Pastor John,
There is so much said in Luke 11, and so much instruction! I know that you know it, but it is so good reading it! It makes me think of Damien ‘s testimony: the Truth is everywhere when God opens your eyes to see it.
I have a question about verse 52. This was before Jesus died, but was Jesus speaking of what was to come, or is there another meaning for that time as well? What would be the key of knowledge if not the holy Ghost? Was Jesus referring to himself and his death that they pleaded to Pilate for? What did they think he was talking about?
Luke 11:52. “Woe to you experts in the law! You took away the key of knowledge! You yourselves don’t enter in, and you hinder those who are entering.”
Beth D.
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Hi Beth,
I do not know what Jesus meant by “the key of knowledge”, but I feel sure that it had something to do with Jewish leaders exalting the traditions of their elders to the level of Moses’ law. When ministers make a tradition as important as God’s commandments, it confuses people as to what is holy and what is not. It has happened through the millennia, and it happens all the time now, that certain church traditions are considered holy and are exalted as highly as things that really are of God. And God’s dear children who have joined themselves to Christianity’s churches stay confused by that. Thank God, we have escaped that snare!
As for what Jesus’ listeners thought he was talking about, that is anybody’s guess. It was probably all over the place.
Thanks for the question.
Pastor John
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