The beloved physician Luke wrote how, “a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, Why do you call me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and your mother. And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lack you one thing: sell all that you have, and distribute unto the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God”, and in chapter eighteen and verse twenty-eight of his book Luke wrote how, “Peter said, we have left all, and followed you” where we read:
Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed you.
The verse reads, “Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, ...” Luke began with the words, “then Peter said” or “therefore, wherefore and these things being so Peter, whose name means a little rock or stone and was Jesus's disciple uttered, declared and proclaimed”, “lo, we have left all” which means “behold, look and consider, we disciples have forsaken and departed from each, every, the whole and everything they possessed”. Luke shared how Jesus' disciple “Peter” told Jesus he and the other “disciples” had left everything they possessed.
The verse continues, “... and followed you.” Luke added the words, “and followed” or “and joined, accompanied and sided with” “you” which means “Jesus”. Luke shared how Peter told Jesus he and the other disciples forsook everything they possessed to “accompany” and “be joined” to Him.
When we consider Luke's words in this verse, we learn how Peter responded to Jesus saying all things were possible with God by referring to the way he and the other disciples left everything to “follow” Him. Peter may have thought this would bring “favor” from Jesus, and Jesus will answer Peter in the following verses. God wants to have a relationship with every person through His Son Jesus, and when they realize people would possess nothing if it were not for Him, their best choice is to yield to Jesus and leave everything else behind.
Next time Luke shares how Jesus refers to a, “man that has left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children ...”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
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