Bread, a Stone, a Fish and a Serpent - Luke 11:11

The beloved physician Luke wrote how Jesus told His disciples, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened”, and in chapter eleven and verse eleven of his book Luke shared how Jesus asks a question concerning, “bread, a stone, a fish and a serpent” where we read:

If a son shall ask for bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?

or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

The verse reads, “If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?” Luke began with the words, “if a son” or “whether a male offspring and progeny” “shall ask for bread” which means “will beg, crave, desire and require flour mixed with water and baked and made into loaves” “of any of you” or “belonging to any particular one of Jesus' disciples” “that is a father” which means “who is the chief progenitor and ancestor”, “will he give him a stone” or “would that father grant, bestow, supply and furnish their son with a rock”? Luke shared how Jesus questioned His disciples as to which one of them who has “a son” who desires to have “bread” would provide him with a rock instead.

The verse continues, “or if he asks for a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?” Luke added the words, “or if he asks for a fish” or “or if Jesus' disciples male progeny and descendant begs, craves, desires and requires a fish of the sea to eat” “will he for a fish give him a serpent” or “will that father provide a snake instead of the fish”. Luke shared how Jesus continued His question to His disciples concerning a “son” who desires to have a “fish of the sea” to eat, would they provide a “snake” to the “son” instead?

When we consider Luke's words in this verse, we see how Jesus employed extreme examples to show His disciples not only how they would provide “loving acts”, but that His Heavenly Father would do even more than they. Jesus' disciples were those who yielded their lives to Him as their “Savior and Lord”, and they could expect God to provide for them according to His “riches in glory” (See Philippians 4:19). God provided His Son Jesus to die for the sins of all mankind, and this was His greatest gift to them. All other needs people have are to be brought to God by “asking, seeking and knocking” persistently until they know what the will of the Lord is for their lives.

Next time Luke shares how Jesus asks a question concerning, “an egg” and “a scorpion”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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