Teaching on Sermons (Page 52)
The Sign of Silence, Part 2
Luke 1:18-20 Well, as we come to our time in God’s Word, we’re turning to the Gospel of Luke. We’re going to finish up what we started last week. The longer I live as a Christian, the longer I work with other Christians, the more I grow in my understanding of God, His ways, His work, through His word, the more I’m amazed really at the wisdom, the patience that God displays in using us to accomplish His will. …
The Sign of Silence, Part 1
Luke 1:18-20 We’re looking at Luke chapter 1, the first two annunciation narratives. These were essentially birth announcements. When God announces the birth of a special child, He doesn’t send a fancy card in the mail. He sends a messenger from the throne room, an angelic messenger. The particular messenger who spoke to Zechariah more than 2,000 years ago is an angel named Gabriel, one who stands, as verse 19 chapter 1 says, “in the presence of God.” As…
Great Before the Lord
Luke 1:14-17 I want to begin reading this morning in the text we’re going to study, and that’s Luke 1:13 to 17. Follow along as I read. “The angel said to Zechariah, ‘Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, for he will be great before the…
A Startling Answer to Prayer
Luke 1:8-13 So, as we saw last time, the story we just kind of dipped our toe into the water a little bit—that story began with a faithful couple, an older couple—a righteous priest named Zechariah and his righteous wife Elizabeth, and as we talked about in some detail last time, they were living in some very, very dark times, this couple. The land was ruled at the time by Rome; it was governed by a tyrant, a brutal tyrant…
The Parents of the Forerunner
Luke 1:5-7 And, as we noted before, Luke goes further back than any other gospel writer in telling the story about Jesus’ life and ministry. He goes all the way back to the angelic announcement of the birth of John the Baptist. Why does he do that? Is he just trying to show up the other gospel writers? No, he’s got a point. You have to keep in mind it had been more than 400 years since anybody had…
Luke, the Beloved Physician
Selected Scriptures Last week we considered the prologue, and we talked about the author’s diligence in his research, his concern for accuracy and his goal of providing his readers, starting with Theophilus, with certainty about the gospel. The one thing we have not seen in the biblical records is a clear statement about who wrote it. Why do we say Luke wrote Luke? So, we’re going to get into that today. We’ve got a lot to cover, and as…
Gospel Certainty for Gentile Sinners, Part 2
Luke 1:1-4 We’re going to take some time just at the outset of this study to get this introductory look at Luke. We, we spent some time there last week in introduction. This week, I’ve got one more week of introduction. We want to do a little bit of a biography of Luke, next week, so we’ll talk about that. But it’s important that we get a look at some of these introductory details, because we want to get a…
Gospel Certainty for Gentile Sinners, Part 1
Luke 1:1-4 Now a reasonable question at this point is to ask is “Why?” Why launch into a long study on the Gospel of Luke? Why chew up all that time, spending all that time in the pulpit in one author’s writings? Won’t that cause us to become a bit out of balance? Whether or not you are asking questions like that or thinking things like that, I would like to provide some justification for why we’re venturing into a…
Dealing with Sin in the Body
Colossians 3:5 As we come to our time in God’s Word this morning, obviously, we’re mindful of the communion table prepared before us. The Lord’s table is a very good way, I think, to end the calendar year 2014. We celebrated the birth of our Lord and Savior this last Sunday in anticipation of Christmas, and then this Sunday we want to remind ourselves that the Lord didn’t come to just live, but to die, and to die for our…