Christ’s Call to Would-Be Disciples
Luke 9:57-62 I’d like to invite you to take your Bibles and turn to Luke, chapter 9. It is such a joy to be back with you and especially in Luke’s Gospel, Luke chapter 9. We’re going to be in the, as I said, the last part of Luke 9. We’re actually finishing up that ninth chapter, hopefully today, and be back into chapter 10 next week, a very pivotal time. There’ve been a few times in our study of…
Rejoicing and Responding
Isaiah 12:1-6
The Model of Missionary Mercy, Part 2
Luke 9:51-56 We are returning to the text that we started last week, Luke 9:51-56. We’re studying in Luke 9:51 following. This is Jesus, the model of missionary mercy. Jesus, the model of missionary mercy. As we studied last week, we see that Jesus came to show mercy. God sent him to show mercy. Jesus came to show mercy, to minister God’s mercy to a people in need. He ministered to many immediate physical needs, as we know, as we…
The Model of Missionary Mercy, Part 1
Luke 9:51 The theme of mercy, compassion, all those are connected to the attribute of God called the attribute of goodness, the goodness of God. An extension of the goodness of God is the love of God, that attribute of God, and flowing out of the goodness and love of God is God’s mercy, his grace, and forbearance, and patience, mercy being that attribute of God that is demonstrated toward those in desperate, desperate need. And that’s what we’re talking…
Tests of Christian Fellowship
Luke 9:49-50 For our time in God’s Word this morning, we’ve come to a, really come to an important mile-marker in the Gospel of Luke, so go ahead and turn to Luke 9:49-50. It’s our text for this morning, and it’s also, as I said, an important mile-marker that you’ll see for yourself. Today, by God’s grace as we get through this hour together, this marks the end of Jesus’ Galilean ministry as recorded by Luke, back in Luke 4:14.…
Greatness, the Antidote to Pride
Luke 9:46-48 Well, we’re back in Luke’s Gospel this week, and I invite you to turn your Bibles to the end of Luke chapter 9. Luke 9:46. We’ve been following Jesus and the band of his closest disciples around Galilee throughout the texts, coming up and into chapter 9. And most recently, they have been north of Galilee, up above the Sea of Galilee, and the region Caesarea of Philippi, and Jesus has taken his twelve apostles up there. He’s…