Day 5 - In the Books?

And so we complete our first week of reading AND the entire book of Luke.  We're off to a great start with the NT40 challenge!  We've learned a lot this week and had great discussions.  The first Sunday 8:45am small group discussion on NT40 is tomorrow as well as Clarks message, which should have something to do with the reading, so I guess the first week isn't completely over yet.

Today's reading included the Passion story and I found that when it came to those pages, I didn't take many notes (if any at all).  It may be because that has been a topic of discussion already that we've dissected many times.  Or maybe I was so into the story that my mind wouldn't let me stop to make a note.  Either way, it is for this reason that my blog should be shorter than normal today.

Answer A Question With A Question
Jesus is known for answering questions with questions and parables.  I think his best is in Luke 20:1-8.  He completely stumps the chief priests in these passages when he answers their question with a question of his own.  In a way, his reply/question should have helped them realize what hypocrites they were being.  But I think they were too caught up in catching Jesus in their nets to realize this.

Uh-Duh
Call my silly on this one, but I never made the connection in the Parable of the Tenants and the Vineyard that the son of the owner is supposed to be Jesus.  That one just flew right over my head.  Man, I can't believe I missed that one.  Anyway, it's a good parable of how we should be good tenants of earth, the Kingdom and the gift of Jesus until his return.

Amazing Recollection
I remembered the story of how Jesus appears to two disciples the day of his resurrection as they travel on the road.  But I don't know if I ever heard the part where Jesus recalls all of the messianic prophecies.  And I love how it's put in the bible, "And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself."  This prompted me to find a resource that outlined these prophecies and it wasn't hard to find one on-line.  Here's a pretty good one:

http://www.biblestudy.org/prophecy/old-testament-prophecies-jesus-fulfilled.html

Wrap it Up!!
Week 1 almost done (except for group meeting tomorrow and Clarks message).  Book of Luke... in the books?  Fantastic week!  Wonderful reading, researching and learning!  Next week... the book of Acts!