Luke 11: 1-13 Analysis

Luke 11:1-13 is a very important part of the Gospel of Luke. This passage starts out with Jesus praying. Then, one of the disciples asked Jesus how he should pray. Jesus teaches us how to pray and gives us the most famous prayer of them all; the Our Father. “Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, uphold the holiness of your name.Bring in your kingdom. Give us the bread we need for today. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who has wronged us. And don’t lead us into temptation.’” (Luke 11:2-4). Jesus relates how prayer works to the way we would act towards a friend. If a friend came over to our house asking for food because he needs to treat his guest we would give our friend the food he needs. The same works with prayer.
In verses 5-11, the reader is taught about persistence. Verses 5-11 of Luke deal with the scenario Jesus gives us that we will go to a friend’s house around midnight because we need food to feed our guest. Our friend replies to us and declines because he is already in bed and has locked up the house. Now this friend will give us the food we need not because he is our friend, but because we need it and our persistence. Then, in verses 11:9-13, Jesus gives us an admiration about prayer. Prayer was not fully understood so Jesus was giving assurance to how it worked by relating it to how if we asked our father for a fish he would not hand us a
God orders Hosea to marry a woman but he God has a specific type of woman he needs Hosea to marry. God orders Hosea to marry a “promiscuous” woman. God explains why he needs this type of woman by saying “an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord.” Hosea does as he was ordered to do and marries the daughter of Diblaim, Gomer. Gomer bears a son for Hosea and God already has the name for the son in mind. He says,“Call him Jezreel, because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. In that day I will break Israel’s bow in the Valley of Jezreel.” Hosea does have more children after Jezreel. Gomer conceives again and gives birth to a daughter. Again, God has a name in mind for the child. The child is named Lo-Ruhamah. This name means “not loved”. God gives the daughter this name to show that God will no longer show love to the nation of Israel. Judah is exempted from this and God will show love and save the people of Judah. Another child is conceived from Gomer and this time it is a boy. God tells Hosea that the child will be named Lo-Ammi. This name means “not my people”. God is showing that He is no longer the god of Israel along with saying that they are no longer his people.”The people of Israel are then compared to sands on a beach. The comparison is made because like sands on a beach, they will not be able to be counted and the