Reading: Luke 7:36-50

Pharisees — so many of them religious pretenders and spiritual frauds. Pharisees — so many of them adversaries to godliness and truth. Pharisee — now used interchangeably with hypocrite.

So many of these men actively worked against Jesus. And hated Him. And plotted His death.

Were any of them beyond redemption?

If not, what would my attitude toward them have been? (Or for a worse question yet, would I have been one of them?)

Perhaps this one was not in the “so many of them” category:

“And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat” (36).

Why should that verse have stood out to me this morning?

What message is Jesus trying to get through to me?

For what is He preparing me?

from Luke 7:40

A little bit more from Luke 7: Which Will Love Most?

Reading: Luke 7:18-35

What does this verse mean?

“But wisdom is justified of all her children” (35).

So short, but so full…if I could just figure it out correctly. If of were by, that might help.

Hmmm. I wonder how it’s given in my Spanish Bible (Reina-Valera 1960).

The same as KJV, except that of is by!

So now what do I think this verse might mean?

Well, the lives of those who live wisely prove the truth and value of wisdom.

Or to put it another way, my life is wisdom’s proving ground.

Proving ground is a term for a military installation or reservation where weapons or other military technology are experimented or tested, or where military tactics are tested.

God wants to use my life to test (and prove) His wisdom!

Will I allow that?

from Luke 7:22

A little bit more from Luke 7: Offended in Jesus?