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repeated throughout luke and all the gospels self righteousness and its associated spiritual written by rloy november 17 2025 luke 13 22 35 believe now life and belief are urgent that s the quick message of this passage for the second time in this chapter see also 13 1 9 jesus stresses that the time for belief is right now other questions about salvation and who will be saved and how many and where they re from or whether certain people will get in written by rloy november 10 2025 luke 13 10 21 kingdom work jesus engages in another sabbath showdown and uses it both to illustrate the dangers of hypocrisy and to make a statement about why he came to earth ultimately the healing of the woman with the demonic disease while glorious and loving is about more than her and more than the jewish religious leaders it s about written by rloy november 2 2025 luke 13 1 9 live urgently why bad things happen to good people the teaching on judgment that ended chapter 12 leads to a discussion as to why tragedies occur and if god uses them to punish the unrighteous jesus explains to his listeners that bad things don t only happen to deserving people but they are a reminder that life is unpredictable and judgment is certain the lesson written by rloy october 27 2025 october 27 2025 luke 12 49 59 fire isn t safe jesus finishes his comments in this section of luke with a proclamation that his coming has ramifications for all people his appearance and redeeming work are not benign he brings salvation but salvation only exists where there s judgment and since that s the case jesus appearance and sacrifice mean people must choose and those choices decide written by rloy october 20 2025 luke 12 35 48 loins girded lamps burning throughout this address that started in verse 1 of chapter 12 jesus has focused on the next life as much as this one he warned about hypocrisy in verses 1 5 making his listeners aware that all things will someday become known he said that anyone who confesses him before men will be confessed in front written by rloy october 13 2025 luke 12 13 34 don t worry be trusting we worry about long for and admire the wrong things that s essentially the message from jesus in this passage what we think are important what we think would make life much better what take up so much of our time and energy what fill our thoughts and cause anxiety are things that god tells us written by rloy november 21 2024 luke 12 1 12 don t be a hypocrite there is no reason to be a hypocrite that s the overarching message of the first twelve verses of luke 12 hypocrites are hypocrites because they care about themselves and the opinions of others more than they care about god his love or his judgment and while there are dire ramifications to this kind of duplicity written by rloy november 14 2024 luke 11 37 54 an awkward lunch this is the second awkward meal involving jesus and a pharisee that luke records before 7 36 50 the meal was dinner in this text it s lunch regardless of the time of day it s pretty much a given that planning a get together around food for jesus and a pharisee is not going to end well in both written by rloy november 13 2024 some things to think about in november 2024 american presidential elections are amazing aren t they they truly are unique in the world no other country on earth has election seasons that last as long consume as much money or dominate as much media as ours do our campaigns last the better part of a year and seem to go on forever they divide written by rloy november 7 2024 luke 11 14 36 religion spoils everything a merciful and miraculous act by jesus causes the jewish religious leaders to show the worst side of their unbelief what should be a cause for celebration instead triggers blasphemy and arrogant demands how jesus answers these sinful reactions teaches us much about the evil of the human heart the dangers of self righteousness the choice written by rloy october 31 2024 october 31 2024 luke 11 1 13 when we pray luke does not record the sermon on the mount in its entirety as matthew does he spreads the teaching throughout the book and highlights different teaching at different points in this passage he records what jesus says about prayer as found in matthew 6 but takes a slightly different approach and adds to it a written by rloy october 24 2024 luke 10 25 42 the good samaritan in this text jesus answers a question with what most would agree is his most famous parable the parable of the good samaritan is very familiar to any believer and recognized even by those who know next to nothing about the bible or who may not even realize it s from the bible the term good written by rloy october 17 2024 luke 10 1 24 go in a replay of what he did with the twelve lk 9 1 6 jesus sends out a large group of disciples to proclaim the kingdom of god he sends them to prepare the way for him as he travels to jerusalem in so doing he teaches us that there is urgency in proclaiming the