{"id":1287,"date":"2025-04-15T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=1287&2025"},"modified":"2025-04-10T18:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T00:00:07","slug":"secrets-exposed-luke-12-1-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/secrets-exposed-luke-12-1-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Secrets Exposed: Luke 12:1-12"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Focus Passage: Luke 12:1-12 (GW)<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\">\r\n<p><sup>1\u00a0<\/sup>Meanwhile, thousands of people had gathered. They were so crowded that they stepped on each other. Jesus spoke to his disciples and said, \u201cWatch out for the yeast of the Pharisees. I\u2019m talking about their hypocrisy. <sup>2\u00a0<\/sup>Nothing has been covered that will not be exposed. Whatever is secret will be made known. <sup>3\u00a0<\/sup>Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight. Whatever you have whispered in private rooms will be shouted from the housetops.<\/p> <p><sup>4\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cMy friends, I can guarantee that you don\u2019t need to be afraid of those who kill the body. After that they can\u2019t do anything more. <sup>5\u00a0<\/sup>I\u2019ll show you the one you should be afraid of. Be afraid of the one who has the power to throw you into hell after killing you. I\u2019m warning you to be afraid of him.<\/p> <p><sup>6\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cAren\u2019t five sparrows sold for two cents? God doesn\u2019t forget any of them. <sup>7\u00a0<\/sup>Even every hair on your head has been counted. Don\u2019t be afraid! You are worth more than many sparrows. <sup>8\u00a0<\/sup>I can guarantee that the Son of Man will acknowledge in front of God\u2019s angels every person who acknowledges him in front of others. <sup>9\u00a0<\/sup>But God\u2019s angels will be told that I don\u2019t know those people who tell others that they don\u2019t know me. <sup>10\u00a0<\/sup>Everyone who says something against the Son of Man will be forgiven. But the person who dishonors the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.<\/p> <p><sup>11\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cWhen you are put on trial in synagogues or in front of rulers and authorities, don\u2019t worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say. <sup>12\u00a0<\/sup>At that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you must say.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"passage-read-more\">Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke 12:1-12&amp;version=gw\" title=\"Read the passage on BibleGateway.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hyperlink-underlined\">Luke 12:1-12<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>During one of the times where thousands of people were crowded around, Jesus warns His disciples about something to watch out for and to be careful about. Some might think that this message was simply for those living in the first century; however, I believe there is a bigger truth in the theme behind this message.<\/p>\r\n<p>Luke\u2019s gospel records Jesus telling His followers: \u201c<strong>Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees. I\u2019m talking about their hypocrisy. Nothing has been covered that will not be exposed. Whatever is secret will be made known. Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight. Whatever you have whispered in private rooms will be shouted from the housetops.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 1-3)<\/p>\r\n<p>This first portion of Jesus\u2019 message has a powerful message regarding secrets, simply that <strong>secrets will never remain secret. <em>The only thing that is up to us is whether we will reveal the secret on our own terms, or whether we will let it be discovered by others when it may not be convenient.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>While we know more about these first disciples of Jesus than most any other specific person in history, I think Jesus\u2019 warning is for everyone regarding the nature of secrets, even though He was speaking to the disciples while others in a crowd that listened in. It would not surprise me at all to learn that there were Pharisees in the crowd present for this event.<\/p>\r\n<p>Reading this passage makes me think the Pharisees in that culture lived with secrets. It seems like they had their private lives that contained secret sins, and then their public lives that they tried to make look perfect and sinless. This is the nature of hypocrisy. <em>Hypocrisy is holding others to a standard that you don\u2019t hold yourself to and living differently in private than you do in public.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>Secrets and hypocrisy are closely connected, and Jesus\u2019 message about each should prompt us to live differently. As I read what Jesus spoke, I see it as a challenge to live a life that matches both our public lives as well as our private lives, and live in a way where we won\u2019t have anything that needs to be kept a secret. <strong>Living transparently with self-control is living with true freedom, because we choose to live without hypocrisy and without secrets weighing on our minds.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Jesus\u2019 message about secrets and hypocrisy is just as true today as it was when He first spoke it. While we don\u2019t have literal Pharisees to worry about in the same way that the first disciples did, there are plenty of ways hypocrisy can inch its way into our lives. <strong>Whatever secrets we have in our lives will eventually be revealed. We cannot stop them from being made known. About the only thing we can decide is whether we will publicize our secrets on our own terms, or let others discover them when it may not be as convenient.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"aj-wrap-up--1287\" class=\"aj-wrap-up\"><p><em>This thought was inspired by studying the <strong>Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, <a class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/\" title=\"Check out Reflective Bible Study!\">click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p><p><em><a class=\"underline\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onClick=\"rbs_aj_inline_subscribe(this, '1287');\">Subscribe<\/a> to this blog and never miss an insight.<\/em><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During one of the times where thousands of people were crowded around, Jesus warns His disciples about something to watch out for and to be careful about. 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