Luke 11:5-13; Jesus continues His teaching on prayer by giving two short parables, The first entails a man who approaches his neighbor at midnight because he has unexpcted guests and no food in the house. The neighbor is displeased with the disruption, but gives the man the loaves of bread he requested because of his […]
Luke 11:1-4; Luke begins chapter 11 with Jesus off praying. One of His disciples then makes an insighteful request, “Lord, teach us to pray”, which is a foundational aspect of genuine descipleship. Jesus shares a simple but profound model prayer that will serve as a community means to address the Father for the church through […]
Luke 10:38-42; Following Christ’s instruction by parable to the Jewish legal expert about loving one’s neighbors, another well known gospel story is shared by Luke. Sisters Martha and Mary are introduced, as Jesus and the disciples are welcomed into Martha’s home. While she is bustling about preparing a meal, Mary choses to sit at Jesus’ […]
Luke 10:25-37; Luke shifts from discipleship to public ministry, as a teacher of the law approaches Jesus to test him. His question about obtaining eternal life is met with two questions by Christ.When the scribe asks “And who is my neighbor?, Jesus responds with the well-known parable of the Good Samaritan.
Luke 10:21-24; Luke records the joyful response of Jesus to the obedient work of the 72, by affirming the Trinity. He includes the work of the Holy Spirit and prayer of praise to the Father. Jesus then instructs the hearers that only the Father knows the Son and the Son the Father, which reveals the […]
Luke 10:11-20l Jesus completes his instructions to the 72 disciples being sent out through Samaria to prepae the way for His arrival. Three familiar towns in Galilee are warned of future judgement, having witnessed many miracles of Jesus without believing in Him. When the 72 return, they are rejoicing that demonic spirits had submitted to […]
Luke 10:1-11; Luke’s deep research elaborates upon a number of narrative incidents that Mark covers in just one chapter. The end of Luke 9 reveals Jesus leaving Galilee and heading south towards Jerusalem. The first town in Samaria rejected Jesus, so the Lord begins chapter 10 with a commission of 72 other disciples to prepare […]
Colossians 2:6-7; A bookend message to address the questions posed by our Thanksgiving sermon from Matthew 7. Jesus warned the disciples, ” Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the the kingdom of heaven..”. Our follow-up comes from Paul’s letter to the Colossian church where he outlines five key indicators of a […]
Luke 2:1-7; God’s perfect plan for the arrival of Messiah was foretold for centuries before He set it into motion with Gabriel’s message to Zechariah. Both Mary and Joseph also experienced angelic messnegers to prepare them for their vitally important mission as the earthly parents of Immanuel. Even mighty Caesar Augustus had no idea his […]