good news written by rloy january 11 2024 jonah 4 5 11 jonah s initial conversation with god after he relented concerning the judgment of nineveh is over god asked him if it was good that he was so angry over god s mercy and jonah did not reply he decides to leave the city and wait to see what happens some think that verses 5 11 describe a flashback written by rloy january 8 2024 jonah 4 1 4 nineveh repented and god relented jonah s mission was an amazing success far beyond what a neutral observer could ever expect he seemingly learned his lesson preached in obedience to god received an amazing response and saved thousands of lives from judgment it is now time for everyone to go home happily ever after or written by rloy january 5 2024 jonah 3 the author sets up chapter 3 to roughly parallel chapter 1 to a lesser extent the same is true of chapters 2 and 4 god calls jonah 1 1 2 3 1 god calls jonahjonah responds to the call 1 3 3 3 jonah responds to the calljonah travels to the ship 1 3 3 3 jonah travels to ninevehjonah warns of written by rloy january 4 2024 jonah 1 17 2 10 1 17jonah has been thrown overboard and is presumed dead the storm is gone and the sailors are worshiping yahweh on the ship god s plan for jonah however is not over we do not know for how long jonah sinks into the sea before the fish swallows him in his prayer he will make it plain written by rloy january 3 2024 jonah 1 1 16 introduction and backgroundthe book of jonah is the fifth of the minor prophets the book of the twelve it is unique among the latter prophets in being almost completely narrative jonah the son of amittai from gath hepher in galilee cf ii kings 14 25 joshua 19 13 prophesied during or shortly before the reign of jeroboam written by rloy december 14 2023 the magnificat luke 1 46 55 the magnificat so named because it s the first word in the latin translation of this passage is a psalm it s a poem spoken by a teenager rejoicing over her condition her condition is needless to say unique in all of history she s pregnant she s a virgin and the baby she carries written by rloy november 16 2023 luke 9 51 62 the privilege of discipleship jesus does not leave us guessing as to what it takes to be his disciple he has already said a disciple must deny himself and take up his cross daily and that a disciple has no claim on his own life 9 23 26 in this text he goes further and explains that a disciple can t seek written by rloy november 13 2023 luke 9 37 50 four fails and a hope one of the wonderful things about the bible is how it presents its heroes we don t just read about the triumphs of abraham moses and david and they aren t presented as supernatural saints that never make a mistake we see their faults and sins too it s why the bible is ultimately a book about the written by rloy november 2 2023 luke 9 28 36 the transfiguration to understand the transfiguration it s important to understand its context jesus ended his discussion of the cost of discipleship by telling his followers that he will someday come in glory vs 26 he then surprisingly said that there were some listening to him who would witness this glory before they died vs 27 written by rloy october 30 2023 luke 9 18 27 the best worst recruiting pitch of all time go for the gusto be all you can be you deserve more because you re worth it taste the rainbow have it your way you rule deny yourself and take up your cross one of those slogans doesn t seem to fit does it that last one kind of ruins the vibe of the preceding seven it communicates quite a different message than written by rloy october 19 2023 luke 9 1 17 powerful merciful god god is all powerful god is all knowing god is merciful because of his power god can act in ways that supersede the natural order of his creation because of his knowledge he knows exactly what his people need and when they need it and because of his mercy he lovingly ministers to his children written by rloy october 12 2023 luke 8 40 56 giving us himself for my thoughts are not your thoughts nor are your ways my ways declares the lord for as the heavens are higher than the earth so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts isaiah 55 8 9 god works in mysterious ways is a very old saying that is very written by rloy october 6 2023 october 7 2023 luke 8 26 39 2000 demons 2000 pigs one savior sin is the outworking of evil it is the overriding characteristic of the current world it negatively affects everyone and everything nothing in this world is what it would be if sin didn t exist it is the biggest problem man faces because it undergirds every problem man faces and most importantly it separates man from written by rloy april 13 2023 luke 8 16 25 lord of the storms there is much to learn about weathering the storms of life from the story of jesus calming the storm on the sea of galilee jesus shows the disciples that there is nothing outside of his authority and there is never a reason to lose faith when he s nearby in the same way he shows us written by