The Gospel of Luke (Page 14)
Reasons We Rejoice, Part 1
Luke 10:17-18 Luke 10:17, and we’re getting into another section, here, which is a very joyful section of this tenth chapter. Jesus appointed seventy-two disciples, as we’ve been studying. He sent them ahead of him two-by-two into every town and place where he himself was about to go, and you need to realize that that was not the first time that they’d been with Jesus. He’d been training them for many months—probably a year or more—throughout Galilee; and here in…
The Woe of Kingdom Rejection
Luke 10:12-16 We’ve been studying the sending of the seventy-two, so if you’re in Luke 10 (that’s where you should be), we’re gonna wrap up today Jesus’ instructions to the seventy-two that he sent out ahead of him as kingdom heralds, to go before him and announce his soon arrival to all the towns and the places where he intended to go in Judea and Perea. Last week we saw the implications of the message that these messengers proclaimed for…
The Kingdom Has Come
Luke 10:8-12 We’re in Luke chapter 10 this morning, Jesus’ instructions to the seventy-two missionaries, whom he sent before him into Judea, so I’d ask you to turn there in your Bibles. We’re going to be studying that text and seeing in this text that we’re going to cover, these verses in particular, the weight of significance and the gravity of Gospel preaching. You need to understand that as we preach the Gospel, as we call sinners to Christ, we…
Legitimate Gospel Partnerships
Luke 10:5-7 Well, as we turn our attention to the Word of God this morning, we’re returning to our study in Luke chapter 10. You can turn there for the reading of the text. And while you’re turning there, I’ll just mention in verse 1, Luke writes and tells us about the mission, “The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.”…
The Mission Mindset
Luke 10:2-4 We are in the 10th chapter of Luke’s gospel, so you’ll want to go ahead and turn in your Bibles to Luke chapter 10 verse 1, of Jesus sending of the 72 missionaries. And we’re going to be, begin by reading the first 12 verses of that chapter together. And you’re noticing probably, a number of different ways that we’re saying it’s time for our church to get out there and spread the gospel and bring the gospel…
The Sending of the Seventy-Two
Luke 10:1 We come to the tenth chapter of Luke’s Gospel, entering a new section here in Luke chapter 10, so if you’re not there in your Bibles already, you’re already behind. Get over to Luke chapter 10. All right? We’re going to be, begin by reading a significant portion of that chapter. There are two major divisions in this chapter 10 of Luke: verses 1-24, Jesus sends the seventy, and then in 25-37, there’s the parable of the Good…
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…
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.…