The Gospel of Luke (Page 16)
Six Marks of the Messiah’s Mission
Luke 9:21-22 Well we are in Luke 9 this morning so I would invite you to turn your bibles to Luke 9. Luke 9:18-22 is really the section we’re in, this is the perfect spot in the text to prepare our hearts really to participate together in the Lord’s table, ah, later in the service and as your listening as we go through the text here be sure your listening prayerfully and reflectively, meditating on the very, very, weighty truths…
The Christ of God
Luke 9:18-20 We are back in our study of Luke’s Gospel, so you can turn in your bibles to the next verse, Luke 9:18 and if you are visiting with us for today we are so glad as we’ve said, so glad that you’ve come we want to welcome you and greet you in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior there is probably no better way to sum up Grace Church and what we stand for, what…
Jesus Feeds Five Thousand, Part 2
Luke 9:14-17 Luke’s Gospel very much prepares us to understand the significance of the Lord Jesus Christ and his coming to this Earth, to teach us the way to God, to be reconciled to God. That’s exclusively through Jesus Christ. And we find in this story, this feeding of the five thousand, in Luke chapter 9, we find yet another, more evidence that he is only way, in truth and life, to come to the Father. So go ahead…
Jesus Feeds Five Thousand, Part 1
Luke 9:10-17 Turn to Luke Chapter 9. Luke chapter 9. We have the privilege over the next couple of weeks to study one of Jesus’ most well-known, most beloved miracles; his feeding of the 5000. Feeding of the 5000, you’ll find that in Luke 9:10 to 17. This is the only miracle, apart from the resurrection itself, the only miracle that is recorded in all four gospels. It is important to say the least. It’s the climactic miracle that marks…
A Case Study in the Conscience
Luke 9:7-9 Well, then I’d invite you to open your Bibles to the Gospel of Luke and Luke Chapter 9. Luke Chapter 9. We’re going to be looking at verses 7 to 9 this morning. Luke 9:7 to 9. And what we find in these few verses here is yet another instance where in Luke’s Gospel here, where Luke slows us down a bit. And calls us here as the reader to pause for a bit of reflection, really. Before…
The Apostolic Way
Luke 9:3-6 We’re returning to our study of Luke’s gospel and Luke’s, Luke chapter 9, you can turn there in your Bibles. Luke chapter 9. When we started into this last week, Luke chapter 9, this wonderful chapter, been a lot of transitions in it, missional transition, geographical transition, theological transition, as the identity of Jesus Christ is made evermore plain and glorious for us, the readers. As we saw last week, Jesus is sending out the apostles on their…
Jesus Sends the Twelve
Luke 9:1-2 Luke, Chapter 9, very important, a, very important transitional chapter in Luke’s Gospel. In several, several significant ways it makes transitions. You can see a, a, geographical transition in Luke 9, as you read through it. Jesus leaves Galilee behind. He finishes up his ministry there and starts to make his way to Jerusalem. If you’re in Luke 9, you can see in verse 51, toward the end of the chapter it says, “When the days drew near…
Perfecting an Imperfect Faith, Part 2
Luke 8:40-56 Well, for our time in God’s Word, this morning, we hope to finish the account that we started last week. So please turn in your Bibles to Luke, chapter 8 and verse 40. Luke 8:40. We’ll be going through that account to the end of the chapter, verse 56. At the end of Luke, chapter 8, we are seeing Jesus demonstrating incredible power. It’s divine power. It’s, it’s the power of God. He’s commanding the forces of nature,…
Perfecting an Imperfect Faith, Part 1
Luke 8:40-48 We are coming into a section here at the end of Luke 8, if you’d like to turn in your Bibles there. The section that really does wrap up the chapter, verses 40 to 56. We have seen in this eighth chapter of Luke some I, really what, what could we call them? Dramatic displays of divine power in Jesus’ ministry. We saw Jesus calm a storm at sea. He commanded inanimate natural forces like wind and waves,…
Evangelism and the Mercy of God
Luke 8:34-39 Turn in your Bibles to Luke chapter 8. We have been working our way, over the past couple of weeks, through this amazing account of deliverance, as Jesus rescues a man from a severe, very severe case of demonic possession. The whole story is there in Luke 8:26-39. I’m gonna read the first part for you, the parts that we’ve covered, provide a little bit of review. If you’re there in Luke 8, follow me as I read…