Luke Chapter 8

Luke Chapter 8

After all of that, JC went to a lot of cities and villages with his twelve disciples,  preaching and showing the glad tidyings of the kingdom of God.  And that’s when he meets Mary Magdalene who had seven devils in her!  JC cast them out, I think the devils might have been the seven deadly sins.

Joanna, who was Herod’s stewart Chuza’s wife, Susanna and others served JC.  And when a big bunch of people were gathered, he told them wait for it… a parable!  Of praise the lord a parable!!!  Sorry folks, I have not enjoyed a great number of the parables I’ve recounted.   And joy, it’s the parable of the sower, which in Mathew was repeated at least twice!

A sower goes out to so his seeds, and get your mind our of the gutter he’s a farmer type of guy spreading plant seeds.  Some of them fell by the way side and people stepped on them, and the birds ate some.  Some fell on the rock and as soon as it spouted it withered because it was dry.  Some fell in the brambles and got choked out by the thorns.  And finally some fell on the good earth and grew to produce a lot of fruit! After JC told them that he shouted “He that Hath ears to hear , let him hear”

Oh course his dopey disciples didn’t get it and asked him what was the parable?  Well kids you just listened to it, it’s a type of analogy.  Anyway, JC tells them that they will be given the mysteries of the kingdom of God but everyone else get parables, because they might not understand the strait talk.  So JC explains to them. 

The seeds are the word of God, the seed that fell by the wayside, are the people who hear but then the devil takes the word right out of their hearts, so they won’t be saved.  The seeds on the rocks are the folks that hear the word with joy,  but quickly fall to temptation.  The seeds that fell into the thorns are the folks that  hear the word, but the word gets choked out with cares, and riches and the pleasures of life.  I think I fall into that category .   The seed that fall on the good earth, are the good honest people who hear the word and keep, bringing forth the fruit with patience.

When you light a candle, You don’t cover it with a vessel or but it under a bed.  Put it in a candlestick so everyone can see the light.  Every secret, everything hidden will get revealed in time.   That’s certainly true, secrets rarely stay secret.  Oh and by the way… to he who has will be given and to he has not shall be taken even that which has. 

So Mary, JC’s mom, showed up with his brothers,  but there was such a big crowd they couldn’t get close.   Someone told JC that his family was there waiting to see them.  JC let’s them know that everyone who hears his words and do God’s work, are his mom and brothers.   Still not convinced that’s the right thing to do JC.  I mean honor your mother and father right?  God has some strange ideas about family.

On a certain day, way to be specific there Luke, JC went onto a boat with his disciples to cross the lake.   As they fell asleep, a storm came and the boat started to fill with water and they were all in jeopardy.  So they woke up JC who must sleep like the dead to not notice the storm, and told him they were sure to perish in this storm.  JC got up and rebuked the wind and water and everything was calm.  JC must have been a little cranky, because he turned on his disciples asking where is your faith?  That scared the disciples, they wondered what kind of man can command the wind and water?

On to Gadarenes which is next to Galilee.  Where they met a naked man filled with devils who lived in the tombs.  When he saw JC he fell down crying don’t torment me Jesus son of God!  JC had commanded the spirit to come out, because it was making the guy crazy and people kept having to chain this guy up but he’d break free.  JC asks him his name and he gets all spooky and calls himself Legion because there we so many devils inside of him.  They asked JC not to banish them to the deep, instead they asked him to cast them into the herd of pigs.  Actually I thought it was a sounder of pigs.  JC was happy to oblige the devils and cast them into the pigs.  Who went crazy and ran violently down a steep place and into the lake where they choked.  Poor pigs.  I guess JC didn’t like pigs, he probably kept kosher.  When the folks who feed the pigs saw what happened they ran to tell everyone in the city and in the country.

Folks came out to see what had happened.   So they saw the naked crazy man sitting with JC but now he was clothed and sane.  This terrified the people.   They found out how JC healed him so they asked him to leave because he scared them, casting out devils into pigs that run pell mell into the lake.  I don’t blame them that seems like a really dangerous guy to have around.  So the not-crazy clothed man asks JC if he can come with him.  But JC says no.   Go home, show everyone what great things God has done for you.  He went home and told everyone what great things JC did.  So in time when JC came back the people were happy to see him, in fact they were all waiting for him.

Jairus, was the ruler of synagogue and he fell at JC’s feet  and asked him into his house.  His 12 year old daughter was dying.  The people thronged JC.  There was a woman who spent all of her money on her blood issues for  the last twelve years, but the physician couldn’t help.  She came up behind JC and touched his clothes and her blood issues were over. 

JC asks who touched him.  Everybody denied it, and Peter and the gang ask him what does he mean who touched him?  He was being thronged; a lot of people touched him.  JC knows someone touched him because he knew that virtue had left him.  So the woman comes out,  trembling and falling down before him.  She told him she touched him, and that he healed her.   JC told her rest assured your faith has make you whole, go in peace.  Yay JC!  That was super nice of you!

While JC was speaking, someone came out of the ruler of synagogue’s house came out saying to him the daughter is dead don’t trouble the master.  JC tells him not to be afraid, only believe and she’ll be made whole.  When JC went into the house, he only let Peter, James, John and the girl’s parents come with him.  Everyone wept and wailed.  JC told them not to cry she is only sleeping.  They laughed scornfully, because they knew she was dead.   Her spirit came again and rose and JC commanded them to give hear meat.  Her parents were astonished.  JC told them not toell anyone what happened.