Sermons on Luke
Can you imagine what it must have been like to have been at the Temple that day Zechariah came out dumbfounded by the divine encounter with the Angel Gabriel? He was speechless, but pregnant with a word from God for the people. He couldn’t talk but he couldn’t keep quiet. He had a message but…
It is often referred to as “The Magnificat” which is Latin for magnify. It is a reference to Mary’s immortal exaltation of God which she declared at her cousin Elizabeth’s house upon hearing Elizabeth’s spirit-filled celebration. As you recall from last Sunday, Elizabeth and her yet-to-be-born baby boy John are filled with the Holy Spirit…
At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are…
I have two questions I would like for you to consider this morning. The first is, “Why are you as devoted as you are to follow Christ and serve Him? The second question is similar, “Why are you not more devoted to following Christ and serving Him? I want to introduce you to the 14th…
NIV Luke 11:1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” 2 He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. 3 Give us each day…
“Then he said to them all: Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23 NIV
On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived. 22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord…