The God-man Prays Before He Acts (2)

Chris Bogstad

The True King of Israel • Sermon • Submitted a year ago

Luke 6:12–14

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Luke 6:12-16

ICC’s Wednesday In the Word (2/8/23)

Introduction

Prayers

Scripture memory

Romans 8:18- For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

Catch- Why is prayer essential before big decisions?

If prayer is essential, why do find ourselves too busy for it often?

In his great book on Prayer, Alister Begg writes

"A self-assured person is not going to pray prayers of petition; there’s no need to pray if you think you have got it all covered. A self-righteous person is not going to Pray prayers of confession; there’s no need to pray if you think you’re good enough to earn God’s blessing.

We don’t think we need prayer

But if there is anyone who didn’t need anything, it was the God-man, Jesus Christ… God in human flesh

But what do we find Jesus doing over and over again, except praying

Review on the context

What is the purpose of Luke? To remind

So the apostles are the foundation of the church, right?

Ephesians 2:19–21- So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

Where did these guys come from and how was their ministry connected to Jesus?

Luke shows us we can be assured they followed Jesus.

Luke has shown how Jesus went toe to toe with Pharisees regarding the SabbathNow, he figures out his specific chosen ones

Jesus’ prayer before ordaining shows the necessity of prayer

Look carefully at the order: Who is mentioned first? Who is paired with whom? Who is last? By choosing where to locate people, events, ideas, and so on, a writer can call attention to something

Their leaders (14a)

these lists also start with the same person… who?

Peter

What are some things you know about Peter?

Unlike Matt 16:16–19 no reason is given for the name “Peter.” Whereas Luke used “Simon” (God has heard) up to this point, he henceforth would use “Peter” (Stone)

This statue is located in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. He is typically depicted with short, curly hair and a square beard

He often is the leader of the group in many ways, speaking first

He is a main character of Acts, along with Paul

Peter is depicted with keys in his hand, which is a reference to

Matthew 16:19- I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

And then turn to

But what is interesting is that when Peter is released from prision, he points to the importance of James, the brother of jesus, saying

Acts 12:17- But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Tell these things to James and to the brothers.” Then he departed and went to another place.

Acts 15:13–14- After they finished speaking, James replied, “Brothers, listen to me. Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name.

Acts 15:19- Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God,

It the culture of the time, the leader speaks last, not first showing if anyone is the leader of the Jerusalem church, it is James, not Peter

Andrew, his brother

As in Matt 10:2, Andrew is placed next to his brother, Simon. From Mark 1:16 we learn that he was a fisherman like his brother.

He’s actually not that importamt for most of the time as it it peter and the other three closest to Jesus

Luke 9:28–29- Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white.

Andrew is depicted with long hair and a long beard, which symbolizes his original association with the “wild” John the Baptist. Andrew was supposed to have been crucified on a saltire (that is, a cross in the shape of an X), which is depicted here.

James

were also Galilean fishermen (Luke 5:10–11). James, sometimes called “the Great” to distinguish him from the James of Mark 15:40, was martyred in the early forties by Herod Agrippa (Acts 12:1–2).

James the Great is often depicted with a long beard, as here. He is shown with a pilgrim’s staff, on the basis of later legends which made Compostela (the legendary place of his burial) a pilgrimage site. In his left hand, James holds a gospel scroll, representing his work as a preacher. This statue is located in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.

John

John is depicted with an eagle, which is the symbol of both John and his Gospel (taken from Rev 4:7). Depictions of John as the “beloved disciple,” as here, typically show him as a beardless youth, while depictions of “John the theologian” show him with a long white beard and a receding hairline. This statue appears to depict John seeing a vision and writing the book of Revelation. I

John 18:15- John knows the servant girl personally… and the High priest, and the High Priest knew John

Jesus works through a bunch of nobodies… they were fisherman?

Kent disagrees, since John knew the most powerful man in Isreal

Not just an ordinary fisherman

Fisherman were not losers

Fishing was very lucrative

Go to Gallille to be a good Capitalist, not a good religious person

Since John knew the High Priest and some of the Sanhedrin, so he writes about the festivals because he knew very much about what went on

18:16- Peter’s ticket into the courtyard

*John 18:18- The Denials of Peter

Why was John not pointed out? Because he knew the high priest

The regulars (14b-16a)

Philip

According to John 1:44, Philip came from Bethsaida, the same city as Peter and Andrew.

Bartholomew

There is no other reference to Bartholomew in the NT other than his appearance in the four lists of the disciples. Some have speculated that Bartholomew was another name for the Nathanael of John 1:45–51; 21:2, but there is no real evidence for this.

Matthew

Thomas

James the son of Alphaeus,

Simon who was called the Zealot

In Mark 3:18 and Matt 10:4 Simon is referred to as Simon the Cananaean. “Cananaean” is simply a transliteration of the Aramaic word for “Zealot,” for which Luke gave the Greek translation. The “Zealot” movement, which led to the Jewish revolt from a.d. 67–70, probably did not exist as a distinct political entity in Jesus’ day. Simon was a “Zealot” in the sense that he was a follower of the revolutionary movement(s) that later developed into a unified nationalistic party of Zealots.

Judas the son of James

Today the name is, of course, associated with betrayal and sin. At that time, however, the term Judas was simply a Greek form of ‘Judah’ and in the minds of their parents would have conjured up images of ‘Judas Maccabaeus’, the heroic military leader who ruled from 166 BC to 160 BC.

In Mark 3:18 and Matt 10:3 this name does not appear, but instead we find the name “Thaddaeus.” It is not impossible that these are two names for the same person.

These shared names are qualified to distinguish them. Had there been only one Judas, why qualify his name with Iscariot here, in Mark 3:19, and in Matt 10:4? There would be no need to do so. If, however, as the Lukan account states, there were two disciples named Judas, then such a qualification would have been needed. Matthew and Mark may have preferred the other name “Thaddaeus” to Judas because of the connotations associated with the name Judas. (What Christians today name their son “Judas”?)

Their betrayer (16b)

They were not all successful, since Judas Iscariot was in their midst. He pictures someone who participates in the community, but is not a genuine member. Such people sometimes even reach prominence in the church

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Application

Conclusion

Therefore

Cohesion-

We know we must (Resolution)

Closing prayer