The lady in Luke 11:27-28 was deeply moved by the teaching of Jesus on His identity and the power of God to liberate, restore, and fill with His holy presence. Her compliment to Him was actually a compliment to His mother, Mary. She assumed that Mary had taught Jesus this wonderful truth about His identity and God’s Word.
Jesus corrected her by stating that this teaching was not of the earth from human instruction; it was from God. God-revealed truth, when given and received through faith (heard and done) is the most powerful, creative, life-changing thing that can happen in a person’s life.
Jesus was not putting the lady down or criticizing her for her compliment, but He did correct her. We should receive the correction of Jesus rather than feel condemned by His correction. Condemnation is something that will happen in the end when there is no more opportunity to repent. Correction happens now, to lead us to repentance. In Christ we are no longer condemned (Romans 8:1), but we are corrected (Hebrews 12:4-17).
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