The Gospel of Luke
Jesus Orders the Supper
Luke 22:14-20 We’re going to prepare our hearts for the blessing of celebrating the communion ordinance. And in preparing our hearts, it’s the Lord who has brought us into a special text in our study of Luke’s gospel, and it’s the institution of the Lord’s table. This is what the Lord set up for us, set this table, prepared it for us, and invites us to come. So if you would turn to Luke 22 in your Bibles. Luke 22,…
The Preparation for Passover
Luke 22:7-13 You can open your Bibles to Luke 22 as we come to verse 7 of Luke 22, and as we come to this section, Luke 2:7 through 13, we are less than 24 hours away from the crucifixion. With all that’s ahead, it’s amazing to think about all that can happen in a single 24 hour period. But we’re not going to cover it in 24 hours, I can guarantee you that. Last week we studied just the…
Solving the Jesus Problem
Luke 22:1-6 Well, we are entering into the final section of Luke’s gospel this morning. It’s a very long chapter at 71 verses, second only to the first chapter of Luke, which we have survived. So you’ll survive this one too. Chapter 1 of Luke is 80 verses, this is only 71, so we’re, we’re going to cruise right through it. Turn to Luke 22 in your Bibles this morning. I realized that this is a political season and we…
Watchful, Prayerful Saints
Luke 21:34-38 Well, we are with mixed feelings, for me anyway, coming to the end of this amazing chapter, Luke 21 and Jesus’ teaching on the Olivet Discourse. This great chapter along with the parallels in Matthew 24 and Mark 13, this chapter stands with other eschatological teachings such as Luke 12, Luke 17. All these passages are seminal to the vital New Testament doctrine of last things, of what is coming in the end. Michael Allen in his, no…
Certainty and the Fig Tree
Luke 21:29-33 Well, we have come to this final section, actually, of the Olivet Discourse this morning. It’s toward the end of Luke 21. So you can turn there in your Bibles to Luke 21 and find your way to verse 29. In this section, the whole section is verses 29 to 36. But in this first section, Luke 21:29 to 33, Jesus is kind of rounding out his teaching on the end times. He’s kind of circling back here…
Anticipating Christ’s Return
Luke 21:25-28 Anticipating Christ’s Return Luke 21:25-28 September 29, 2024 You can turn in your Bibles to Luke 21 as we return to our study of Luke’s Gospel, Luke 21. I’m going to start reading in verse 20; Luke 21, verse 20. You can follow along as I read. Jesus says to his disciples on Mount Olivet, this Olivet discourse, he says, “‘But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand. And then…
Living in Light of Christ’s Return
Luke 21:24 Living in Light of Christ’s ReturnLuke 21:24September 22, 2024 Well, we come to the Word of God today, and we get to return to Luke’s Gospel. I have been most eager to get back into the flow, and I hope that you’re anticipating it, too. We are right in the middle of Luke chapter 21, so you can turn there in your Bibles, and right where we are in the text, it’s kind of the hinge point in…
Desolation and Abomination
Selected Scriptures We come to a point in our study of the Olivet Discourse where it’s time for us to pause for a bit, and we want to clarify an interpretive issue here in the text. We’ve come through, as you know, through Jesus’ prediction concerning one of the most dreadful events in history, which is the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple in AD 70. This really happened. We went through the history of it. Looked at the extra…
The Destruction of Jerusalem, Part 3
Luke 21:23-24 Well, we are in Luke’s record, his account of the Olivet Discourse in Luke 21. You’ll want to turn there. And over the last two weeks, we’ve seen how Jesus has been preparing his disciples for the siege on Jerusalem. He’s been shepherding them out of the danger and into a place of safety. And as we begin this morning, I’ve got bad news and good news. The bad news is this sermon you’re about to hear. It…
The Destruction of Jerusalem, Part 2
Luke 21:20-24 Well, we are steadily making our way through the Olivet Discourse in Luke 21, and we have come to, you want to turn there in your Bibles. But we’ve come to the portion in Luke 21 in which Jesus predicts the desolation of Jerusalem. So dark times, dark themes, ominous warnings abound in this section. The desolation of Jerusalem is a judgement upon the unbelieving and upon the Christ rejecting. And it’s out of that judgement that Jesus…