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Repenting and Living in the Light

Date: May. 21, 2017

Passage

Luke 11:29-36  (ESV)

29 When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. 30 For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31 The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

33 “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. 35 Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. 36 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.”

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Key Verse: 11:35

Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness.

1. The sign of Jonah (29-32)

Jesus called his generation wicked for asking for a sign to prove that he was from God (16). Jesus promised only the sign of Jonah. This could refer to Jesus' coming from death to resurrected life, as Jonah came out of the fish's mouth (see Mt 12:40). Yet Luke seems to emphasize people repenting after being preached to, just like the Ninevites' response to Jonah's warning (Jonah 3:4-5). Jesus' audience was worse than the Ninevites and the Queen of the South (1Ki 10:1,8). We don't need a sign; we need to repent and seek wisdom.

2. The lamp of the body (33-36)

Light is meant to be lifted high to shine on all. The word of God is a light (Ps 119:105). Jesus is the light of the world (Jn 8:12). To confess our sins is to walk in the light (1Jn 1:6-9). Healthy, generous eyes come from accepting Jesus by repentance and faith. We let the light of God in by believing in Jesus and his word. Unhealthy, stingy eyes reject Jesus and remain in darkness.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, I confess and repent of my sins of darkness. Forgive, cleanse and heal me anew, so that I walk in the light of your love and truth today.

One Word: Repent and come to the light

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The Church in Antioch

Acts 11:19-30

Key Verse: 11:26

and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.

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