Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Luke 9:51

“And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,”

Luke 9:51 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Luke 9:51, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Luke 9. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

49 And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.

50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.

51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

52 And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.

53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Isaiah 50:5The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
  • Luke 18:31Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
  • Mark 16:19So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
  • Luke 13:22And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
  • John 16:5But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
  • Hebrews 6:20Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
  • Acts 20:22And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
  • 1 Timothy 3:16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, recei…
  • Ephesians 1:20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
  • John 17:11And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
  • Ephesians 4:8Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
  • John 6:62What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
  • John 16:28I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
  • Luke 19:28And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.

More to meet God in Luke

Luke 1:37Luke 6:31Luke 24:44Luke 6:21Luke 4:18Luke 24:47Luke 10:2Luke 13:34Luke 11:2Luke 6:23Luke 11:9Luke 18:13Luke 8:15Luke 18:14

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.