To Know the Truth
Jesus’ Witnesses (Luke 24:44-53)
Luke brings his narrative of the life of Jesus to an end. His conclusion is unmistakable…everyone who has seen and perceived Jesus is His witness. Join us in this last sermon from Luke and walk with us to understand what it means to be one of Jesus’ witnesses.
From Darkness, Light (Luke 23:44-49)
And how wondrous the love and salvation of God. That He, knowing humanity couldn’t come near to Him, lest they die, knowing they couldn’t be far from him, lest they die, eagerly desired for them to know him. To love him. To be loved by him. To know the fulness of what a relationship with the Living God could be. And was willing to die the most horrific and ignominious…
Grace for Thieves, Criminals, and Murderers (Luke 23:35-43)
In this passage, we see the absolute wonder and offensiveness of God’s grace. While so many look at Jesus, mock his ability to save, and deny the wonder of salvation, there are others who simply believe and are saved. God’s grace is free and it extends to all who believe it comes…
Carrying the Cross of Jesus and the Good Life (Luke 23:26-34)
In this sermon, we explore how Simon of Cyrene gives us understanding into what it means to “bear our cross and follow Jesus (see Luke 9:23, 14:27).” Carrying our cross and following Jesus is the good path full of the joy that comes when we follow Jesus as servants who have been set…
The Great Exchange – Righteous for the Unrighteous (Luke 23:13-25)
The righteous in place of the guilty. In this exchange, we have a visual demonstration and display of the Gospel itself. We have the innocent Jesus condemned to death for wickedness and we have the unrighteous murderer and insurrectionist Barabbas released as innocent, without charge. What we have…
Indifference to Jesus Leads Only to Wickedness (Luke 23:1-12)
We can understand that outright opposition, antagonism to Jesus is spiritually calamitous. But apathy and indifference prove themselves to be just as damning as outright rebellion. When standing before Jesus, Pilate saw nothing. Herod heard nothing. Both were completely indifferent. When you stand…
All Stand Before the Sovereign King Who Knows Everything (Luke 22:54-71)
The Son of Man has all dominion, glory, and power. His is the eternal Kingdom so that all would serve him. Throughout the law and the prophets, we see that these things are only ascribed to the LORD, Yahweh, Jehovah. Jesus is God, and he sits on the throne with all dominion and glory over his…
Living in Righteousness When Darkness Approaches (Luke 22:47-53)
What we have seen in this passage, is that Jesus has prepared his soul through the heavy labor of prayer and is able to encounter his captors in a state of composed mastery, with a sovereign display of mercy and compassion towards those consumed by darkness. The disciples, on the other hand,…
Living in Prayerful Dependence on the Father (Luke 22:39-46)
Jesus is faithful to the will of God as he wholly depends on his father for strength through prayer. He gives us the perfect example of how we will be faithful to God’s will for us. We should gives ourselves in utter dependence to our heavenly Father by giving ourselves to him in fervent…
Sustained by the Intecession of Jesus (Luke 22:31-38)
In a show of tremendous knowledge aforethought by Jesus, he exposes the weakness, fragility, and feebleness in the heart of Peter. Peter will deny that he knows Jesus. Now, this is not a rejection of the heart, to betray Jesus as did Judas, but Peter is exposed, weakness laid bare. Jesus brings…
