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 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...
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...
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...
A Great Supper The context of Lk 14:15-24, the great supper, is Jesus in the house of one of the chief Pharisees eating bread on the sabbath, Lk 14:1. While there: Jesus healed a man of the dropsy. Taught them that healing on the sabbath is no less lawful than...
Lessons to Lawyers and Pharisees He taught them lessons: Concerning Jesus and Jerusalem Lk 13:31 The Pharisees said to Jesus, “Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee”. This was an idle threat because Herod wan’t going to kill Jesus, and when he had the opportunity he...
Mustard Seed, Leaven, and the Strait Gate In Lk 13:18-30 Jesus gave two parables concerning the kingdom of God and then gave his Jewish audience an exhortation to enter the kingdom of God through the strait gate. The kingdom of God is like two things, a grain of mustard seed...
Three Things To Know In Lk 12:49-59 Jesus told the multitude three things to know that they weren’t aware of. Know Why I Am Come I am come to send fire on the earth, v.49. In Matt 3:11 John said that Jesus would baptize with fire. In 2 Thes 1:7-9,...
