A Judge, a Pharisee and Publican, and Little Children The parable of an unjust judge. The parable teaches that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.  We should stay with it till God answers.  Don’t quit, because he’s going to answer. He was a Judge that feared not...

The Coming Kingdom of God The Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God should come.  Jesus said, “The kingdom of God cometh not with observation”.  And this has been true for the entire church age.  The kingdom of God is within you. Yet, Jn 3:3-6 says that you must...

The Conduct of a Disciple In Lk 17:1-10 Jesus taught his disciples several things on the conduct of a disciple.  Then in Lk 17:11-19 Jesus healed ten lepers and made the thankful one whole. A true disciple of Jesus… Doesn’t offend There are a few principal ways we can offend...

The Rich Man and Lazarus Our text is Lk 16:19-31.  Some say this is a parable.  It is not a parable.  It is a real incident through which Jesus Christ gives us a glimpse into life beyond the grave before his own crucifixion. The rich man and Lazarus We know...

The Unjust Steward The story of the rich man and his unjust steward in Lk 16:1-9 is a lesson to the Pharisees and Israel.  Jesus told the story and then, in the next few verses, made the direct application to them. The rich man pictures the Lord.  The unjust steward...

Train Up a Child (Part 2) Proverbs 22:6 In the second part of this lesson, we are going to be focusing on the words “Train up”. In the first part of this lesson, we saw that the verse is not referencing making a child saved or spiritual be we focused...

The Prodigal Repented We’re studying Lk 15:11-32, typically known as the passage about the prodigal son.  A prodigal is one who spends or gives lavishly and foolishly.  He’s not frugal or economical. This story illustrates the first ten verses of Lk 15.  The son repenting matches the one sinner that...

The Lost Sheep and Silver Piece Our text is Lk 15:1-10.  Publicans and sinners drew near to Jesus to hear him.  They wanted to hear what he had to say.  The Pharisees didn’t want to hear him and were perturbed that Jesus would even associate with publicans and sinners.  In...

Studies in Ruth A Marriage Proposal (Ruth 3:1-18) Ruth chapter 3 gives us some interesting verses. In this lesson we will look at a couple of these verses and give some scriptural significance for them as well as show the typology of Ruth going to Boaz as a type of...

The Cost of Discipleship The Cost of discipleship is threefold.  Jesus said that you must: Hate your own family. 26.  What in the world is Jesus talking about here?  Hate in the Bible is always what you understand it to be by definition. This doesn’t seem to make sense.  Consider...