When the groom is taken away. Luke 5:33-39

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3 When the groom is taken away Luke 5:33-39

4 Main Idea: The gospel is incompatible with every other religion including Jewish Traditionalism.

5 China, Walking on hot coals with pregnant wife on your back tradition

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7 On thanksgiving, Americans mutually agree to eat as much food as possible, this tends to put them, in what they call a food coma. After several hours of eating and sleeping, they wake up only to eat pie and watch football. They are able to eat and sleep like this because they have

8 already accepted the fact they will gain 5-10lbs over the weekend. Then, on Thursday night, instead of going to bed, they go stand in line outside shopping malls in the freezing cold to save an extra 10 percent on stuff they don t need or really want. This is still very strange to me.

9 Obedience to the Scriptures = Following the traditions of the Pharisees

10 The Traditions The Illustrations

11 The Tradition

12 LUKE 5:33 33 Then they said to him, "John's disciples fast often and say prayers, and those of the Pharisees do the same, but yours eat and drink."

13 Fasting: a. The O.T. only required one day of fasting each year.

14 Fasting: b. Fasting was connected to mourning, sadness, and sorrow.

15 LEVITICUS 23:29 29 If any person does not practice selfdenial on this particular day, he is to be cut off from his people.

16 EZRA 10:6 6 Ezra then went from the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib, where he spent the night. He did not eat food or drink water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

17 MATTHEW 9:15 15 Jesus said to them, "Can the wedding guests be sad while the groom is with them? The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

18 Fasting: c. According to the Pharisees, fasting and praying was thought to earn points with God.

19 MATTHEW 6: Whenever you fast, don't be gloomy like the hypocrites. For they make their faces unattractive so that their fasting is obvious to people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

20 MATTHEW 6: But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,

21 MATTHEW 6: so that your fasting isn't obvious to others but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

22 LUKE 5:33 33 Then they said to him, "John's disciples fast often and say prayers, and those of the Pharisees do the same, but yours eat and drink."

23 Why don t your disciples follow our traditions?

24 2. The Illustrations

25 ILLUSTRATIONS: a. Joy

26 LUKE 5: Jesus said to them, "You can't make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you?

27 LUKE 5: But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them-then they will fast in those days."

28 LUKE 5: Jesus said to them, "You can't make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you?

29 LUKE 5: But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them-then they will fast in those days."

30 ILLUSTRATIONS: b. Patch

31 LUKE 5:36 36 He also told them a parable: "No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. Otherwise, not only will he tear the new, but also the piece from the new garment will not match the old."

32 ISAIAH 64:6 6 All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment; all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

33 The Dilemma and Threat Obedience to the Scriptures = Following the traditions of the Pharisees

34 Traditions of the Pharisees Vs. JESUS Being away from sinners Being with sinners

35 Traditions of the Pharisees Vs. JESUS Being away from sinners Outer righteousness Being with sinners True righteousness

36 Traditions of the Pharisees Vs. JESUS Being away from sinners Outer righteousness Changed behavior Being with sinners True righteousness Changes the heart

37 Traditions of the Pharisees Vs. JESUS Being away from sinners Outer righteousness Changed behavior What men think Being with sinners True righteousness Changes the heart What God thinks

38 Traditions of the Pharisees Vs. JESUS Being away from sinners Outer righteousness Changed behavior What men think Only some are sinners Being with sinners True righteousness Changes the heart What God thinks All are sinners

39 Traditions of the Pharisees Vs. JESUS Being away from sinners Outer righteousness Changed behavior What men think Only some are sinners Salvation is a reward for the righteous Being with sinners True righteousness Changes the heart What God thinks All are sinners Salvation is a gift for the guilty

40 Traditions of the Pharisees Vs. JESUS Being away from sinners Outer righteousness Changed behavior What men think Only some are sinners Salvation is a reward for the righteous Ritual Being with sinners True righteousness Changes the heart What God thinks All are sinners Salvation is a gift for the guilty Relationship with God

41 The Dilemma and Threat Obedience to the Scriptures = Following the traditions of the Pharisees Obedience to the Scriptures = Following Jesus

42 ROMANS 13:14 14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.

43 ILLUSTRATIONS: c. Wine

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45 LUKE 5: And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, it will spill, and the skins will be ruined.

46 LUKE 5: No, new wine is put into fresh wineskins.

47 LUKE 22: For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

48 LUKE 22: Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks, he said, Take this and share it among yourselves.

49 LUKE 22: For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.

50 LUKE 22: And he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.

51 ILLUSTRATIONS: d. Danger

52 LUKE 5: No, new wine is put into fresh wineskins.

53 LUKE 5: And no one, after drinking old wine, wants new, because he says, The old is better.

54 Why was Jesus taken away?

55 LUKE 5: Jesus said to them, "You can't make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you?

56 LUKE 5: But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them-then they will fast in those days."

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