Teaching (Page 3)

Teaching (Page 3)

Responding to Calvary

Luke 23:47-49 Well, as we come to God’s Word this morning and anticipate the Lord’s table at the end of the service, we really come to a fitting portion in Luke 23 that we have been studying through, of several reactions to the cross of Jesus Christ, reactions to his death for sins. So you can turn your Bible to Luke 23, and we will start by reading the account of Jesus’ death, starting in verse 44, and we will…

Born Again on a Cross

Luke 23:35-43 Turn in your Bibles to Luke 23, Luke 23. Today we have the very special privilege of looking at a, a text that I think is a favorite to many, especially those who know their sins, know that they are sinners in need of God’s rich mercy and without his mercy they would be condemned for all eternity into Hell. And so for people like that, who, who know what it is to be lost, to know what…

Jesus Intercedes for the Transgressors

Luke 23:32-34 Well, we return to Luke 23 this morning so you can open your Bibles there. Luke 23, the record of Jesus crucifixion, the cross and the empty tomb are two stubborn facts of history, and these are the places where God glorified himself most clearly. This is the, right here, what we’re reading is the pivot point of time itself. It presents to us a line that divides humanity into the elect, and the reprobate into believer and…

The Mercy of a Final Warning

Luke 23:26-31 Let’s open our Bibles to Luke 23. Luke 23, the record of our Lord’s crucifixion. And today we are looking at verse 26 and following, where Jesus speaks to the weeping women. And as he speaks to the weeping women, and through the weeping women to the rest of the nation of Israel, he is conveying the mercy of God to a people who are under judgment. They’re heading for disaster. This crucifixion of their Messiah does not…