Teaching on Sermons (Page 37)

Teaching on Sermons (Page 37)

The Faith of the Centurion, Part 2

Luke 7:6-10 I want to welcome you back to part 2 of what we began last week.  So you will want to grab your Bibles and turn over to Luke 7.  Let’s finish the story of the faith of the centurion.  We’re going to start here, as we do, by reading the account, followed by a short review, and then we’ll pick up the story in verse 6.  But first, let’s read it together.  Luke 7:1 through 10 is the…

The Faith of the Centurion, Part 1

Luke 7:1-5 We are in Luke Chapter 7. We’re going to be opening, looking in that opening narrative there on the remarkable faith of a soldier. The faith of a Roman centurion. I wanna start this morning by reading that text, so read along with me if you have your Bibles open to Luke 7, 1 through 10. “After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people he entered Capernaum. Now a centurion had a servant…

The Fullness of God in Him

Colossians 1:15-20 So important was the birth of this baby that on the night that he was born an angelic host opened up the sky in the night.  They violated the barrier that separates the immaterial world from the material world.  They shone glory down upon a group of lowly shepherds with blinding light.  And they proclaimed glory to God in the highest and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased.  Directed by the angels those shepherds…

Benefits of Abiding in Christ

1 John 2:28-3:3 I’m not alone, I think when I acknowledge how challenging looking back on the Sermon on the Mount, how challenging that teaching proved to be. It’s very convicting, I think, to concentrate so intently on Jesus’ preaching, his sermon, and for months on end, I look back, I think we started that series on the Sermon on the Mount in May. I found his words, I personally found his words to be searching, provoking, calling all of…

How to Be an Excellent Disciple: Fidelity

Luke 6:46-49 J.C. Ryle wrote, “It has been said with much truth that no sermon should conclude without some personal application to the consciences of the listeners.” That’s what we’ve been getting from Jesus week by week. What Ryle continues by saying, he calls it a “solemn and heart-searching conclusion to a most solemn discourse.” I have certainly found that in my life and I believe that all of you have as well. We also find here some great comfort,…

How to Be an Excellent Disciple: Fecundity

Luke 6:43-45 We are coming to the end of the Sermon on the Mount and just this week, actually, and next to finish it and don’t want to waste any time this morning, but get right into the text. So Luke, chapter 6. We’ll start reading in verse 39. Here is the conclusion of Jesus’ sermon and here in the conclusion, we’re finding some principles for discipleship. This is vital instruction for our discernment, for our protection, for edification as…

How to Be an Excellent Disciple: Humility

Luke 6:41-42 We’re coming to the conclusion on the Sermon on the Mount. And we’re actually in a little series here at the end of this Sermon on the Mount, identifying principles that lead us to excellence in discipleship. Jesus, as we’ve been saying, he gives us here four principles of discipleship in this final section, Luke 6:39-49. It starts with the principle of authority, which we looked at last week, verses 39-40. The principle of humility, verses 41-42. That’s…