Luke 9:57-62 I 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 last part of Luke 9. We’re actually finishing up that ninth chapter, hopefully today, and be back in chapter 10 next week—a very pivotal…

Luke 9:52-56 We are returning to the text that we started last week—Luke 9:51-56. We’re studying 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,…

Luke 9:49-50 For our time in God’s Word this morning, we’ve come to an important mile-marker in the Gospel of Luke, so go ahead and turn to Luke 9:49-50. This is 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…

Luke 9:46-48 Well, we’re back in Luke’s Gospel this week, and I’d invited you to turn in your Bibles to the end of Luke chapter 9—Luke 9:46. We’ve been following Jesus and the band of his closest disciples around Galilee throughout the text. We’re coming up into chapter 9 and most recently, they have been north of Galilee, up above the Sea…

Luke 9:42-45 All that is Grace Church is explained by the resurrection and the resurrection power. It’s the power that raised Christ from the dead, conquered the grave, claimed victory over death itself. That’s the power that saves people—literally, saves lives, saves and sanctifies, transforms people, making them into something that they never were, never could be by any other human solution.…

Luke 9:42-43 We are returning to Luke 9:37-45, so you’ll want to turn there in your Bibles. We are learning, here, the importance of having a strong, strong faith, the importance of believing God, the vital importance of trusting wholly and consistently in Christ and his Word, his promises, his truth. And as we saw last week, that’s something most of Jesus’…

Luke 9:37-41 We’re in Luke 9:37-45. This is another amazing, fascinating portion of Scripture, but one that’s often and widely misunderstood. So this morning we get to rejoice in clarity, especially considering the subject of the necessity of exercising faith. Let’s start, as we like to do, reading the text. Then I’ll have a few words of introduction. Let’s look at Luke…

Luke 9:32-36 Open your Bibles and turn to Luke 9. We’re going to be returning, here, to Luke’s account of the Transfiguration. Luke 9:28-36. We actually started this account last week and learned about the setting for the Transfiguration. We heard about the unveiling of Christ’s divine glory, the meeting, then, that took place up on the mountain between Jesus, Moses, and…

Luke 9:28-31 Open Bibles to Luke chapter 9, and verse 28. We’ve come to a place in Luke’s Gospel of particular wonder, and God, here, by the Spirit, is giving us a brief look behind the veil to see the glory of Jesus Christ. That’s what’s on display, here, in Luke 9:28-36. So without further ado, let’s get right into the text.…