Hear and Keep the Word In reply to a woman in the crowd, Jesus said, “Blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it”.  That’s the theme of this passage today, Lk 11:27-36.  Hear and keep the word. Those who hear and keep the word… They are...

Casting Out A Devil On this day in Jesus’s ministry he was casting out a devil.  What he said to the people after the devil was cast out is what we are studying today. This was a dumb devil.  The devil manifested itself in the man.  When it was gone...

Martha and Mary Lk 10:38-42 takes place at Martha’s house in Bethany.  She invited Jesus and the disciples who were with him for a meal.  Martha and Mary were both there.  While Martha was serving, Jesus was speaking to those who were with him and Mary was sitting at his...

The Good Samaritan We’re going to study through Lk 10:25-37 to see why the lawyer asked Jesus questions and how the Lord answered him.  Then we’re going to study how the Good Samaritan typifies Jesus Christ. The Lawyer’s attempt to tempt Jesus A lawyer stood up and tempted Jesus.  He...

Revealed Unto Babes What is recorded in Lk 10:21-24 caused Jesus to rejoice and it was good in the Father’s sight.  Jesus rejoiced in spirit, though he was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, Is 53:3, that the Father’s ‘things’ were revealed unto babes.  This is the only...

The Other Seventy Concerning the Other Seventy, Lk 10:1-4 Jesus appointed the other seventy, plus the original 12, Lk 6:13.  He sent them out two and two, like he did Barnabas and Saul, Acts 13.  They went before his face to prepare the way before him. Jesus asked the seventy...

I Will Follow Thee In Lk 9:57-62, two men came to Jesus and said, “I will follow thee”.  To a third man, Jesus said, “Follow me”.  And the conversations he had with these three men tell us much about our decision to follow Jesus.  When we say to Jesus, “I...

What the disciples lacked Jesus had just come down from the mount of Transfiguration with Peter, John, and James. Awaiting him were a multitude of people.  One man among them cried out to Jesus to cast the devil out of his son.  The surprising thing is that he had brought...

The Transfiguration Lk 9:27-36 is the passage we typically call the Transfiguration. See Matt 17:2.  To see all that’s connected with this event, we’ll check the cross references in the other gospels.  We’re going to study what Peter, John, and James saw and what they heard. Peter, John, and James...

Come After Jesus In the context of Lk 9:23-26, Jesus had just fed 5,000, Lk 9:14, and they would have made him king, Jn 6:15. So, he left, and the next day they came seeking him, Jn 6:24.  They showed up for more food, Jn 6:26. Before they showed up...