Luke 16:8 (Another Take on this verse)
Children of this world as long as they are led by the Spirit of God they are Children of Light.
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely; for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. (Luke 16:8)
The above image is a greeting I receive one morning from a friend, a children of this world so to speak who knows the language of the Spirit more than some children of Light. While it’s not direct relate to Like 16:8’s context, the relevance is that the children of Light sometimes do not know the things of the spirit.
Matthew 15:21
Faith of a cannanite woman
27 And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, (X)great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Matthew 8:5
Faith of a Centurion Soldier
8 The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.(C) 9 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
John 4:21
Faith of a Samaritan Woman at the well
21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming(Q) when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.(R)22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know;(S) we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.(T) 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come(U) when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit(V)and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit,(W) and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
Matthew 9:1
Healing of the Paralytic Man at Capernaum
And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.7 And he arose, and departed to his house.8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
Difference in Healing between House of Israel & Gentiles
To the house of Israel, He said and demonstrated the forgiveness of Sin. If Sin is being Disconnected from God. When Jesus perform the forgiveness of that offense, the man was restored as per the original design God intended to be. Restored as the Son of Man (Adam) and Son of God. He therefore was healed from inside out. To the Children of this world at that time, he just perform Physical Bodily Healing but not Spiritual Healing which was to come, "for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit,(W) and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
Healing of the Paralytic Man at Capernaum
And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.7 And he arose, and departed to his house.8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
Difference in Healing between House of Israel & Gentiles
To the house of Israel, He said and demonstrated the forgiveness of Sin. If Sin is being Disconnected from God. When Jesus perform the forgiveness of that offense, the man was restored as per the original design God intended to be. Restored as the Son of Man (Adam) and Son of God. He therefore was healed from inside out. To the Children of this world at that time, he just perform Physical Bodily Healing but not Spiritual Healing which was to come, "for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit,(W) and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
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