SATURDAY- 25^th  WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME –A

Gospel: Luke 9:43-45: The Son of Man is going to be handed over. They were afraid to ask him about what he had said.

I Reading: Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:8: Remember your creator in the days of your youth, before the dust returns to the earth, and the breath to God.

The Second Prediction of Death: A Rebuke of Present Generation, 9:37-45

Jesus was rebuking his generation because of their unbelief and a perverse heart.

1. The next day after the transfiguration (v.37-40)

2. Rebuke 1: Ubelief and a perverse heart (v.40)

3. Rebuke 2: A lack of God’s power (v.42-43)

a. Jesus rebuked the disciples’ lack of power by his own act of healing

b. The people were amazed

4. Rebuke 3: A slowness/dullness to grasp the Messiah’s death (v.44-45)

Thought: Powerlessness is inexcusable. Why? Because Christ has revealed how the believer can possess the power and strength of God (Mt 17:20; Jn 3:27; 5:15; 2Cor 3:5; Acts 1:8; Rom 8:1-17).

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