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 […]
Luke 1:39-45; The theme of angels from Advent wk2 continues with the visitation of Gabriel to Mary in our Advent reading. Mary learns she is to conceive and will give birth to Messiah, which Jospeh already learned from an angel in a dream. Soon after, Mary packs up and heads south to visit relative Elizabeth, […]
Matthew 1:18-25; The abundance of OT prophesies pointed forward to the coming of God’s Messiah, but the 400 years of heavenly silence after Malachi only fanned the flames of Israel’s desire for a savior. The silence was abruptly broken by the arrival of the angel Gabriel to Zechariah, foretelling the birth of their son John. […]
Micah 5:1-5; Yahweh-God commissioned chosen men to serve as messengers throughtout the Old Testament to reveal details about the coming of Immanuel. From Geneist 3 forward, the character and mission of Messiah was promised. Both Micah and Isaiah foretold a terrible siege of Jerusalem that would leave Israel a wasteland, due to their sinful disobedience. […]
Matthew 7:21-23; Following the warnings and rebuke that concluded Luke 9 to those wishing to follow Jesus, we shifted to the end of Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount for parallel teaching. Jesus told the Twelve and huge crowd at the sermon, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven”. […]