Here's another proof that salvation is an act of God alone, this time from the actions of Jesus... Mark 10:13 - 16 — And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but
the disciples rebuked them.
Mark 10:13 - 16 — And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but
the disciples rebuked them.
This reminds me of the passage in Mark 10 when
the disciples rebuked the parents for bringing their children into the arms of Jesus.
When
the disciples rebuked them, he rebuked the disciples.
When
the disciples rebuke the woman for what they see as a waste of money, Jesus responds by saying, «Let her alone; why do you trouble her?
This time, however, the children are brought to Jesus that he may touch them, and
the disciples rebuke the parents for doing this.
Not exact matches
Jesus
rebuked His
disciples for creating dividing lines.
Granted there are times to
rebuke, but read the pastoral letters in how a mature
disciple ought to handle that... it certainly isn't in the spirit of offence and justification in speech.
Suddenly the table is turned: The woman is commended for her faith, and the
disciples receive an oblique
rebuke.
15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his
disciples saw it, they
rebuked them.
The frightened
disciples woke him and complained of his apparent indifference; but he chided them for their lack of faith and
rebuked the sea, «and there was a great calm.»
Aware that the
disciples thought he referred to their failure to bring bread, Jesus
rebuked them for their lack of perception.
When he considered the birds of the air, the flowers of the field, the setting sun, when he saw a farmer ploughing a field, a woman patching a garment, a child
rebuked by his
disciples, a person ravaged by illness — he was alive to God's presence and will.
Jesus
rebuked the
disciples and said, «You do not know what manner of spirit you are of.»
The Apostle Paul told his young
disciple Timothy, «All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for
rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness» (2 Timothy 3:16, emphasis mine).
Instead, the Jews, even the
disciples, are
rebuked over and over for having little faith.
His
disciples awaken him, and Jesus
rebukes the wind and the waves: «Peace!
Rather than follow in the footsteps of the first Joshua, Jesus
rebukes His
disciples for wanting to kill, destroy, and burn those cities that reject Him, and tells James and John that they do not know what manner of spirit they are of (Luke 9:55).
It was not as an individual that Peter had challenged Our Lord about the cross, but as leader of the
disciples: «But turning and seeing his
disciples, he
rebuked Peter» (Mk 8, 33).
When asked if he could call down fire on people who rejected Him, He
rebuked His
disciples for such a thought (Luke 9:54).
This can be observed in Mark 4:35 - 41 (NJB) in which Jesus calms the storm that threatened to sink the
disciple's boat: «And he woke up and
rebuked the wind and said to the sea, «Quiet now!
Jeremy i think satanic forces is more likely in that particular storm with Jesus and his
disciples in the boat that was to test his
disciples faith and they failed the test.Jesus
rebuked the storm there was a power that was out to destroy them why else would he
rebuke it maybe he was waiting foir them to
rebuke it themselves they had prayed for people and seen healing they had commanded evil spirit to come out of people so they were aware of the power of God.Yet they were in fear of there lives faithless and afriad.Paul on his way to rome was caught in a storm and through an angel paul was told many would die Paul interceeded for the crew and lives on board and God promised that all would be spared.Paul had warned them before the voyage that it would end in disaster but they did not listen.Satan wasnt happy with that plan because he had hoped to kill as many people as possible there was over 300 souls on board and many had been expected to die.So satan attempted to kill Paul and he was bitten by a snake but satan is no match for Jesus Christ he has been defeated and so Paul lived and continued to preach the gospel was many being saved.brentnz
In addition, Matthew omits some of the passages in which Jesus
rebuked his ignorant or faithless
disciples.
So I wince, when Jesus
rebukes the
disciples fear.
Jesus clearly knew, and His
disciples seemed to understand (especially after learning from the
rebuke of Peter), that Jesus did not want them to use their swords for violence.
The other is the
rebuke he administers to one of the
disciples who gives what appears to us to be the most primary of all reasons to be excused temporarily from Jesus» company.
He
rebuked the criticism of the
disciples with his own criticism of them.
According to Luke (19:39 - 40), «some of the Pharisees in the multitude» urged Jesus to
rebuke his
disciples; but he replied, «I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.»
Their misunderstanding of Jesus and lack of faith comes to the fore in Mark because the Master
rebukes the storm first before speaking to the
disciples, whereas in Matthew Jesus scolds the
disciples first and then performs the miracle to confirm his words.
The other incident is the blessing of the children whose parents brought them to Jesus, with his indignant
rebuke of the overzealous
disciples who presumed to protect him from being bothered for such a purpose.
He
rebukes His
disciples for even having such thoughts, and tells that that these thoughts do not come from God but from some other spirit, and that He did not come to destroy men's lives (for that is what the devil does) but to save them instead.
In the Gospel of Luke, for example, it says in Luke 18:15 - 18:17 «And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his
disciples saw it, they
rebuked them.