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Text: Luke 11: 29-30

AN EVIL GENERATION

“And while the crowds were thickly gathered together, He began to say, ‘This is an evil generation. It seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet. For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.’”

Luke 11:29-30

1. The Crowds

a. There were many who gathered to the Lord Jesus.

b. But the number of people does not mean much.

c. Not all had come to listen and to learn.

d. Some came only to find fault and to criticise.

2. Assessment of the Crowds by the Lord Jesus.

a. “This is an evil generation” (Luke 11:29a).

b. How did the Lord Jesus come to this conclusion?

c. “It seeks a sign” (Luke 11:29b).

d. The reality: Many signs had been given!

i. The blind see.

ii. The lame walk.

iii. The lepers are cleansed.

iv. The deaf hear.

v. The dead are raised (Luke 7:22).

3. No sign except the sign of Jonah the prophet.

a. Jonah was a prophet of God.

i. He was instructed to go to Nineveh in Assyria.

ii. Jonah disobeyed and tried to run away.

b. God sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah.

i. He was in the stomach of the fish for three days.

ii. God kept him and he went to Nineveh to preach to the people.

iii. He was very successful in his ministry.

iv. He was a sign to the Ninevites. It was God’s power that made this miracle possible.

c. The Resurrection of the Lord Jesus.

i. That would be a huge sign.

ii. It would be a sign that the Lord Jesus had been sent by God.

经文：路加福音 11：29-30

一个邪恶的世代

29 当众人聚集的时候，耶稣开讲说：“这世代是一个邪恶的世代，他们求看神迹，除了约拿的神迹以外，再没有神迹给他们看。
30 约拿怎样为尼尼微人成了神迹，人子也要照样为这世代的人成了神迹。

《路加福音 11：29-30》

1. 众人

a. 有众多人聚集到主耶稣面前

b. 但人数并不代表什么

c. 聚集的人，并非都是为了聆听和学习而来的

d. 有些人是为了找茬与批评而来的

2. 主耶稣对众人的评估

a. “这世代是一个邪恶的世代” 《路加福音11：29a》

b. 主耶稣如何得出这个结论？

c. “他们求看神迹” 《路加福音11：29b》

d. 实际上：已有了许多神迹奇事！

i. 瞎眼的能看见

ii. 跛脚的起来走路

iii. 麻风病人得洁净

iv. 耳聋的听得见

v. 死人复活《路加福音7：22》

3. 除了约拿先知的神迹以外，没有别的了

a. 约拿是上帝的先知

i. 他受吩咐到亚述的尼尼微去

ii. 约拿没有服从，并尝试逃走

b. 上帝安排一条大鱼吞了约拿

i. 他在鱼腹中三日三夜

ii. 上帝保存了他，他便往尼尼微去向众人传道

iii. 他在事工上非常成功

iv. 他成了尼尼微人的神迹。是上帝的大能使这个奇迹发生

c. 主耶稣的复活

i. 那将是一个很大的神迹

ii. 这将是主耶稣被上帝差遣的迹象