EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 8/28/2026
8:54 PM
My
Worship Time
Focus: “The Introduction”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Luke
7:31
Message of the verses: “To
what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?”
This evening’s SD will
be a short one.
You may remember that
there was a discussion as to who wrote verses 29-30 whether Luke said that of
Jesus, but now in our verse this evening we can see that Jesus then goes on to
say these verses in this section we are looking at . MacArthur states “This phrase is a Hebraism,
commonly used in the Midrash to introduce an analogy explaining a spiritual
reality. The parable or analogy that
follows will give the Lord’s assessment of the men of this
generation. The term generation
refers to the people of Jesus’ day, in particular the Pharisees and
scribes and those who followed them in rejection John the Baptist and Jesus
(vv. 29-30).”
(vv. 29-30)
“When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they acknowledged
God’s justice, having been baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected
God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.”
“Tenea (generation) is used
frequently in Luke’s gospel in a negative sense as a term of condemnation. In 9:41 Jesus spoke of this generation as an ‘unbelieving
and perverted generation,’ and in 11:29 described it as a ‘wicked generation,’
guilty of all the blood of the murdered
prophets (vv. 50-51) and above all of rejecting the Lord Jesus Christ (17:29-30).”
(vv. 50-51)
“50 so that the blood of all the
prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be charged against this
generation, 51 from the blood of Abel to
the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes,
I tell you, it will be required of this generation.”
(17:29-30)
29 but on the day when Lot went
out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all—
30 so will it be on the day when the Son
of Man is revealed.”
“By extension, the term can refer to any perverse and faithless
generation (cf. Deut. 32:5; Judges 2:10; Jer. 7:29; Acts 2:40; Phil 2:15).”
(cf. Deut. 32:5; Judges 2:10; Jer. 7:29; Acts 2:40; Phil 2:15)
“5 They have dealt corruptly with
him; they are no longer his children because they are blemished; they are a
crooked and twisted generation.”
“10 And all that generation also
were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them
who did not know the LORD or the work that he had done for Israel.”
“29 ¶ "’Cut off your hair and
cast it away; raise a lamentation on the bare heights, for the LORD has
rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.’”
“40 And with many other words he
bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this
crooked generation.”
“15 that you may be blameless and
innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted
generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,”
“The Lord’s timeless illustration that follows applies to anyone in any
generation who rejects the gospel.
8/28/2026 9:28 PM
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