"Lk 18" Tagged Teaching
Let the Children Come
Luke 18:15-17 I would like to invite you to turn again in your Bibles to Luke Chapter 18 for this, what we’re going to see is such a precious insight into the tender ways of our Lord Jesus Christ. And as we see, as per usual, there is a lot beneath the surface of what seems to be such a simple account of parents bringing their children to Jesus. Uh, Some very profound theology here. It’s the theology, once again,…
The Publican Who Humbled Himself
Luke 18:13-14 Well, we are in Luke 18 this morning, verses 9-14, the parable that Jesus told about two men who went up to the temple to pray. Jesus chose two very stereotypical characters as main characters in this story, and these two characters are at extreme ends of the social scale, and they illustrate, on the one hand, the damning power of pride which prevents all men from coming to God; and by contrast, Jesus shows the character of…
The Pharisee Who Exalted Himself
Luke 18:9-12 Well, I invite you to turn in your Bibles to Luke 18, as we look to some very, very important instruction from our Lord. It’s hard to overstate the importance of the section that we’re getting into here in Luke 18, words do fail me to emphasize it. I’m stuck with my own meager gifts and my own understanding of the English language to try to explain this to you, but I really do want you to get.…
The Theology of Persistent Prayer
Luke 18:6-8 You can turn back to Luke 18 in your Bibles, and we will finish what we started last week and see what our Lord wants us to learn from the parable of the widow who prevailed against an unjust judge. We know what this parable is about because Luke told us in Luke 18:1 that Jesus told the parable “that we ought to always pray and not lose heart,” mindful of our Lord’s imminent return, whether it’s for…
The Widow Who Beat the Judge
Luke 18:1-5 Well, we are just speeding our way along through the Gospel of Luke aren’t we? Already to chapter 18? So you can turn there to Luke 18 this morning and we’re gonna look at a crucial, crucial concern that comes out of Jesus’ teaching on eschatology. We are turning the page into another chapter, entering into Chapter 18. But you need to know that this is still the same occasion and we are still in a section on…