Teaching (Page 17)

Teaching (Page 17)

The Rich Young Ruler, Part 1

Luke 18:18-21 Well, we are back in Luke’s gospel this morning, and we’re looking at Luke 18, verse 18. So if you’re not there already, I invite you to turn back to Luke 18:18, and this is Jesus’ encounter with the rich young ruler. And as you turn to Luke 18:18, I’d like you to think about how you would answer this question. If someone came up to you and said, “What should I do to inherit eternal life?”, what…

Let the Children Come 

Luke 18:15-17 I would like to invite you to turn again in your Bibles to Luke Chapter 18 for this, what we’re going to see is such a precious insight into the tender ways of our Lord Jesus Christ. And as we see, as per usual, there is a lot beneath the surface of what seems to be such a simple account of parents bringing their children to Jesus. Uh, Some very profound theology here. It’s the theology, once again,…

The Publican Who Humbled Himself

Luke 18:13-14 Well, we are in Luke 18 this morning, verses 9-14, the parable that Jesus told about two men who went up to the temple to pray. Jesus chose two very stereotypical characters as main characters in this story, and these two characters are at extreme ends of the social scale, and they illustrate, on the one hand, the damning power of pride which prevents all men from coming to God; and by contrast, Jesus shows the character of…