"Humility" Tagged Teaching
When the King Returns, Part 2
Luke 19:15-19 We’re back in Luke 19 this morning and so I would like to invite you to open your bibles to Luke 19 and the parable that we’ve been looking at that starts in verse 11 of Luke 19.This is part 2 of a 3-part look at this fascinating study of stewardship through the lens of the parable of the minas. Stewardship is a common, common theme in Jesus’ teaching. And in particular all through the travel section of…
Associate with the Lowly
Luke 14:12-14 Well, we are back in Luke 14. Jesus teaching on the subject of humility and he’s doing that while he is sharing company with the proud, eating a meal. He’s been invited to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees on a Sabbath day. It’s after, an after-synagogue dinner, hosted by a wealthy powerful man, probably located in Jerusalem. And they, he and the guests, they are watching him carefully. They were watching because they…
Take the Lowest Place
Luke 14:7-11 Let’s turn our attention now to Luke Chapter 14. If you’re not there, you can take your Bible and turn there to Luke 14. Last week we started into the first 24 verses, at which we said is a single unit of thought, as a single theme governing that whole section where Jesus is in the home of a Pharisee, he’s exposing and confronting pride, but he’s doing so in an indirect way by teaching about humility. So…
The Day Humility Silenced Pride
Luke 14:1-6 Open your Bibles to the fourteenth chapter of Luke’s gospel and we are in the first few verses of Luke 14 today, in Luke 14:1-6. And as we enter into chapter 14, I want to begin by helping you see this opening narrative in its larger context. So let’s start by reading the first twenty four verses of Luke 14 just to set some context, and then we’ll go back and unpack the first six verses. Luke…
The Humility of Jesus Christ
Philippians 2:4-8
How to Be an Excellent Disciple: Humility
Luke 6:41-42 We’re coming to the conclusion on the Sermon on the Mount. And we’re actually in a little series here at the end of this Sermon on the Mount, identifying principles that lead us to excellence in discipleship. Jesus, as we’ve been saying, he gives us here four principles of discipleship in this final section, Luke 6:39-49. It starts with the principle of authority, which we looked at last week, verses 39-40. The principle of humility, verses 41-42. That’s…
Life in the Local Church, Part 3
Selected Scriptures We’ve been in a study of the church and that’s extended beyond May, beyond June, and into July. We are coming to the end of that study very soon, but we’re taking the time that’s necessary to, to really learn what the Bible teaches about our involvement here in the local church. Church is the fundamental institution that is vital to every Christian’s sanctification. It’s vital. We learned that the church’s purpose is to be a pillar and…
Life in the Local Church, Part 2
Selected Scriptures We are currently going through, we want to continue what we started last week, looking at the, one another’s, of the New Testament. We’re taking a break from our series in the Gospel of Luke, our exposition of that wonderful Gospel, so that we can look at the, one another’s, of the New Testament. And by, one another’s, we’re referring to those reciprocal commands that promote the body life of the local church, commands like Love one another,…
The Foundational Virtue of Humility
So glad to be here this morning. Thank you Rod, Elders, Grace Church, you guys have just been fantastic. It’s, we’re just so excited to finally be with you. You know it’s only been a few short months since we actually thought that this might happen, be a reality. Yet it seems like it’s just been long and hard. Um, maybe it’s been the same feeling for you. I just want to take the first opportunity I had, which is…