Friday, July 10, 2026

PT-5 “The Popularity and Power of Jesus" (Luke 6:17-19)

 

EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/10/2026 9:10 PM

My Worship Time                               Focus: Intro to PT-5 “The Popularity and Power of Jesus”

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                                 Reference:  Luke 6:17-19

            Message of the verses: “Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was a large crowd of His disciples, and a great throng of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the costal region of Tyer and Sidon, who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were begin cured.  And all the people were trying to touch Him, for power was coming from Him and healing them all.”

            I want to begin where I left off in this morning’s SD as I continue to quote from John MacArthur’s commentary as he introduces these verses in his introduction.

“His rule will encompass both an earthly millennial kingdom and an eternal kingdom of righteousness and salvation, and embrace Israel (Isa. 65:17-19; Zeph. 3:11-20), as well as the rest of humanity (cf. Dan. 7:14, 27; Zech. 14:16-21).”

(Isa. 65:17-19; Zeph. 3:11-20)

“17 ¶  "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. 18  But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy, and her people to be a gladness. 19  I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress.”

“11  "On that day you shall not be put to shame because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain. 12  But I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD, 13  those who are left in Israel; they shall do no injustice and speak no lies, nor shall there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue. For they shall graze and lie down, and none shall make them afraid."  14 ¶  Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! 15  The LORD has taken away the judgments against you; he has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst; you shall never again fear evil. 16  On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: "Fear not, O Zion; let not your hands grow weak. 17  The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. 18  I will gather those of you who mourn for the festival, so that you will no longer suffer reproach. 19  Behold, at that time I will deal with all your oppressors. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth. 20  At that time I will bring you in, at the time when I gather you together; for I will make you renowned and praised among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your eyes," says the LORD.”

(cf. Dan. 7:14, 27; Zech. 14:16-21)

“14  And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.”

“27  And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; his kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.’’

“16 ¶  Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Booths. 17  And if any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no rain on them. 18  And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain; there shall be the plague with which the LORD afflicts the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths. 19  This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths. 20  And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, "Holy to the LORD." And the pots in the house of the LORD shall be as the bowls before the altar. 21  And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holy to the LORD of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the meat of the sacrifice in them. And there shall no longer be a trader in the house of the LORD of hosts on that day.”

            “In the New Testament the Gospels record Jesus’ virgin birth, perfectly righteous life, sacrificial and substitutionary death, bodily resurrection, and ascension to the Father’s right hand.  Acts records the spread of the good news of salvation in Christ and its impact on the world.  The New Testament epistles explain the meaning and significance of the Savior’s life, death, and resurrection.  Revelation, the consummation of history, describes His return to judge the ungodly, reward the righteous, rule the earth for a thousand years, and then create the eternal new heaven and new earth.”

            I really thought that I would be able to finish this introduction this evening, but because of the volume of verses that I am looking up it will have to wait until my morning SD in order to finish it.  I really believe that in this introduction, in order to set the stage of what we will be looking at in this chapter it was best to get our feet firmly planted on the ground in order to understand what we will be looking at.

7/10/2026 9:26 PM

 

 

 

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