396. The Authority of Jesus Challenged - Luke 20:1-8

396.


Jesus' Authority Questioned

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Today's Passage: Luke 20:1-8

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Thank You for meeting me, LORD.
I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you for insight.

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1. One day as Jesus was teaching the people and preaching the Good News in the Temple, the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders came up to him.
2. They demanded, "By what authority are you doing all these things? Who gave you the right?"

3. "Let me ask you a question first," he replied.
4. "Did John's authority to baptize come from heaven, or was it merely human?"

5. They talked it over among themselves. "If we say it was from heaven, he will ask why we didn't believe John.
6. But if we say it was merely human, the people will stone us because they are convinced John was a prophet."
7. So they finally replied that they didn't know.

8. And Jesus responded. "Then I won't tell you by what authority I do these things."
Luke 20:1-8 NLT

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15th strategy.
Imagine

• Prepare your heart - that means ask Him to open you to be able to listen well.
• Ask Jesus to bring you into the very presence of God Himself as you read instructions
• Imagine the characters in this passage.
• Are they facing a large enemy? or a challenge?
• Have they followed God? or have they fled from His guidance?
• Are they trusting God?
• Are they experiencing pain, or loss?
• Imagine them as friends.
• What would you do if you were there beside them?
• Would you be willing to encourage them?
• What would you do if you were experiencing their story?
• Who would you turn to for guidance? God? A mentor? Satan?
• Ask God to show you how to lean on Him in times of attack, or challenge.
• Thank God for His presence with you right now.
  

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