On to Luke Ch. 8

We will finish up a few questions in Dr. Luke's chapter 7, then dip forward to chapter 8. Here are a few extra questions in Ch. 8:

1. Should Jesus have led a life of poverty in this world, or should He not have done so? Should he have lived a life on average between riches and poverty?
2. Is a parable similar to a sign? Each has meaning, true, but are there other similarities?
3. How does one change a soul of rocky soil into a soul of fertile soil? Is there any hope of this?
4. The parable of the sower here might lead someone to say that only privileged people, with fertile soil, are allowed to receive the Word. Is that kosher or is there a counterargument?
5. Jesus says that his mother and his brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it. Good. What kind of ground are they? Rocky ground, thorny ground, fertile ground?
6. Where is the lamp that Jesus mentions in v. 16? Perhaps it is part of one's kidneys? Or in one's pocket? Strapped to one's shoes? Or is it in the dust on the bottom of one's shoes? The courtyard of the Temple in Jerusalem? Where?
7. The lamp being where it is, how does it become visible?

OK, let's have some coffee and get going with these questions, humbly seeking to find the Lord's will today.

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