Luke 17:6
And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
He thinks he's Yoda.
2007-05-25 05:21:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
> how about you need Jesus
Normal people need a gay blade like Jesus like a fish needs a bicycle
2007-05-25 05:30:56 · update #1
no
2007-05-25 05:25:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Luke is not the speaker here. Luke is a physician of the time. A traveling companion of Paul. Luke is a gentile (a non-jew), and is chronicaling the life of Jesus, from "eye witnesses" of Jesus ministry while He was here on this earth. Luke was gathering this information for a friend named Theopholis, probably a patron of Lukes and a person curious about Lukes faith, inso much as Theo wanted the straight story about Jesus.
Luke was and educated man, and probably facinated by the story of a healer extraordinare. Not to mention the fact that followers of Jesus were able to do the same things that Jesus did. To a 1st century Doctor this was something to "write home about"
I would venture to say that you are reading from a bible with some print in "Red Letters". If so the printer highlighted the words of our Lord Jesus Christ. Regardless of the red letter edition or not Luke is relating the parable of Jesus called "The Mustard Seed". The Lord Jesus is speaking to His desciples and those around Him and He is explaining how it only takes a little faith in God to accomplish a mighty task in God. Because you are not completing the task but God completes it for you.
The mustard seed was the smallest seed about. The plant the grew from it would be so large, that it could accomodate a few birds nests. Additionally Mustard was actually like a weed in the area it grew. And it grew anywhere and everywhere. This is why the mustard seed was a good object lesson to explain what faith is like.
Hope this info helps, and I pray you begin to understand the Glory of Christ, instead of the ridicule you wish to put upon Him. (You do know He was ridiculed for you sir?, don't you?)
al 4 now B
2007-05-25 12:42:16 · answer #2 · answered by ImJstBob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No he doesn't.
Luke was a Greek doctor who became a disciple of Jesus.
It was the Lord Jesus who gave the 'faith as a mustard seed' sermon.
2007-05-25 12:26:03 · answer #3 · answered by watcherd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Luke was a physician and a writer of a Biblical gospel circa 75 AD.
2007-05-25 12:25:09 · answer #4 · answered by michele 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Or maybe he's using *gasp* HYPERBOLE!
(Which was a common teaching practice in Ancient Near East cultures)
2007-05-25 14:37:17 · answer #5 · answered by Deof Movestofca 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, whatever dude. Keep living in your sci fi world, read some more comic books, and let us know how far you get.
2007-05-25 12:41:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
how about you need Jesus
2007-05-25 12:27:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually, he's Luke from 90210
2007-05-25 12:25:00 · answer #8 · answered by pastor of muppets 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
or just non existant
2007-05-25 12:25:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