rloy april 6 2023 luke 8 1 15 parable of the sower jesus continues to preach the kingdom of god and in so doing uses a parable to explain how the kingdom spreads in the hearts of those who hear its message and accept it but also how it s rejected by those who hear its message but are too enamored with the world to believe it the written by rloy march 29 2023 march 29 2023 luke 7 36 50 an awkward dinner party ever been in an awkward social situation ever felt unwelcome at a gathering ever eaten a meal at someone s house only to have an immoral woman walk in and start washing your feet with her tears and anointing them with perfume no that s what happens to jesus in this story he eats with a pharisee written by rloy march 22 2023 march 22 2023 luke 7 18 35 even john the baptist gets the blues we learn several things from this strange story in luke 7 we learn that even god ordained miraculously born heralds of the messiah can doubt in the midst of trial we learn that god can use the confusion of notable prophets to instruct and reassure his people we learn that the greatness of john the baptist doesn t written by rloy march 15 2023 luke 7 1 17 a centurion a widow an amazing savior two amazing miracles two demonstrations of jesus sovereignty over creation two signs of his divinity two victories in his continuing war against a fallen world two demonstrations of compassion and one amazing example of faith luke begins this chapter with two scenes from jesus life that show we serve an omnipotent and merciful redeemer who written by rloy march 8 2023 luke 6 46 49 the importance of quality construction jesus concludes his sermon with a final application comparing those who look saved with those who truly are he s just explained that there are false believers who bear bad fruit and true believers who bear good fruit and he told us that words will expose the hearts of those who profess the truth versus those written by rloy march 1 2023 luke 6 43 45 the heart always shows itself it s time to learn about trees and the fruit they produce jesus takes what he just said about judgment and hypocrisy and uses it to launch into a lesson about how to identify good trees true believers and bad trees false believers in both cases they re identified by the fruit they produce bad trees produce written by rloy february 23 2023 luke 6 36 42 merciful as our father after telling his followers to love their enemies a revolutionary concept that turns every natural human impulse on its head jesus doesn t let up he now explores mercy and all its ramifications just as the citizen of the kingdom of god must treat his enemies as god does so he must have the written by rloy february 23 2023 mom 1931 2023 my mom died last week and we celebrated her life today below is a tribute i delivered at the funeral in her honor when we met with the funeral home to start planning today the representative we met with asked each of us in the family to tell her something about mom we all kind written by rloy december 15 2022 the case against christmas lists here s my thesis christmas lists take the magic and fun and surprise out of christmas and reduce it to a transactional holiday morning once lists enter the equation christmas effectively becomes a baby shower or wedding reception with lights there are times and places for pre determined buying decisions but christmas isn t one of them a written by rloy november 17 2022 luke 6 27 35 love your enemies love your enemies it s a simple sentence isn t it it s an imperative made up of three words none of which is hard to understand it s short it s easily definable it s easy to read and speak there s absolutely nothing about it that s complicated at all it even kind of rolls off the tongue what we realize written by rloy november 10 2022 luke 6 17 26 called to be different starting in verse 20 and lasting through the end of the chapter is what some call the sermon on the plain likely the same sermon as the sermon on the mount in matthew 5 7 it is jesus manifesto explaining how a citizen of the kingdom of god is to live in a word the godly written by rloy november 4 2022 luke 6 12 16 choosing the twelve choosing judas jesus chooses twelve men from among his disciples to be apostles the men he chooses are in some cases expected and in others surprising the varying personalities lifestyles and professions show god s sovereignty and mercy and act as a preview of a kingdom where there will be neither jew nor greek slave nor free male written by rloy october 27 2022 luke 6 1 11 lord of the sabbath god instituted the sabbath when he gave israel the ten commandments the fourth commandment reads as follows remember the sabbath day to keep it holy six days you shall labor and do all your work but the seventh day is a sabbath of the lord your god in it you shall not do any work written by rloy october 24 2022 luke 5 27 39 a mold breaking savior jesus continues to defy convention especially for the 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