"Luke" Tagged Teaching (Page 21)
Lord of the Sabbath, Part 1
Luke 6:1-5 As we have been moving through Jesus’ Galilean ministry, if you remember, Jesus’ Galilean ministry started in chapter 4, verse 14, and goes all the way through chapter 9, verse 50. But even in these early chapters, we have been seeing an increase of opposition from the Jewish leadership. As Jesus exercises his Messianic prerogatives, as he executes his Father’s perfect will, he’s being led along all the while by the Holy Spirit. And Jesus’ ministry, let’s just…
Stop Trying to Make Jesus Fit
Luke 5:33-39 Levi’s banquet was attended by all kinds of tax collectors and what Luke calls “others,” and the scribes call them “sinners.” Jesus attended all that, and he stood up as well to defend his disciples in the face of religious critics. I love that section of Scripture because it shows how Jesus is the friend of sinners. And that brings me great, great comfort, and I know it does you as well if you know the depth of…
The Greatest Miracle of All
Luke 5:17-20 Hear in Luke 5, join me in verse 17. Follow along, as I read the account. “On one of those days, as he,” as Jesus, “was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal. Behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to…
Complete Restoration for All Unclean, Part 2
Luke 5:14-16 Let’s begin by reading the passage, which we usually do. Look at Luke Chapter 5, verse 12, “While he,” while Jesus, “was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy. And when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, ‘Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.’ And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, ‘I will; be clean.’ And immediately the leprosy left him. And he…
Complete Restoration for All Unclean, Part 1
Luke 5:12-13 There’s such kindness and compassion and tenderness that this man, Jesus Christ, has toward the least of these. And I include myself as one of those. We’re going to get, today, yet another striking picture of that compassion as we see, once again how his mercy is directed by divine purpose and by concern, loving concern. If you were here with us last week, you’ll know we entered in Luke 5. Amazing story of how Jesus called his…
The Real Meaning of Discipleship
Luke 5:1-11 In chapter 4, Luke showed us how, early in Jesus’ ministry, there were attempts to oppose and distract Jesus from his mission. The devil tried to tempt him, the people of Nazareth tried to kill him, the people of Capernaum, they tried to keep him all to themselves. But Jesus resisted temptation, he escaped from harm, he stayed focused on his priority to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom of God to other cities as well. He left…
Jesus and Divine Priority
Luke 4:42-44 Jesus healing ministry was unprecedented, his power unprecedented—no one before him, no one since him has ever, ever healed like this man healed. And if you see in Luke’s gospel, chapter 4, verse 38, it says that Jesus entered Simon’s house first after the time in the synagogue on the Sabbath, and it says there that Simon’s mother-in-law was ill with a high fever. They appealed to him on her behalf; he stood over her and rebuked the…
Jesus the Great Physician
Luke 4:38-41 We’re going to begin this morning by reading the text starting in Luke 4:31 all the way to the end of the chapter: And Jesus went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and he was teaching them on the Sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word possessed authority. And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, “Ha! …
The Astonishing Authority of Jesus
Luke 4:31-37 As we see, this is typical ministry for Jesus. But what was typical for him—what was normal and routine for his life and ministry—was far from ordinary. He is nothing short of extraordinary, as every page of Scripture reveals. But we’re going to see that all the more as we read this text. Look at verse 31 there—we’ll start there in reading and read to the end of the chapter: And he [that’s Jesus] went down to…
The Messiah Confronts His People
Luke 4:22-30 You’ll notice there, if you’rein Luke 4 verses 14 to 16, the scene is set there in the synagogue. The synagogue was the place of weekly Jewish worship and instruction. And we spent some time last time describing the synagogue because really it features so often in the synoptic Gospels. It’s mentioned nine times of the synagogue in Matthew, 11 times in Mark, 16 times in Luke. Then there’s another 22 times the synagogue is set as the…