This is the sixth time that Jesus predicts his own death in Luke. He wants to prepare his disciples for life after his physical death. It is hard for me to imagine myself in that position. These twelve have been traveling for some time with Jesus heading to Jerusalem. They believe that there...

“Jesus took the Twelve aside…” Jesus reminds the Twelve where they are going, maybe because so many things have happened since Luke 9:51, or re-focus them on the last part of the journey. Follower, how intimate Jesus is with us! You have been ‘taken aside’ and been...

Peter is so great a model for us. He makes the days of Christ so personable to me. I think it is easy to identify with how confused Jesus kept him. Here we have Jesus, just a couple of verses before, telling the ruler that he must give up all his wealth and follow. The ruler can’t accept...

In order to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven we must also be freed from the love of money and worldly possessions. We must give willingly and freely of what we have to the poor and those in need – Love your neighbor as yourself. We should look after others as we look after ourselves. Jesus...

In this passage, Jesus reminds the Rich Ruler of the latter five commandments. It is interesting to note that Jesus focuses on the commandments that concern our treatment of others. The Ruler responds that he has kept these commandments. Under the old conditional covenant, I would guess that...