Finding Joy in Persecution
How to Rejoice in Hostility
Luke 22:35-38 Turn in your Bibles to Luke chapter 22, Luke chapter 22. We come to the final word of instruction that Jesus gives to his Apostles in the upper room, in this last section of instruction is verses 35-38. That’s what we will cover this morning. This is Jesus setting expectations for his Apostles, for those who follow Christ. Well, as we come into this section, we remember that the betrayer, Judas Iscariot, has gone from the room. He’s…
God’s Plan for Persecution, Part 2
Luke 21:14-19 Luke 21, I have got a lot to cover this morning, so I’m going to violate all the principles of good homiletics, forego any introduction, so we can just get through the section that we started last week on persecution. I know you’ll forgive me for that violation of homiletics, because you’re Christians and you are prone to forgive. In the, in Olivet Discourse that we’re working our way through, in Luke 21, Jesus is answering, his, the…
God’s Plan for Persecution, Part 1
Luke 21:12-13 Well, we are back in Luke 21 today, and so you’ll want to turn in your Bibles to Luke 21, if you’re not already there. This fascinating teaching from our Lord on the End Times and in this section, that we’re gonna get into, or what we’ve been in really is our Lord speaking about events in history, and time, and really the future, that span, the time between his post resurrection, ascension into heaven, all the way…