Woe Unto You!

Scripture For The Day 

 December 11, 2023

 Luke 11: part 2

"Woe Unto You!" 

Jesus was casting out a demon that was making the man not be able to speak. After the demon came out, the man was able to speak and the people were amazed. Some of the people said, “He uses the power of beelzebub/satan to force demons out of people.” And others wanted to test Jesus asking Him for a miracle from God. But Jesus knew what was really in their hearts and He said “Every Kingdom that fights against itself will be destroyed. And a family that fights against itself will break apart. So, if satan is fighting against himself how will his kingdom survive?” He goes on to tell the people that He uses the Power of God to force out the demons. Whoever is not with me is against me. He shared the way an evil spirit works. And it came to pass, as He spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto Him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee… But He said, Yea rather, Blessed are they that hear the Word of God, and keep it.

The crowd grew larger and larger as people came to see Jesus. He began to preach again “The people who live today are evil. They ask for miracles or signs from God. But no miracle will be done that will prove anything to them.” Sounds a lot like the people of today. That’s why Jesus tells us that we need to be a Light for Him. No one takes a light and puts it under a bowl or hides it. Instead, they put it on a lampstand so that the people who come in can see. That’s our job in this dark world. Shine The Light of Jesus for the lost to see. Shine The Light of Jesus to encourage other believers.

As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. Jesus went in and sat down to meat. The Pharisee was concerned with ceremony and noticed that Jesus hadn’t washed before dinner.  Jesus told him “The washing you Pharisees do is like cleaning only the outside of a cup or a dish. But what is inside you? You cheat and hurt people. You are foolish! Pay attention to what is inside.  But it will be bad for you Pharisees because you love to feel important and for people to show you respect. You are like hidden graves. People walk on them without knowing it. One of the lawyers spoke up “Master, you say these things about the Pharisees, you are criticizing our group also” Jesus answered “It will be bad for you as well. You make strict rules that are hard for people to obey. You try to force others to obey your rules. But you yourselves don’t even try to follow those same rules. Woe unto you!” And as He said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to give Him trouble They tried to make Him answer questions about many things so they could try and catch Jesus into saying something wrong.

Woe unto You!