“CATCH HIM!”

 

Luke 11:45-54                                           (ESV)

“[45] One of the lawyers answered HIM, “TEACHER, in saying these things YOU insult us also.” [46] And HE said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. [47] Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed. [48] So you are witnesses and you consent to the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs. [49] Therefore also the Wisdom of GOD said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’ [50] so that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation, [51] from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation. [52] Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.”

[53] As HE went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press HIM hard and to provoke HIM to speak about many things, [54] LYING IN WAIT for HIM, to “CATCH HIM” in something HE might say.”

There are those who make it part of their lives to find fault with others, often simply to claim that their point is valid.  Apparently they aren’t concerned with TRUTH, only with how they are perceived to be!  The “lawyers” written about in the Scriptures above illustrate precisely what is being illustrated by them, people who were LYING IN WAIT for JESUS to say something that they could twist for their purposes!  However TRUTH (John 14:6) isn’t something that can be twisted or distorted.  It simply relies on 

According to JESUS, the “lawyers” spoken to by JESUS in the Scriptures above weren’t interested in assisting others with their burdens, only about their position being validated, at least in the opinion of those following them.  HE used Scripture (“The Wisdom of GOD said”) to remind them that they were NOT what their eyes perceived.  

Being aware of what Scripture has to say about a matter is imperative to WALKING IN THE SPIRIT!  The HOLY SPIRIT has the ability within HIM to “gently” remind us, or to abruptly startle us with TRUTH!  Making certain that we aren’t “twisting” Scripture to say what is convenient is something that can be dangerous.  

FATHER IN HEAVEN, cause this uneducated, lowly servant to WAIT ON THE LORD and NOT be trying to “CATCH HIM” into doing what I want, but to do YOUR PLAN for my life!!!