I Don’t Care What the Scoffers Say: I Still Believe the Jesus Is the Son of God

The Sure and Firm Foundation of Our Faith

(Luke chapter 6, verses 37–49)

For this week’s Bible study, we will be going over the third part of the gospel of Luke chapter six. When we concluded last week’s study, we were in the middle of the revered Sermon on the Mount. Jesus had just finished teaching that we are to, “Be merciful, just as your heavenly Father is merciful”. At this point in Matthew’s gospel, it reads, “Blessed are the merciful, for they will obtain mercy.” (Matt. 5: 7) Merciful people — that is, compassionate, kindhearted people who are filled with empathy — will be shown the same degree of favorable judgment and benefit of the doubt that they showed toward others when they stand before God, and they will receive it through Christ himself, in person. Now that’s what I call something to look forward to! On that note, let’s begin the 3rd and final part of Luke chapter six.

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. He also told them this parable: Can a…