LUKE 17:22. “And He said unto the disciples, ‘The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and ye shall not see it.”
WARNINGS. v.1-2 To offend a little-one is a serious act; If you act wrong to them, you can’t get it back. The warning is given, there is punishment due; Such an offense will be one you will rue.
v.3-4 Prepare yourself, for the time will come, When forgiveness is needed, in your own home. Be willing to forgive again and again, And the favor of the Lord you will surely win.
v.5-10 Don’t try to fake it, faith must be real; Do what is right regardless of the feel. Faith doesn’t exalt self; it is never proud; Its source is in God, then to us through His Word.
v.11-19 Mercy to the hopeless, gives glory to God. Cleansing for the guilty, assurance in the Word. Thanks for God’s blessing, it is for His grace; Humbling of pride, we lower our face.
v.20-30 Counterfeit teaching about things to come; Is a danger to those who know not God’s Son. To cover up truth that is best to be told; Leaves those who are wrong, out in the cold.
v.31-37 Listen and learn from those who lived in the past. Remember and repent, before the die is down cast. If you lose, you will win and from God you will find; What you save you will lose, and be left behind.
“O Holy God and Father: I learn from the warnings given in the scriptures, that lessons learned in time are lessons learned wisely. It is a serious wrong for me to take any thing for granted. Keep me with a sense of propriety in every part of my life. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”