Source: https://ift.tt/2rkFrmx Today: [Luke 23 Part 1] Our Sins Take Jesus to Golgotha: In chapter 23 Jesus is beaten and brutalized first at the high priest’s residence, then at Pilate’s judgment hall and also by Herod at the vile king’s own palace. We can only wince at the brutal violence of the mistreatment Jesus suffers, […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2joU3Nb Today: [Luke 22 Part 2] The Master Stands Accused: In the second part of our chapter Jesus groans out the final agonies in Gethsemane while the disciples slumber on. The soldiers arrive and rush Him off to the confrontation with the scribes and elders. The price of heaven’s best is about to be […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2FAlYCI Today: [Luke 21] Jesus Get Nosey at the Treasury: Would you tolerate your minister following the usher down the aisle, examining the amounts of each gift given at offering time? That is exactly what Jesus does in this chapter. He goes on to commend an impoverished widow giving into the very institution that […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2JA3h4j Today: [Luke 20 Part 2] Jesus on the Resurrection: In part 2 of Luke 20 Jesus addresses several controversies of His day among the Pharisees and Sadducees. These elitist groups argued over whether or not there was any resurrection, and if there was what it meant for certain problematic doctrines. Jesus answers these […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2HZ7PnT Today: [Luke 20 Part 1] The Authority with Which Jesus Spoke: In Luke 20 part 1 Jesus is found by the scribes and chief priests speaking with great authority in the temple. He has turned over the tables of the money changers and taken full liberty among the leaders who are conspiring to […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2Kgy4UN Today: [Luke 19 Part 2]Jesus Enters Jerusalem: In chapter 19, Part 2 Jesus comes to the outer environs of Jerusalem and instructs His disciples to provide Him with a colt to enter the city on. He is fulfilling prophecy, and the people cry out in jubilation at His entering into the city. What […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2r1jSGm Today: [Luke 19 Part 1] What Constitutes and Enemy of God? In Luke 19 Part 1 Jesus visits the home of Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was not just a tax collector, he was a tax collector of tax collectors. He was universally despised because of his vocation and he prospered in doing so. When Zacchaeus, […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2Fd9OPU Today: [Luke 18] In This Life and the Life to Come: In chapter 18 of Luke, Jesus speaks about prayer and the subject of recompense to those that follow Him. A certain ruler meets Jesus and is invited to sell all, give all but he cannot bring himself to do it. The disciples […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2vG7scR Today: [Luke 17] Offenses, and the Coming of the Kingdom. In Luke 17 Jesus describes a gruesome form of execution as what is in store for those who cause offenses. He goes on to speak of the coming of the kingdom in quite veiled and unique language as “lightning from one part of […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2HgAMI5 Today: [Luke 16] Stewardship, Clemency, and the Reality of Hell: When is the last time you let a sinner off the hook? Have you ever conveyed the goodness of God to a sinful person? In the story of the unfaithful steward, Jesus calls upon us to reconcile the sin debt of those around […]
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