The Gospel of Luke (Page 11)
The Parable of the Covetous Fool
Luke 12:16-21 We are continuing our study in Luke Chapter 12 in the theme we started last week. So if you could find your way to Luke 12, a section on covetousness that started in Luke 12:13 and following. There are a few things I wanted to cover last week that I didn’t get to, but that is one of the benefits of expository preaching, that I get to chop it off where I want to and then pick it…
The Sin Beneath Our Sins
Luke 12:13-15 Turn in your Bibles to Luke chapter 12, and we are continuing to learn from our Lord’s teaching and today, we are going to get a brief glimpse into, we can call this, “Jesus’ Community Counseling Ministry,” as a man comes to Jesus to ask for help with a particular problem. You may remember that while Jesus had been teaching publicly, he was directing his instruction to his disciples. Even though there are thousands pressing in, uh, trampling…
The Benefits of Fearing God, Part 2
Luke 12:10-12 We are wrapping up what we started last Sunday, just a message on the benefits of fearing God. And today, we’re looking at Luke 12:10 through 12, where Jesus speaks about our spirit-instructed witness to the truth. Again, this section is going to be on the ministry of the Holy Spirit, and it’s kind of an early preview because the Spirit, according to what we read in Acts Chapter 2, had not yet come to the church. There…
The Benefits of Fearing God, Part 1
Luke 12:4-9 Grab your bibles, open to Luke 12. The entry into Luke 12 has been pretty hard hitting, I think. Personally it’s been hard hitting to me and I think for a number of us as well, and today we’re going to discover the strength and the encouragement that Jesus gives to those who fear God. In all that has happened already during this pivotal year, the year 2020 has revealed an undeniable reality about America’s spiritual condition. We’re…
The Remedy for Hypocrisy
Luke 12:2-5 I want to welcome you back to our study in Luke chapter 12. And we are looking at the subject of religious hypocrisy. Its danger and its remedy. Last week we talked about the danger of religious hypocrisy. Today, the remedy, which is the fear of God. I’ve been thinking a lot these days about the need for the fear of God in Christian ministry. And probably, a probably coming to a head as I think about what’s…
The Danger of Religious Hypocrisy
Luke 12:1 It’s a joyful opportunity I have of week by week opening up Luke’s Gospel and we are entering into a new chapter in our study. So I’d invite you to turn there, if you haven’t already, turn your bibles to Luke chapter 12. Today’s sermon is really going to be aimed at setting up this incredibly hopeful chapter and so, so timely. Luke 12 is a chapter on discipleship. That is the theme, that’s what’s modeled here by…
Deconstructing Unbelief
Luke 11:45-54 Luke chapter 11. In our study of Luke’s Gospel, we’re in Luke 11. You can turn there in your Bibles. We’re actually wrapping up a section here, which is about Jesus’ confrontation with some scribes and Pharisees, and I’ll just take a few minutes here to get you up to speed. In this final section of the 11th chapter of Luke’s Gospel, we find Jesus here in the home of a Pharisee. He has been invited to this…
Diagnosing Hypocrisy
Luke 11:42-44 As we a continue our exposition of Luke’s Gospel, we’re going to consider the subject of spiritual hypocrisy, which is not a, a topic that is for meant for comfortable or easy listening. So, if you’re feeling uncomfortable in the topic and the subject as we get into this, believe me, I sympathize. This is a subject that really should for all of us, prompt sincere self-examination, which we are going to endeavor to do together today. You’ll…
What Clean Looks Like
Luke 11:37-41 Turn to Luke’s gospel, Luke 11:37 is where we are, Luke 11:37. In this amazing eleventh chapter of Luke, Jesus has taught his disciples to pray. He has then strengthened and encouraged them, giving all kinds of inducements to pray. And after that Jesus did what he tends to do so often. He casts out a demon. He delivers from oppression. And for his miraculous work, he had to deal with a blasphemous charge from the Jewish leadership,…
Get Your Eyes Checked
Luke 11:33-36 I want to turn us back into the Gospel of Luke and get your attention back into the text, there, and Luke Chapter 11, as Jesus brings this discourse that we’ve been looking at for some time, here, he brings this particular discourse to a close. So you can find your way to Luke 11:33. As you turn there, I’ll just make a couple of remarks by way of introduction. The scene opened back in verse 14, Luke…