The Gospel of Luke (Page 2)

The Gospel of Luke (Page 2)

The Arrest of Jesus

Luke 22:47-53 So we return to our study of Luke’s Gospel and to Jesus and his men in the Garden of Gethsemane, and today we’re coming to his arrest, which starts in Luke 22 verse 47. So you’ll want to turn there in your Bibles, Luke 22:47. Previous section, Luke 22:39-46, is Jesus preparing for the cross, and he’s really, in light of the trials that are coming upon him, he’s encouraging his disciples to do the same, to prepare.…

Lessons from the Garden

Luke 22:46 Well, we want to come back one more time to Luke 22:39-46, this passage we’ve been in for the last couple of weeks. We want to come back to it one more time so that we can learn the lessons that I think the Lord would have us learn, the lessons Luke as an author wants us to learn, the lessons that the Holy Spirit wants us to learn as well as we observe our Lord Jesus Christ.…

The Agony in the Garden, Part 2

Luke 22:42-45 Man, I love that song. Thank you so much for singing that, choosing that song for us, and thank you for singing so well. Let’s just find out how marvelous and how wonderful his love really is. Turn to Luke chapter 22. We’re returning to the Garden of Gethsemane and Jesus’ prayer in preparation for the cross. And so find your way to Luke 22 and verse 39 in your Bibles.  Luke here, in Luke 22:39 to 46,…

The Agony in the Garden, Part 1

Luke 22:39-42 Turn in your Bibles to Luke chapter 22. Luke chapter 22, we are following our Lord Jesus Christ. We’ve just been with him and his disciples in the upper room, and they are in this text that we’re in today, Luke 22:39. They’ve left the upper room and they’re heading to the Garden of Gethsemane. Today, as we enter into the Garden of Gethsemane with our Lord, we are wading into some deep, deep waters; really deeper than…

Sifted and Strengthened

Luke 22:31-34 Well, turn in your Bibles to Luke 22, as we’re looking at the final instructions of our Lord to prepare his Apostles before his death. Last week, the Lord set before his men a vision of future glory and honor, which we see is our own future glory and honor as well, as we saw in the text that we went through last time, Luke 22:28-30, and then other Scriptures as well, that show our involvement in that…

The Reward of Our Lord

Luke 22:28-30 Well, turn in your Bibles to Luke chapter 22. We are working our way through Jesus’ final instructions to his Apostles, which he’s giving just before his death. And I’d like to begin by reading this section that we’re in, the whole section, starting with the institution of the Lord’s Supper, which is in Luke 22:19.  Luke 22:19, and following, “And when he had taken some bread and given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them,…

The Highest Aspiration

Luke 22:24-27 The Highest Aspiration Luke 22:24-27 January 27, 2025 Well, we return to Luke 22 in our study of the Gospel of Luke, and we’re reading the final instructions of our Lord to his men, his twelve Apostles, before his death for sins. Our Lord, as we know, as he’s been predicting and telling us all through this Gospel narrative, he will soon be betrayed into the hands of sinners. He’ll endure the false accusations of sinners in corrupt…

How Jesus Processed Suffering

Luke 22:21-23 Well, the last time we were in the Gospel of Luke, we were joining the Lord and his apostles in the upper room, an intimate time of believing fellowship for the Twelve and Jesus, one of them, those 12, being false. And so when he departed, it was the Eleven and Jesus. And so those men, sharing that intimate believing fellowship. And our Lord’s desire in this Upper Room Discourse, this time with his disciples, is to teach…