MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 10/17/2026
9:46 AM
My
Worship Time Focus:
“The Answer
of Human Opinion”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
Luke
9:18b-19
Message of the verses: “and He questioned them, saying, “Who
do the people say that I am?” They
answered and said, “John the Baptist, and others say Elijay; but others, that
one of the prophets of old has risen again.”
Now Jesus was addressing the Twelve
as seen in the following Jesus questioned them, saying, “Who do the people
say that I am?” Ochlos (people)
is a word Luke used frequently to speak of the uncommitted mas of people who
followed Jesus everywhere (cf. v. 37; 4:42; 5:1, 15; 7:1, 24; 8:4; 11:14, 29;
12:1, 54; 13:14, 17; 14:25). Now we will
look at these verses.
(cf. v. 37; 4:42; 5:1, 15; 7:1, 24;
8:4; 11:14, 29; 12:1, 54; 13:14, 17; 14:25).
“37 ¶ On the next day, when they had come down from
the mountain, a great crowd met him.”
“42 And when it was day, he departed and went
into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would
have kept him from leaving them,”
“1 ¶ On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing
in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,”
“15 But now even more the report about him went
abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their
infirmities.”
“1 ¶ After he had finished all his sayings in the
hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.”
“24 When John’s messengers had gone, Jesus began
to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the
wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?”
“4 ¶ And when a great crowd was gathering and
people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable,”
“14 ¶ Now he was casting out a demon that was mute.
When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled.”
“29 ¶ When the crowds were increasing, he began to
say, "This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no
sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.”
“1 ¶ In the meantime, when so many thousands of
the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began
to say to his disciples first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees,
which is hypocrisy.”
“54 ¶ He also said to the crowds, "When you
see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming.’ And so
it happens.”
“14 But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant
because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, “There are six
days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not
on the Sabbath day.”
“17 As he said these things, all his adversaries were
put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were
done by him.”
“25 ¶ Now great crowds accompanied him, and he
turned and said to them,”
“They
never questioned the legitimacy of His miracles, having witnessed them first
hand (John 7:31; cf. 3:2; 9:16).”
(John 7:31; cf. 3:2; 9:16)
“31 Yet many of the people believed in him. They
said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”
“2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to
him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do
these signs that you do unless God is with him.”
“16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not
from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man
who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.”
“Indeed,
it was largely because of those miraculous signs that they followed Him (John
6:2).”
(John 6:2)
“2 And a large crowd was following him, because
they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick.”
“They also
recognized that no mere human could exercise such supernatural power. Such unparalleled might and creative acts
were beyond the realm of human capability, and thus Jesus had to be wielding
the forces of heaven. But their ideas as
to His specific identity were off target.
Some, like Herod Antipas (Matt. 14:1-2), thought He was John the
Baptist risen from the dead (cf. 9:7).
Others opted for Elijah (Mal. 4:5; Matt. 17:10); still others
argued that another one of the prophets of old had risen again.” Now I am going to quote the verse
reference beginning with (Matt. 14:1-2).
(Matt. 14:1-2)
“1 ¶ that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the
fame of Jesus, 2 and he said to his servants,
“This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these
miraculous powers are at work in him.”
(Luke cf. 9:7)
“7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that
was happening, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had
been raised from the dead,”
(Mal. 4:5; Matt. 17:10)
“5 "Behold, I will send you Elijah the
prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.”
“10 And the disciples asked him, “Then why do the
scribes say that first Elijah must come?”
Looks like this is a good place to
stop and I will have to continue working on this in the evening SD.
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: The Bible has no errors in it and one of the
ways that this can be seen is to look at the prophecies in it and then look how
many of them have already been fulfilled, which makes me believer that they all
will be fulfilled.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: Trust that the Lord will continue
to give me the grace that I need each day to continue doing what I believe He
called me to do.
10/17/2026
10:34 AM
