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My Song In The Night (Gospel of Luke)
我夜间的歌曲《路加福音》

My Song In The Night (Gospel of Luke)
我夜间的歌曲《路加福音》 
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Day 182

Text: Luke 13: 18-19

THE KINGDOM OF GOD WAS NOT WELL-UNDERSTOOD

1. The Kingdom of God

a. This was thought to be a physical kingdom.
b. Many thought that Israel was going to return to the old kingdom ways.

2. Correction of this wrong understanding of the Kingdom.

a. The Lord Jesus devoted much time to correcting this wrong view.
b. He spoke of the Kingdom of God in many ways.
c. Many of them were in Parables.

THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED

“Then He said, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and put in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches’”

1. Two questions were raised:

a. What is the kingdom of God like?
b. And to what shall I compare it?

2. The use of Questions.

a. To make people think rather than to assume knowledge.
b. To make people ponder in a fresh new way instead of being caught in a rut.

3. The mustard seed:

a. It is a very small seed.
b. It is often sown in a home garden.
c. Nobody had ever compared the kingdom of God with a mustard seed.
d. This was a very startling way of thinking about the kingdom of God.

4. The growth of the mustard seed.

a. A humble mustard seed can grow into a large tree.
b. It can grow large enough for the birds of the airs to nest in the branches.

5. The Kingdom of God that the Lord Jesus proclaimed.

a. It was not as the people imagined.
b. Few understood the humble way in which the Lord Jesus began to establish the kingdom of God.
i. It was like a mustard seed. It began in a small way.
ii. It would soon grow into a large tree. The kingdom of God has grown into a world-wide phenomenon

经文：路加福音 13：18-19

上帝的国度并没有被很好地理解

1. 上帝的国度

a. 这被认为是一个实体的国度

b. 许多人认为以色列会回到旧国度的原有方式

2. 纠正对天国的错误认识

a. 主耶稣花了很多时间来纠正这个错误的观点

b. 祂在很多方面谈到上帝的国度

c. 上帝的国度在许多比喻中谈到

芥菜种的比喻

“耶稣说：‘神的国好像什么？我拿什么来比较呢？ 好像一粒芥菜种，有人拿去种在园子里，长大成树，天上的飞鸟宿在它的枝上。’”

《路加福音 13：18-19》

1. 提出了两个问题：

a. 神的国好像什么？

b. 我拿什么来比较呢？

2. 问题的使用

a. 让人们思考而不是假设知识

b. 让人们以全新的方式思考，而不是墨守成规

3. 芥菜种：

a. 它是一个非常小的种子

b. 它通常播种在家里的花园中

c. 从来没有人将上帝的国度比喻为芥菜种子

d. 这样思考上帝国度的方式是非常令人震惊的

4. 芥菜种的生长

a. 一粒不起眼的芥菜种子可以长成一棵大树

b. 它可以长得足以让空中的飞鸟在树枝上筑巢

5. 主耶稣所宣扬的上帝的国度

a. 这不是人们所想象的

b. 很少人能了解主耶稣以谦卑的方式建立神的国

i. 它就像一粒芥菜种。它从谦卑的方式开始

ii. 它很快就会长成一棵大树。神的国已经发展成为一个全球性的现象