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Hi all, Just reading the parable.
Luke 14:12-14
He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.
But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”
My commentary says:
It would be a grotesque error if one were to conclude that one should treat the handicapped with kindness so that one could receive a reward. That is the same calculating, selfish spirit which Jesus is criticizing. Rather, those who do not live in such a calculating way will paradoxically receive a reward. The rewards come to those who are not living for them.
Schreiner, T. R. (1995). Luke. In Evangelical Commentary on the Bible (Vol. 3, p. 826). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.
the commentary seems to suggest that in order to receive a reward in heaven for caring for the poor, lame and blind, we must perform the good deed without any desire or conscious awareness that what we are doing will be rewarded. is this true?
your thoughts please.
Luke 14:12-14
He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.
But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”
My commentary says:
It would be a grotesque error if one were to conclude that one should treat the handicapped with kindness so that one could receive a reward. That is the same calculating, selfish spirit which Jesus is criticizing. Rather, those who do not live in such a calculating way will paradoxically receive a reward. The rewards come to those who are not living for them.
Schreiner, T. R. (1995). Luke. In Evangelical Commentary on the Bible (Vol. 3, p. 826). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.
the commentary seems to suggest that in order to receive a reward in heaven for caring for the poor, lame and blind, we must perform the good deed without any desire or conscious awareness that what we are doing will be rewarded. is this true?
your thoughts please.