“HYPOCRISY EXPOSED” LUKE 11:37-44 I. Introduction Hypocrisy! Webster’s New World Dictionary defines it as, “…a pretending to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; especially a pretense of virtue (or) piety.” The same dictionary defines a hypocrite as, “…a person who pretends to be what he is not; one […]
“IT’S NOT THE WONDERS, IT’S THE WORD” LUKE 11:29-36 I. Introduction The Word of God! It stands in opposition to the philosophies of men. And why wouldn’t it? It is the Word of God, not man. Therefore, it can only be believed by the faith that God gives, not by the reason that man cultivates. […]
“HE MAKES IT LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED” SELECTED SCRIPTURES I. Introduction Finally! It’s Christmas Eve. We made it. It seems like it’s been a long time since Thanksgiving, doesn’t it? Actually it has been a long time since Thanksgiving. 2012 is one of those years with five weekends in between Thanksgiving and Christmas instead of […]
“A WARNING AND A PROMISE” LUKE 11:14-28 I. Introduction “Who is this Jesus? Who is He, really?” Every Bible-believing Christian knows the answer to that question. He is the Son of God, the second person of the Holy Trinity, fully God and fully man, Lord of all, and Savior of those who have repented of […]
“HAVE YOU ASKED HIM?” LUKE 11:5-13 I. Introduction Have you asked God for anything lately? Has He answered you? Do you believe He will? Or are you afraid He won’t? Let me say right at the outset, “He will answer you!” Of course, His answer will come in His time, not in yours. And when […]
“LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY” LUKE 11:1-4 I. Introduction I have a problem with this morning’s passage, and I suspect some of you may as well. It’s the problem of familiarity. Or maybe I should say “over-familiarity.” We have it memorized. We know the words so well that we can spew them without giving them […]
“THE MOST IMPORTANT THING” LUKE 10:38-42 I. Introduction What is your highest priority? It seems like that should be an easy question to answer, but for many of us there are so many seemingly important things demanding our time and attention, that we struggle to even know what our highest priority might be. How many […]
“GO AND SHOW MERCY” LUKE 10:25-37 I. Introduction The Good Samaritan is probably the best known of all Jesus’ parables. What are para-bles? Someone has defined them as earthly stories with heavenly meanings. But at first the Lord’s reason for teaching eternal truths in parables can be a little disconcerting. Why doesn’t He just get […]
“THE MESSAGE RECEIVED” LUKE 10:17-24 I. Introduction Sometimes we make telling others about Christ far more difficult than it needs to be. And because we do, far too many Christians avoid it. We don’t do it because we don’t think we know how. Then we excuse ourselves by saying we don’t have “the gift.” But […]
I. Introduction The Gospel of Jesus Christ is good news! In fact, the Greek word translated “gospel” is “ĕuaggĕliŏn,” (yoo-ang-ghel´-ee-on) from which we get the English word “evangelism.” Biblical evangelism is the proclamation of the gospel, the good news of the kingdom of God. But doesn’t good news, by its very nature, imply that there […]