Tuesday
(13/05/2014) – Read Luke 2:25
1- How is Simeon described in the text above? What
does it mean to be righteous?
2- The word “devout” is most of the time understood as
“being religious”, what is not wrong. But to be devout includes more than an
outside expression of faith. What does mean to you to be a devout person?
3- How do you understand the expression “and the Holy
Spirit was upon him”? Could it be that the Holy Spirit was like a dove hovering
over Simeon’s head? Or maybe Simeon’s was immersed on the Spirit who was
covering him up? (See note 3). Could it be that to be righteous and devout were
requisites for the Spirit to be upon him? What do you think? What if Simeon was
not a righteous and devout person? By the other side, can we be righteous and
devout by our own strength, without the action of the Holy Spirit on our lives?
4- When comparing your life to Simeon’s, could you say
that you are a righteous and devout person? If not, what do you need to reach
out that position? Do you feel the Holy Spirit is upon your life in the sense
of using you, controlling you (this is the meaning of the Holy Spirit‘s action
over Simeon’s life in the above text)?
Notes:
1)- Righteous – (Greek, dikaios) – integrity; to be
right, correct in character or act (to be innocent and holy by implication).
2)- Devout - (Gr. eulabes) – taking hold well
(carefully) and with reverence (circumspectly).
3)- Was (Gr. en) –
was; someone or something has (the control); hold; use.