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The Book of Luke Our Goal U nder the guidance of the Holy Spirit, Luke surveyed the historical materials, interviewed the eyewitnesses (1:2), and then, with “perfect understanding of all things,” wrote “an orderly account” that readers “may know the certainty” of Jesus and His good news (vss. 3, 4, NKJV).

The Book of Luke Contents 1 The Coming of Jesus 2 Baptism and the Temptations 3 Who Is Jesus Christ? 4 The Call to Discipleship 5 Christ as the Lord of the Sabbath 6 Women in the Ministry of Jesus 7 Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and Prayer 8 The Mission of Jesus 9 Jesus, the Master Teacher 10 Following Jesus in Everyday Life 11 The Kingdom of God 12 Jesus in Jerusalem 13 Crucified and Risen

The Book of Luke Lesson 9, May 30 The Book of Luke Lesson 9, May 30 Jesus, the Master Teacher

Key Text Luke 4:32 NKJV “ A nd they were astonished at His teaching, for His word was with authority.”

Jesus, the Master Teacher Quick Look 1. The Master Teacher’s Authority (Luke 4:32) 2. The Master Teacher’s New Law (Luke 6:27-38) 3. The Master Teacher’s New Family (Luke 10:30-37)

Jesus, the Master Teacher Initial Words W hen Christ came to the earth, humanity seemed to be fast reaching its lowest point. The very foundations of society were undermined. Life had become false and artificial.... Men turned to infidelity and materialism. They lived for the present. Against such a background Jesus taught the things that He did.

Jesus, the Master Teacher 1. The Master Teacher’s Authority Luke 4:31, 32 NKJV “ T hen He went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbaths. And they were astonished at His teaching, for His word was with authority.”

1. The Master Teacher’s Authority As None Ever Did A s a physician and scholar, Luke was acquainted with the role of authority. He knew the authority of the Roman law in civil matters and government function. As Paul’s traveling companion he knew the ecclesiastic authority that the apostle commanded with the churches he founded.

1. The Master Teacher’s Authority As None Ever Did Thus, Luke understood that authority is at the core of a person’s position, an institution’s role, a state’s function, and a teacher’s relationship to his or her followers. Having rubbed shoulders with all kinds of authority at all levels of power, Luke said that there was something match- less about Jesus and His authority.

1. The Master Teacher’s Authority As None Ever Did Born in a carpenter’s home, brought up for 30 years in the little Galilean town of Nazareth, known for nothing great by worldly standards, Jesus confronted everyone—Roman rulers, Jewish scholars, rabbis, ordinary people, secular and religious powers—with His teaching and ministry.

Jesus, the Master Teacher 2. The Master Teacher’s New Law Luke 6:27-38 NKJV “ ‘ B ut I say to you who hear: Love your enemies.... Give to everyone who asks of you.... Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.... Judge not, and you shall not be judged.... Forgive and you will be forgiven.’ ”

2. The Master Teacher’s New Law Christ’s Greatest Sermon T he Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) is often hailed in literature as “the essence of Christianity.” Luke provides selections of the sermon in 6: Because Luke placed the sermon immediately after the “official” choosing of the disciples (6:13), some scholars have called it the “Ordination Charge to the Twelve.”

Christ’s Greatest Sermon Principles Expressed 1. The Christian blessedness (20-22). How can poverty, hunger, weeping, and being hated lead to blessedness? 2. Reason for rejoicing in the midst of rejection (22, 23). 3. Woes to guard against (24-26). Why should a Christian guard againt these four woes?

Christ’s Greatest Sermon Principles Expressed 4. The Christian imperative (27-31). No command of Jesus is more debated and is considered more difficult to keep than the golden rule of love. The Christian ethic is fundamen- tally positive, not negative. It does not consist of what not to do but what to do.

Christ’s Greatest Sermon Principles Expressed 5. The Christian way (37-42). Note Christ’s insistence on forgiveness, liberal giving, exemplary living, and on tolerance. 6. The Christian fruit-bearing (43-45). 7. The Christian builder (48, 49).

Jesus, the Master Teacher 3. The Master Teacher’s New Family Luke 10:29-37 NKJV “ ‘ A nd who is my neighbor?’... ‘A certain man...fell among thieves... leaving him half dead.... A certain priest...passed by on the other side.... Likewise a Levite.... But a certain Samaritan...took care of him.... So which...was neighbor to him....?’... ‘He who showed mercy on him.’ ”

3. The Master Teacher’s New Family The Good Samaritan W hat shall I do to inherit eternal life? (25). To be saved from sin and to enter into God’s kingdom is indeed the noblest of all aspirations. So many had the false notion that eternal life is something one can earn by good works. “The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 6:23).

3. The Master Teacher’s New Family The Good Samaritan What is written in the law? What is your reading of it? (26). Jesus directed the lawyer to a great truth: eternal life is not a matter of keeping rules but calls for loving God absolutely and unreservedly and likewise all God’s creation—“the neighbor,” to be precise.

3. The Master Teacher’s New Family The Good Samaritan Hatred and animosity marked the relationship between Jews and Samaritans, and by the time of Jesus the enmity between the two had only worsened (Luke 9:51–54, John 4:9). Hence, by making a Samaritan the “hero” of the story, Jesus brought home His point even stronger than it otherwise might have been.

3. The Master Teacher’s New Family The Good Samaritan The Samaritan’s ministry described in great detail: he took pity, went to him, bandaged his wounds, poured oil and wine, carried him to an inn, paid in advance for his stay, and promised to care for any balance on his way back. All these parts of the his ministry together define the limitlessness of true love that knows no frontier.

Jesus, the Master Teacher Final Words “ I n His life and lessons, Christ has given a perfect exemplification of the unselfish ministry which has its origin in God. God does not live for Himself.... This ideal of ministry God has committed to His Son.... His whole life was under a law of service. He served all....” —The Desire of Ages 649.