Consider the nature of the people in the crowds around Jesus as He shared the parables in Luke 15.
- Publicans: social outcasts of their day, notoriously dishonest, gathered more taxes than Rome required
- Sinners: those who everyone knew had “missed the mark” regarding righteousness
- Pharisees: zealots who were outwardly religious, strived to impress others, condemned others, avoided even touching sinners
- Scribes: spent time copying scriptures, others accepted them as experts, their attitudes were similar to those of the Pharisees
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Meekness is not weakness.
It is power under control (Mat 11:29).
- What are some of the reasons that Christ was meek?
- In what ways are you meek?
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If we as a church allow the “spirit of the age” to influence us instead of the mind of God, we are failing.
When the spirit of the age invades a church, it is because leaders in the church neglect the only force equal to repelling that invasion (1Cor 8:6).
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Consider the nature of the people in the crowds around Jesus as He shared the parables in Luke 15.
