A Rhetorical Analysis Of Luke Chapter 6

The Bible has been the guideline for many of our laws and our moral views, we look to the bible when we need some advice or to renew our faith. Have we wondered how the first hearers have heard The Bible? And how important Christian thinker has interpreted the passage in the past? To understand the Bible the sermon and the audience must have communications for it to work. It takes knowledge and wisdom to read in between the lines especially in for the Bible because certain things you must read between the line to understand the text. Historically the ideas that we have are formed because of the communication that was taken place during Biblical times for us to comprehend the Bible. (Tannehill) Many of the audience during the Biblical time might have taught that what Jesus was teaching them was scandalous due to the conventional expectation. During that period the poor weren’t glamourized to the point where Luke changed “Poor” to “poor in sprit” to appeal to the audience and not to romanticize the poor. So, the audience at that time must have thought about how to renew their faith and to do good as much as possible. (Orion N. Hutchinson)
The passage Love your enemies Luke Chapter 6 verses 27-36 address the oppression by the romans and their collaborators. He addresses his audience about …show more content…
If we are rich within God and poor in worldly things, then happiness follows us all the time. He also advices that we also need to have patience and loving towards others. (GONZÁLEZ) God measures one happiness by the state they are in, depending if they are distressed then he promises that it will be changed for the better. John Calvin addresses that we might have horrible times in our lives that doesn’t mean that God isn’t watching out for us, protecting us against wicked men and their influences.