The Gospel of Luke (Page 9)
Associate with the Lowly
Luke 14:12-14 Well, we are back in Luke 14. Jesus teaching on the subject of humility and he’s doing that while he is sharing company with the proud, eating a meal. He’s been invited to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees on a Sabbath day. It’s after, an after-synagogue dinner, hosted by a wealthy powerful man, probably located in Jerusalem. And they, he and the guests, they are watching him carefully. They were watching because they…
Take the Lowest Place
Luke 14:7-11 Let’s turn our attention now to Luke Chapter 14. If you’re not there, you can take your Bible and turn there to Luke 14. Last week we started into the first 24 verses, at which we said is a single unit of thought, as a single theme governing that whole section where Jesus is in the home of a Pharisee, he’s exposing and confronting pride, but he’s doing so in an indirect way by teaching about humility. So…
The Day Humility Silenced Pride
Luke 14:1-6 Open your Bibles to the fourteenth chapter of Luke’s gospel and we are in the first few verses of Luke 14 today, in Luke 14:1-6. And as we enter into chapter 14, I want to begin by helping you see this opening narrative in its larger context. So let’s start by reading the first twenty four verses of Luke 14 just to set some context, and then we’ll go back and unpack the first six verses. Luke…
Resolved and Tender
Luke 13:31-35 We’re back in Luke’s gospel today, so I’d invite you to turn in your Bibles to the 13th chapter of Luke and the final verses of the chapter, Luke 13:31 to 35. The last time we were here in this text, Jesus was warning the Jews about their complacency with regard to the Kingdom of God. And he told them, “Strive to enter through the narrow door because one day that door will be shut, closed, fast, locked,…
Truth Known Too Late
Luke 13:25-30 Truth Known Too Late Luke 13:25-30 May 23, 2021 Let’s go to Luke chapter 13. Luke 13. We’re going to continue what we started last week. Luke 13, and you can find your way to verse 22. Jesus is going to expand in what we’re going to cover today, he’s going to expand on the thesis that we covered last week, strive to enter through the narrow door. We learned last week thatthe word strive, agonizomai, it came…
Strive to Enter the Kingdom
Luke 13:22-24 As we reengage our minds in the study of Luke’s Gospel, I’d just invite you to turn back again to that, beloved book, and you can turn to the middle of Luke 13, Luke chapter 13. We are entering into a new section in this place, Luke 13:22, a new section in, in this Gospel. It’s got a clear theme and it starts in Luke 13:22 and continues on through Chapter 16. It’s a section here of strong…
How His Kingdom Comes
Luke 13:18-21 If you could turn in your Bibles to Luke, Chapter 13, we are finishing up a section today. Two brief parables from Jesus, and you’ll find them in Luke 13:18 to 21. Luke 13:18 to 21. Two simple parables. But once again, we find, what appears to be simple on the surface is profoundly searching and at the same time profoundly encouraging to us. Jesus said, “Therefore,” Luke 13:18, “He said therefore, ‘What is the kingdom of God…
What the Sabbath Is For
Luke 13:14-17 Well, we are back in Luke 13 to finish what we started last week, so I’d invite you to turn there in your Bibles to Luke 13 and verse 10. Last week we covered the section of Jesus healing a woman, and we saw that she had been in a severe state of being crippled for 18 years. We saw that her physical malady had a spiritual source, and in this case, that source was an evil spirit,…
The Liberating Power of God
Luke 13:10-13 Take your bibles in hand if you will, and turn to Luke 13:10. Last week we finished up a long section of Jesus’ teaching, started in Luke 12:1 and went all the way to Luke 13:9. So today we’re kind of catching up with Jesus as he’s moved on from that setting and he’s moved on to another setting. We’re going to catch up with him as he teaches in a synagogue as he heals a crippled woman…
One More Mercy for the Barren Tree
Luke 13:6-9 We’re in Luke 13 this morning, but I’m going to ask you to open your Bibles to Luke 12. So we can work our way into the text that we’re going to cover. A, this morning, we’re going to begin in Luke 12:54 a section that we’ve covered. As Jesus turned from teaching his disciples, he turned from his disciples to address the crowds. And it says in Luke 12:54, “He also said to the crowds, ‘When you…