A Theology of Mercy
Luke 6:36 Luke 6:36, which says, “Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.” “Be merciful, as your Father is merciful.” And again we see, just by way of introduction as we get started, it’s the character of God that sets the standard for our character. And we need to understand it’s not just for our behavior, as important as our outward behavior is, our speech, our actions. But as we’re going to see, it’s his character that sets the…
What Makes Us Truly, Gloriously Different
Luke 6:32-35 Turn in your Bibles, if you haven’t already, to Luke 6:32. Luke 6:32. We’re gonna be looking this morning at some extremely penetrating and searching words from our Lord Jesus Christ, here in the Sermon on the Mount. Luke 6:32-35. Jesus says, “If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is…
The Attributes of God’s Greatness: God the Creator, Part 3
Okay. So we’re continuing the study of theology proper, looking carefully at what’s revealed in God the Creator. We’ve talked about God being immortal spirit, triune person, God the creator. And we’re just, we are wanting to just walk through the text in Genesis 1. Observe what’s there, see what we can infer and understand from now. We, there’s a lot we, more we can say but we’re really wanting to restrict ourselves in our, in our, observations to; What…
The Golden Rule
Luke 6:31 “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” You probably were taught that by your mother when you were growing up by a very, very wide margin, the best known of Jesus sayings, in any of his teachings. “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” You will find the golden rule in both Matthew 7:12 and Luke 6:31. We’re studying Luke’s Gospel, so you can turn to Luke 6:31 in your…