Teaching on Sermons (Page 52)

Teaching on Sermons (Page 52)

A Case for the Resurrection

Selected Scriptures Today is Easter Sunday, and as you’ve heard in the songs, the Scripture reading, all that we’re doing here, we’re remembering the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. It was nearly 2,000 years ago that Jesus, crucified on a Roman cross, having died on that cross, having been buried in a tomb, that Jesus was resurrected by God. He was not resuscitated; that is to say, his body didn’t merely come back to life. This was not revivification or…

Mary, An Exemplary Believer

Luke 1:33-38  Well, take your Bibles in hand and open them to Luke 1:26—Luke 1:26, for our final sermon on this section.  We’ll begin by reading one more time that passage—Luke 1:26 to 35—and this account is nothing short of amazing.  Its depth is staggering.  Its simplicity is incredible.  Without a doubt this is the Word of God.  You can tell a difference every time you read anybody else’s book.  A human book, a human author, as excellent as it…

The Virgin Birth, Part 2

Luke 1:32 Open your Bibles to Luke Chapter 1.  Luke Chapter 1.  We’re continuing our study of Gabriel’s announcement of the birth of Jesus Christ to the virgin Mary.  This is what Gabriel the angel spoke to her about the miraculous conception of our Lord Jesus Christ, and in this announcement, we see Jesus’ true nature and the significance of his life, his ministry.  You’re going to find the section we’re studying in Luke chapter 1, verses 31 to 33. …

The Virgin Birth, Part 1

Luke 1:31   Turn in your Bibles to Luke chapter 1.  We’re returning to our study of Luke’s Gospel this morning, and I know some of you are thinking something like this:  Are we ever going to get out of chapter 1, all right?  I hear you, believe me.  This chapter is 80 verses long, okay?  If we were in one of the epistles, I’d definitely be in chapter 2.  So, think about it that way. Eighty verses—that’s like three…

Favored By God

Luke 1:28-30   Well, as we come to our time in God’s Word this morning, you can open your Bibles as we’ve been in Luke’s Gospel.  We’ve just entered into this study.  We’re just kind of dipping our toes into the water, basically, of such a wonderful, rich text of Scripture, the main subject of which is our glorious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  We love talking about Him.  We love learning about Him.  More than ten years ago probably,…

Grace Comes to Nazareth

Luke 1:26-27 As we come to our time in God’s Word, go ahead and turn in your Bibles to Luke’s Gospel chapter 1. And we’re getting into verse 26, Luke 1:26. You’ll notice when we get there that we have finished the first narrative. We’re entering into the second narrative. Yay, yeah, woohoo! We actually made it. This is great. Like you, if you’re anything like me, I’m sure you are, when I open my Bible, start reading, wherever it…

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…