Luke 12

How to study

  • Context
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  • Study with an open mind, objective thinking

Hostility

  • Jesus didn’t avoid it. See Matthew 23; John 10.
  • Sometimes it is appropriate to argue in an environment where people are getting hostile.

Luke 12:1 – Leaven of hypocrisy

  • Hypocrisy, like leaven, spreads – Galatians 2:13

Luke 12:4-7 – Fear, stand in awe of – priorities

  • We must have our priorities right and fear God rather than man.

Luke 12:8-9 – Confess – not pre-baptism confession

  • Confession is not a one-time act – it is a continuous lifestyle.
  • Confession means speaking the same thing as someone else.

Luke 12:10 – The unforgivable sin

  • See Matthew 12:32; Mark 3:28-30.
  • Blasphemy means to speak against someone.
  • In the first century, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit meant seeing Jesus work a miracle, admitting He did it, then saying He did it because He had a demon.
  • See I Timothy 1:13; II Peter 3:9; I John 5:16-17.
  • Any sin I am unwilling to repent of will not be forgiven.