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…
Love Your Enemies, Part 2
Luke 6:29-30 There in Luke 6. And we’ll be starting verse 27. We were introduced last time to Jesus’ command, “Love your enemies,” and we tried to think carefully about what love really is. And then how to practice that love toward others and our enemies in particular. Today, we’re going to move ahead. We’re going to consider some of these implications as Jesus clarifies his meaning with certain instances of enemy-like behavior. What does it mean to love our…
The Attributes of God’s Greatness: God the Creator, Part 2
Okay. We have covered the first and second subheadings under the first major category of theology proper. We talked about the greatness of God and, the, those subheadings under the greatness of God, or God the immortal spirit, and God the triune person. And now we’re looking at that third subheading which we started, started last time, God the creator. So we said God is immortal spirit, God is triune person, and God is creator. In the beginning. “In the…
The Heart of the Master
Matthew 9:35-38
Love Your Enemies, Part 1
Luke 6:27-28 We’re gonna get into Luke 6:27 this morning. Last Sunday as you know, we got a broad overview of the entire sermon. But today we want to drill down into the details. Starting with Jesus’ opening imperative, in verse 27, love your enemies, love your enemies. This is about practicing the full extent of divine love. This is the way Jesus commands his followers to live, to practice the full extent of divine love. So to get this…
The Attributes of God’s Greatness: God the Creator, Part 1
So we have covered the first and second subheadings under the first major category of theology proper, on the greatness of God, and the subheadings are God the immortal spirit. And last time we covered God the Triune person. Now we’re going to look at a third subheading, God the Creator. And this is going to take us a few, a few weeks to get through because there’s a lot here. As we’ve talked about before, the creation is kind…