J.C.Ryle, comments on Luke 21:20-24, part of our Bible reading plan today. We should mark in this passage, our Lord Jesus Christ’s perfect knowledge. He gives us a fearful picture of the miseries which were coming on Jerusalem. Forty years before the armies of Titus encompassed the city, the dreadful circumstances which would attend the … More Ryle: We can TRUST Christ who has perfect knowledge
You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends, and some of you they will put to death. —Luke 21:16 In America, generally, Christians have not had to face the kind of risk and persecution that is common in other parts of the world. We need to pray for our … More How would we handle persecution?
But he said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is David’s son? For David himself says in the Book of Psalms, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.’ David thus calls him Lord, so how is he his son?” —Luke 20:41-44 … More J.C. Ryle: “Publicly proved ignorant of that which he fancies is his own peculiar department of knowledge.”
This month, we continue reading through the book of Luke in our Bible reading plan. In Luke 20:27, “they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. Now … More Games People Play
Luke 20:20-26, in our reading plan today: So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, … More Attempting to trick Him
John MacArthur on Luke 20:9-19 The parable has ended. The end is tragic for the vine-growers. It’s tragic for those who follow the vine-growers. It’s tragic, at this point, for the son, he’s dead. But the death of the son can’t be the end of the story. So he looks at them and says, “In … More The cornerstone sets every angle
Now tell me, was the baptism of John from heaven or from man?” And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’ But if we say, ‘From man,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John … More Ryle: A downright untruth
John Piper, in a sermon, “O,That You Knew the Terms of Peace!” (Luke 19:41-44) Today in our Bible reading plan, read Luke 19:39-48. I want you to imagine a scene with me. There is a young doctor who has a wife and three small children. He volunteers to take a dangerous six-month mission assignment to … More Jesus knew the praise was shallow
In our Bible reading in Luke 19:28-38 today, we learn of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. In our day of instant news and events being spread across the world like wildfire through social media such as “X” and Facebook, it might be hard to remember that in the time of Jesus, no one was tweeting … More Courting public notice
I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. —Luke 19:26 (part of our Bible reading plan today) Pastor John MacArthur, in a sermon, ” Fitting Rewards from the Returning King”, on the Parable of the Minas in … More John MacArthur: Fitting Rewards from the Returning King
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