Teaching on Luke (Page 3)
To present Jesus as the answer to the needs and hopes of the human race. Addressed to a high-ranking Gentile official, Theophilus, the Gospel is intended to give certainty in the historical person of Jesus, who is called the “Son of Man” 26 times. The Gospel also serves as “Part 1” of a two-part history of the Christian faith written to the same individual, with the book of Acts serving as “Part 2.”
The Messiah or the Murderer
Luke 23:13-19 Well, we want to ask that you would turn in your Bibles to Luke chapter 23, Luke 23. We’re looking at the judicial proceedings of Jesus as he stands, here in Luke 23, at the beginning, as he stands before secular authority; namely, the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate. And the major theme of this section is, I’m sure you’ve picked it up: Jesus is innocent. He is innocent of all charges. All accusations do not land on him…
The Questioning of Carnal Curiosity
Luke 23:6-12 Well, we return to Luke 23 this morning, Luke 23. You can turn there in your Bibles. And today we are continuing with the Gentile prosecution of the case against Jesus. The Jewish case against Jesus is recorded in Luke 22. We’ve already been through that material. We saw that that was prosecuted by the Jewish religious leaders. Of all people who should know who this Jesus is and what he means, his significance, his great glory, that…
The Fraudulent Case Against Jesus
Luke 23:1-5 Well, we have the privilege this morning of returning to Luke’s Gospel. And this week, hey, we turn the page to a new chapter! How about that? So open your Bibles to Luke chapter 23, Luke chapter 23. Just two chapters left before we get into Luke’s second volume, the book of Acts. I know what you’re thinking: Two chapters, that could take five years. Nope. Listen, my plan, Lord willing, is to hopefully be done by the…
The Official Testimony of Jesus Christ
Luke 22:66-71 We are in an expizish, expositional study of the Gospel of Luke, meaning that we go chronologically or, or passage-by-passage through the Gospel of Luke. And we happen to be in Luke 22 today. Luke 22 is a record of the events, days prior to Jesus’ resurrection from the dead, which we’re celebrating today. So if you have your Bibles, please turn to Luke 22. We’re gonna start our reading for this morning in Luke 22 verse 66.…
Sore Abuse and Scorn
Luke 22:63-65 Before we come to Lord’s table, I would like us to perhaps maybe deepen our appreciation for the gift of Christ and for the gift of this communion with him by turning to Luke 22 once again, look at a parallel text to what we have read in Matthew 26. We have as a church been studying the passion of Christ in our study of Luke’s Gospel. And in our study of the passion, we find our place…
The Fall of Peter
Luke 22:54-62 So you can turn your Bibles to Luke 22 as we come to one of the saddest scenes in the Gospel accounts, one of the most pitiable, poignant scenes in the Passion narrative, which is the fall of Peter. And I refer to this scene as sad, pitiable because we can all sympathize with Peter, can’t we? We know that if we were put into the same situation, we’d likely fall in the same way as he. And…
The Arrest of Jesus
Luke 22:47-53 So we return to our study of Luke’s Gospel and to Jesus and his men in the Garden of Gethsemane, and today we’re coming to his arrest, which starts in Luke 22 verse 47. So you’ll want to turn there in your Bibles, Luke 22:47. Previous section, Luke 22:39-46, is Jesus preparing for the cross, and he’s really, in light of the trials that are coming upon him, he’s encouraging his disciples to do the same, to prepare.…
Lessons from the Garden
Luke 22:46 Well, we want to come back one more time to Luke 22:39-46, this passage we’ve been in for the last couple of weeks. We want to come back to it one more time so that we can learn the lessons that I think the Lord would have us learn, the lessons Luke as an author wants us to learn, the lessons that the Holy Spirit wants us to learn as well as we observe our Lord Jesus Christ.…
The Agony in the Garden, Part 2
Luke 22:42-45 Man, I love that song. Thank you so much for singing that, choosing that song for us, and thank you for singing so well. Let’s just find out how marvelous and how wonderful his love really is. Turn to Luke chapter 22. We’re returning to the Garden of Gethsemane and Jesus’ prayer in preparation for the cross. And so find your way to Luke 22 and verse 39 in your Bibles. Luke here, in Luke 22:39 to 46,…
The Agony in the Garden, Part 1
Luke 22:39-42 Turn in your Bibles to Luke chapter 22. Luke chapter 22, we are following our Lord Jesus Christ. We’ve just been with him and his disciples in the upper room, and they are in this text that we’re in today, Luke 22:39. They’ve left the upper room and they’re heading to the Garden of Gethsemane. Today, as we enter into the Garden of Gethsemane with our Lord, we are wading into some deep, deep waters; really deeper than…