Luke 6:20-26

Luke 6:20-23

The Lord Jesus said those who are poor, and mourn, and are cast out and called evil for his sake were actually blessed. Why are we blessed? Because we have a great reward in heaven. Those the Lord Jesus blessed were not living their best life now. Their life, instead, was hid with Christ in God. Their life would begin in heaven, not here on this temporary life. In the next verses the Lord Jesus would pronounce woes on those who were living for the here and now. Those who are poor, and hungry, who mourn, and who are cast out for the Lord's sake are to rejoice and dance for joy. When we rejoice in the midst of our sufferings we are truly blessed by God. Our reward is great in heaven.

Let us not live for the here and now. Instead, let us make up our mind that we are living for heaven. We were taught by the Lord Jesus to store up treasures in heaven and not on earth. Our goal is to live for God's kingdom and not for this cursed world system that we are caught in now. Don't live for the world system. Don't set your heart on riches for they will fly away like a bird with wings. Don't live for yourself. Don't worship your own self or glorify your own self. Instead, glorify God. Give praise to God. Don't praise yourself. Don't pat yourself on your back. Instead, give God glory and honor and praise.

Luke 6:24-26

The Lord Jesus turned the thinking of the world system right side up. He overturned the tables of our natural, worldly thinking.

He pronounced woes on those who were rich. Think about this for a minute. The biggest and most powerful churches in America preach the opposite of what the Lord Jesus plainly taught. The Lord Jesus pronounced woes on the rich. Yet the most powerful Christian churches in America preach the exact opposite of this.

How is this possible? We are truly living in the last days. These are perilous days when men are lovers of their own selves. The Lord Jesus pronounced woe upon those who were living for the current, present temporary life in this body. He said those who are full now will be hungry in the next life. Those who laugh now in the present life will mourn and weep in the life to come. If you were popular and made a great name for yourself and all men spoke well of you? It was because you were a false prophet. You were a false preacher. You were a false teacher. Think about that for a minute and let that sink in. That should put the fear of God in our heart. We should realize that we need to flee from the religious Babylon that is American churches.

Our natural, default mindset is to worship men who make a name for themselves. We praise men who do well for themselves in this world system. We seek to be like them and to follow them. Why? Because the heart of man is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. We need the Holy Spirit to expose the idolatry, covetousness, and unbelief which exists in our hearts. We are natural worshipers of self. We need the Holy Spirit to convict us, correct us, and help us to see clearly what we are and who God really is.

May the Lord take these few verses and open the eyes of our spirit so we can understand how holy, awesome, and powerful the Lord Jesus Christ is. May God open our eyes so we will fear the Lord and depart from evil. Let us humble our hearts, and repent, and ask the Lord to grant us grace so we can walk in the Spirit and not in the flesh.