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BLIND LEADING THE BLIND – A DEADLY DANGER
SATURDAY, MAY 23
Luke 6:37-45

Memory verse: Luke 6:38

 

"Judge not,
and ye shall not be judged:

…forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.”

 

BLIND LEADING THE BLIND – A DEADLY DANGER
 
Jesus Christ spoke the parable of the blind leading the blind as part of the Sermon in the Plain (cf. 6:17). The similarities between the Sermon on the Mount and this sermon are obvious. But we must carefully note the dissimilarities for our spiritual blessings. Jesus taught in Luke 6:37-38 that believers must take heed how they judge, condemn and forgive for God will judge, condemn and forgive them in the same manner. The earlier verses of Luke 6 reveal to us how Jesus was judged and condemned by the Pharisees and scribes for breaking the Sabbath.
 
The Pharisees and scribes saw themselves as the protectors of God’s laws. Anyone who broke them (according to the oral traditions that interpreted and misapplied the law) had sinned. Jesus Christ answered and corrected them, but not to their liking. Jesus taught the Sermon in the Plain after He had called the twelve disciples to follow Him. They had to know the truth as they followed Christ.
 
Jesus taught them to be kind, magnanimous, and careful of a vengeful and judgmental spirit. When the believer is kind, kindness will return to him, overwhelmingly. Luke 6:38 “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” Jesus illustrated this using a dry measure. When someone pours wheat into a container and wants to give a good measure, he would press it down and shake it to make room for more wheat to be put in, until it overflows. This pictures the return of blessings to the one who gives generously to God’s work or God’s people, because he loves the Lord Jesus Christ. He must not be motivated by the return itself for that would be a sin. He must be motivated only by his love for Christ, and God’s work and people.
 
This is the context of the Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind. Let the truth we obey be accompanied by a heart of love and consideration for others.
 
THOUGHT: Am I a miser or a generous giver?
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, help me to love Thee not in word only, but by my generosity, for Christ’s sake. Amen.

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