related verses.
  • Translate Bible knowledge into obedient living.
    • Hebrews 5:11-6:2
    • James 3:2; 2:20-22
    • Matthew 5:43-48
  • In summary:
    • Grow up!
    • Study!
    • Obey!

• Luke 19:1-20:8
• Luke 19:1-10 – Jesus meets Zaccheus.
  • Zaccheus has a great attitude about meeting Jesus. He received Jesus gladly and offered restitution for his sins.
  • Jesus commended the lowly.
  • Jesus ignored the grumblers and complainers. Jesus never catered to people with this attitude.
• Luke 19:11-27 – Jesus teaches the parable of the minas.
  • Luke 19:11 – Note that the reason Jesus taught the parable was because the people thought the kingdom of God was coming immediately. He was reminding them to work now.
• Luke 19:28-40 – Jesus’ “triumphal entry” into Jerusalem.
• Luke 19:41-44 – Jesus weeps over the city of Jerusalem, which would be sacked by the Romans in 70 A.D.
• Luke 19:45-46 – Jesus drives the traders out of the temple.
• Luke 19:47-48 – Jesus preaches daily in the temple and the people hang “on to every word He said.”
• Luke 20:1-8 – The chief priests, scribes, and elders confront Jesus and question His authority.

• Galatians 4:17-5:4
• Galatians 4:17 – The Judaizing teachers were seeking them out so they could shut them out of the kingdom by binding them to the old law again.
• Galatians 4:19-20 – Paul looked at the Galatians as his children in Christ.
• Galatians 4:21-31 – Paul compares the Old and New Covenant to Sarah and Hagar.
  • Hagar = Mt. Sinai = Old Covenant
  • Sarah = Heavenly Jerusalem = New Covenant
  • Ishmael = Jews
  • Isaac = Christians
  • Galatians 4:30 – The Scripture says to cast out the bondwoman (Old Covenant) and her son (the Jews). Christians were now to be God’s chosen people.
• Galatians 5:1-6 – Circumcision no longer has a religious purpose before God. Those who were trying to keep that part of the old law were bound to keep the entire law!