- Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. Luke 10:13 – Tyre and Sidon were a couple cities in Jesus’ day that were known as hubs for sinfulness. We can probably think of some cities in our day that fit that description. Chorazin and Bethsaida, while not notoriously known for their sin, did sin in a terrible way. They refused to accept Jesus. Jesus came to them, preached to them, did mighty works in front of them, but the majority in these cities remained in rejection of Him. This is why Jesus says what He did in our verse. That while Tyre and Sidon were sinful cities, if they got the opportunity to see what Chorazin and Bethsaida got to see of Jesus, those sinful cities would have repented and embraced Jesus. As a result, those cities that saw and heard Jesus, yet rejected Jesus, would have it worse than those who never had the opportunity to accept Jesus. How this differencing judgements will play out I don’t fully understand, but what we see here is Jesus teaching that those who have been blessed with hearing and seeing more of Him than others will be held accountable to more than others. All those who reject Jesus will still face Hell, but somehow it will be even worse for those who heard all about Jesus yet still rejected Jesus. My plea then if you are reading this and you’ve grown up in church, heard all the sermons, heard all the Bible stories, yet still are rejecting Jesus to please choose Jesus. You fall into the very category the people of Chorazin and Bethsaida do. You’ve been blessed with hearing and seeing, choose then to embrace the Jesus you’ve seen and heard. The judgements that await you won’t have to await you if you choose Jesus. Cease the rejections and begin the acceptance of Jesus. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3539
- But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. Luke10:33 – Just love people. There will be people inside of your life that give you problems, that you don’t agree with, and that are different than you. None of those reasons though are good enough for us to stop demonstrating God love to people. The moment we choose to stop showing love to an individual for whatever reason we think is worthwhile, we stop fulfilling the calling that God gave us. We are called to love God and to love people and when we aren’t loving people we aren’t loving God. So today, whatever excuse or reason you have that you have held onto to stop showing love to somebody, now is your day to drop it. It no longer has a place inside your life and relationship with that person. Begin doing what God called you to do, love people. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 615
- Then turning to the disciples he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.” Luke 10:23-24 – The disciples that Jesus had chosen to follow Him were certainly blessed by what they got to experience with Jesus. So many of the characters in the Old Testament would have loved to witness the things Jesus was doing and to be in the presence of the Savior like the disciples were at this time. What I also hope is seen is how truly blessed we are with what we’ve had the chance to witness and experience with Jesus. No, none of us got to walk around Jerusalem with Jesus like Peter or talk with Him like Matthew did, but don’t forget the blessing we have that even the disciples didn’t have. We have the fullness of the story of Jesus written down for us. We know how the church grew and withstood even the worst of persecution. They never got to see the fall of Rome, but for us Rome is just something in a history book. We have been blessed with so much to see to encourage and enlarge our faith in the Lord. For if the disciples could see what we see, any doubt of things to come would have been dropped by them. Be sure then you are dwelling on all that God has revealed when we are concerned over the things He hasn’t revealed yet. He’s shown Himself to be capable, dependable, trustworthy, and loving for generations and generations. See then what He is showing you and trust Him with the parts you can’t fully see yet. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2327
