THE GOSPEL OF LUKE: - Vital Christianity

164Earlier (v. 20) the Pharisees asked, “When?” Now they ask, “Where?” But Jesus refusesto satisfy their curiosity as He does with all “date-fixers” and the like.APPLICATIONChrist came the first time to suffer. But He is coming a second time to reign. These aretwo landmarks of which we should never lose sight.We dare not be like the people of the days of Noah in which they were preoccupied witheveryday living.We dare not become careless in nourishing our hearts. Lot’s wife is a warning to usall, that just because we may be related to righteous people and partake in religious and spiritualactivities, does not guarantee our spiritual wellbeing. We must be constantly vigil since we don’tknow when our lives will be over as we know it, either through death or through Jesus’ return.NOTE1F. F. Bruce, Answers to Questions (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan PublishingHouse, 1972), 56.