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Leon Morris · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Morris on Simon - This was not the first time He had met Simon Peter (John 1:40-42). He had first called Peter and Andrew to follow Him when John the Baptist had so directed them. Although they were intermittently with Him as He traveled around Galilee, they still continued plying their fishermen's trade as well (see note on Matthew 4:18-20). On this occasion, however, they "forsook all" to go with Him (Luke 5:11). Luke's record is not strictly chronological but topical. And asked him to put out (epanago) a little way from the land - Apparently Simon was in the boat or near it washing the net and Jesus makes this request. This is the first of two requests He makes to Simon. This one is easy to obey and Simon obeys. The shore of the lake provided an excellent acoustic "amphitheater." And He sat down - It was is the rabbinic practice to sit down to teach (Mt. 5:1; 13:1–2; 15:29; 24:3; 26:55; Mk 4:1; 9:35; 13:3; John 6:3; 8:2). Jesus is the ultimate "Rabbi" and He follows this pattern. Jesus also frequently taught in natural settings (Mt. 5:1; Lk 6:17; Mk 8:1, 4) “I love a commodious room, a soft cushion and a handsome pulpit, but field preaching saves souls." -- John Wesley Began teaching (didasko in imperfect tense - one point, then another and another) the people from the boat - Jesus used a fishing vessel as a pulpit with the docks as a meeting hall. At other times He chose a convenient spot on a mountain as his pulpit (Mt 5:1), or a house (Lk 5:17 f.), or a desert (Mk 8:1, 4), or even a cemetery (Jn 11:38). THOUGHT - What can we learn from Jesus' teaching from the boat? Are you seeking a pulpit? If you are a believer, you have the Holy Spirit Who will empower you to give testimony from any "pulpit" God chooses to provide - a plane seat, a cafe, a family holiday, the office (but be sure you don't "steal" company time!), the schoolroom, etc. May God's Spirit open our eyes to the "pulpits" He has already placed before us to speak of His Son Jesus. Amen Christ uses Peter’s boat as a pulpit, whence to throw the net of the Gospel over His hearers. -- Alfred Plummer John
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Morris points out that "This was not necessarily a miracle of creation (like the multiplication of the loaves and fishes at the feeding of the five thousand), but rather, a miracle of providence, whereby the omniscient Lord understood and controlled the time and place where the fish would be (compare to John 21:6-8)."
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Morris - It was not the faith of the palsied man, but the faith of His friends that prompted Jesus to heal the man. However, the man must have exercised repentance and faith as well, for Jesus to forgive his sins. Significantly, he was immediately "glorifying God" after his cure (Luke 5:25; see notes on Matthew 9:6). An OT example of God seeing faith "He said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.” (Genesis 22:12) A NT example of God's ability to see faith, sadly in this case defective (non-saving) faith "But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men ("But Jesus didn't trust them, because he knew human nature." NLT), and because He did not need anyone to testify concerning man, for He Himself knew what was in man. (John 2:24-25) Friend, your sins are forgiven you - Literally the Greek is "Man (anthropos) but used in this way was not derogatory in Jewish culture, for when it was used to address another person as in this case it conveyed the sense of "friend" (BDAG's lexicon). The man had need for physical healing but Jesus saw his greater need for spiritual healing, the need of all men physically fit or lame! Jesus' statement was considered blasphemy, since it was clearly understood to be a claim of being equal with God. The application of this story for us today is clear - To help our friends find forgiveness, we must bring them to Jesus who has authority to forgive sins. Jesus' statement could signify that this man's paralysis was a result of sin, but one cannot be dogmatic. Sin induced disease was a common thought among the Jews but John 9:1–3 shows in that case Jesus rejected this line of reasoning regarding every illness. John 9:1-3 As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him. Ryrie adds in his note on Php 2:30 - Epaphroditus was dangerously ill from overwork. Sickness may also be due to specific sin (1 Cor 11:30) or to prevent sin (2 Cor 12:7) or to test (Job. 2:7) or to display the glory of God (John 9:2), and because of demons (Acts 5:16). Of course, sickness, for whatever reason, ultimately is related to our fallen humanity. To be sure all sickness and paralysis (whether spiritual or physical) is ultimately the result of Adam's fall and the entrance of the corrupting influence of sin into the world (Ge 2:17). Criswell writes that "Jesus demonstrates His concern for the well-being of the whole man, but it should be recognized that receiving forgiveness of sins (spiritual healing) is the more essential and primary miracle, while physical healing is secondary." Your sins are forgiven (aphiemi) - Once and for all time - read how complete God's forgiveness is in these great descriptions - Ps 103:12; Isa 1:18; Isa 55:6, 7; Isa 38:17 Isa 43:25, Isa 44:22 Mic 7:18,19 Acts 3:19,20 Jer 31:34; Mic 7:18, 19. In the OT Nathan the prophet said to David "The LORD also has taken away your sin; you shall not die." (2 Sa 12:13). In contrast to Nathan who said Jehovah forgave his sins, Jesus personally forgives their sins! He is clearly saying indirectly that He in fact is Jehovah and that He was exerting divine authority! And so here the Son of Man, God incarnate, in effect and in reality, sends away the sins of the paralytic healing him spiritually. And don't miss the fact that the verb forgiven is in the perfect tense which indicates the abiding state of the forgiveness, in essence the permanence of divine forgiveness! Once Jesus forgives a person of their sins, He does not take that declaration back and "un-forgive" a forgiven person. Once forgiven by Jesus, forever forgiven! And so forgiven in the perfect tense supports the truth of Eternal security, the assurance of your salvation. Once you are truly saved, you cannot lose salvation. Indeed Luke's use of the perfect tense gives an added degree of certainty to the popular phrase "Once Saved, Always Saved." (which of course assumes that the person making this declaration is genuinely saved and not simply relying on a verbal profession they made many years earlier but instead have experienced a true possession of Christ (Col 1:27b+) and His Spirit (Ro 8:9+)! Are forgiven is in the passive voice indicating that the power to forgive the sins of the paralytic came from without, ultimately from God (divine passive). While the paralyzed man did not understand Jesus was God (and would procure forgiven with His death on the Cross), nevertheless he was forgiven, in a way similar to all saints who lived before the Cross. As