Luke 12:1-10

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 12:8

CONFESSING CHRIST‘Whosoever shall confess Me before men, him shall the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God.’ Luke 12:8 We must not be ashamed to let all men see that we believe in Christ, and serve Christ, and love Christ, and care more for the praise of Christ than for the praise of men. I. The duty of confessing Christ is incumbent on all Christians in every age of the Church. Let us never forget that. It is not for martyrs only, but for all believers, in every rank of life. It... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 12:10

THE UNPARDONABLE SIN‘And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not he forgiven.’ Luke 12:10 It is impossible to deny that there is such a thing as an unpardonable sin. I. What is it?—It would seem to be from our Lord’s words the sin of deliberately rejecting God’s truth with the heart, while the truth is clearly known with the head. It is—( a) The sin of combining light in the understanding... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:1

‘In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first of all, “Beware you of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.” ’ Great crowds continued to gather (‘thousands of them’) so much so that they were treading on one another, but Jesus had now begun primarily to teach His disciples, although undoubtedly keeping the wider crowd in mind. He warned them to “Beware of the leaven (or... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:1-12

Instruction To His Disciples About Living In The Light Of Eternity (12:1-12). Approaching the detail of the section the first thing that Jesus wants to do is make His disciples think in the light of eternity. So He warns them to beware of the hypocrisy of the Scribes and Pharisees, as illustrated in the previous passage, and of becoming like them and thinking like them (like all Jews they had been brought up to respect and take heed to these ‘great men’), and then puts their whole situation in... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:1-59

Jesus Teaches Concerning Greed, Stewardship and the Need For Fruitfulness Under The Kingly Rule of God Centring on the Fact That He Will Make The Crooked Straight (12:1-14:35). As we have seen we may analyse this next Section from Luke 12:1 to Luke 14:35 into its separate parts as follows: a Instructions to disciples concerning facing up to eternity (Luke 12:1-12). b An example is given of covetousness concerning an inheritance which is followed by the parable of the fool who decided to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:2

“But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, and hid, that will not be known.” And one good reason for this is that one day all will be revealed and laid bare at the judgment. Anything covered up will be revealed. Anything hidden will be brought to light. All hypocrisy will be unmasked. It is best therefore for them not to have anything in their lives of which they will feel ashamed. All of us therefore need to examine our lives and ask ourselves, is there anything in my life of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:3

“Wherefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops.” The same is true of their words. Things spoken under cloak of the night will be brought into the light, things whispered in the ear in a private room will be shouted out from the housetops for all to hear. So they should take heed to what they say. Indeed for every idle word that a man shall speak he will give account of it... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:4

“And I say to you my friends, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.” This is the only place in the first three Gospels where Jesus calls His disciples His ‘friends’, but compare also John 15:13-15, where we learn that those are His friends who obey His words, and that to them He reveals His secrets. This tenderness is in order to strengthen them to face the stark fact, baldly stated, that they might be martyred. But even in the face of that... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:5

“But I will warn you whom you shall fear. Fear him, who after he has killed has power to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, Fear him.” The One they should rather go in awe of is the One Who after He has killed the body has power to cast the person into Gehenna, the eternal rubbish dump, the place of fire (Mark 9:43-47; Isaiah 66:24). That is something men cannot do. The name is based on ge-Hinnom, ‘the valley of Hinnom’ which was the rubbish dump and incinerator outside the walls of Jerusalem.... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:8-9

“And I say to you, Every one who shall confess me before men, him will the Son of man also confess before the angels of God, but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.” He has been speaking about how they should live generally, but now He turns to the crucial question facing all. And that is as to what their attitude should be to Him. For in the end that is what all comes down to. Deliverance or otherwise will finally depend on a person’s... read more

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 12:8

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 12:10

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:1

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:1-12

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:1-59

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:3

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:4

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:5

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 12:8-9

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