Luke Chapter 17 (17 of 24)
Series: Luke
Harley Howard
Luke 17:1-37
1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes! Obviously this has a direct reference to the Pharisees and Scribes who were the stumbling blocks to those who wanted to enter into the Kingdom of God. We have seen this in previous chapters and will continue to see it. Remember, all that the Lord said about these men from the moment they refused to submit to the will of God at John Baptist’s baptism, to the culmination of his preaching to following Christ, these men continued to get more hateful, more evil, more jealous and more religious. There are plenty of stumbling blocks that are in this world and many people who either are the stumbling blocks or who provide the means by which one stumbles away from simple, child-like faith in Jesus Christ. But there is a “woe” to all who do these things. There is coming a grief of judgment upon those who are the cause of stumbling in the lives of believers. No matter what stumbling blocks may do in this life, they will answer to God for all of it.
Matthew 23:13
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
The religious hypocrite is full of pride because he or she thinks in their deception that they are capable of being as righteous as or even more righteous than those who truly are righteous. In fact, religious hypocrisy is so heinous because in the lives of these men and in the lives of plenty today, they thought that they were capable of being, not only as righteous or even more righteous than those who are truly righteous, but more righteous even than the Lo ...
Series: Luke
Harley Howard
Luke 17:1-37
1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes! Obviously this has a direct reference to the Pharisees and Scribes who were the stumbling blocks to those who wanted to enter into the Kingdom of God. We have seen this in previous chapters and will continue to see it. Remember, all that the Lord said about these men from the moment they refused to submit to the will of God at John Baptist’s baptism, to the culmination of his preaching to following Christ, these men continued to get more hateful, more evil, more jealous and more religious. There are plenty of stumbling blocks that are in this world and many people who either are the stumbling blocks or who provide the means by which one stumbles away from simple, child-like faith in Jesus Christ. But there is a “woe” to all who do these things. There is coming a grief of judgment upon those who are the cause of stumbling in the lives of believers. No matter what stumbling blocks may do in this life, they will answer to God for all of it.
Matthew 23:13
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
The religious hypocrite is full of pride because he or she thinks in their deception that they are capable of being as righteous as or even more righteous than those who truly are righteous. In fact, religious hypocrisy is so heinous because in the lives of these men and in the lives of plenty today, they thought that they were capable of being, not only as righteous or even more righteous than those who are truly righteous, but more righteous even than the Lo ...
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