Teaching from February 2025

Teaching from February 2025

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…

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…

Sifted and Strengthened

Luke 22:31-34 Well, turn in your Bibles to Luke 22, as we’re looking at the final instructions of our Lord to prepare his Apostles before his death. Last week, the Lord set before his men a vision of future glory and honor, which we see is our own future glory and honor as well, as we saw in the text that we went through last time, Luke 22:28-30, and then other Scriptures as well, that show our involvement in that…

The Reward of Our Lord

Luke 22:28-30 Well, turn in your Bibles to Luke chapter 22. We are working our way through Jesus’ final instructions to his Apostles, which he’s giving just before his death. And I’d like to begin by reading this section that we’re in, the whole section, starting with the institution of the Lord’s Supper, which is in Luke 22:19.  Luke 22:19, and following, “And when he had taken some bread and given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them,…