Luke 10:2 And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and greet … More Actively and passively dependent on God
As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go … More Piper: Jesus says “Follow ME” and “FOLLOW me”
J.C. Ryle on the Transfiguration account in Luke 9: …this passage shows us that the Old Testament saints in glory take a deep interest in Christ’s atoning death. We are told that when Moses and Elijah appeared in glory with our Lord on the Mount of Transfiguration, they “talked with Him.” And what was the subject of … More Ryle: this death is the ground of all our confidence
Luke 9:20 Then he said to them,“But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered, “The Christ of God.” J.C. Ryle: We should pray frequently that God would raise up more Christians of the stamp of the apostle Peter. Erring, and unstable, and ignorant of his own heart as he sometimes proved, that blessed apostle … More J.C. Ryle: We need more men of this sort.
Our passage today in Luke 9 is similar to one in Mark 8. John Piper comments in a post at the Desiring God Blog: After Jesus had fed both the 5,000 and the 4,000 with only a few loaves and fish, the disciples got in a boat without enough bread for themselves. When they began … More Understanding the Leftovers
In Luke 8, a common theme we see is that we need to truly HEAR God. If we have ears to hear, let us hear. (v7) The parable of the soils is all about the different ways we HEAR. “As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it … More See and yet not see? hear and yet not hear?
John Piper in a sermon, “Take Care How You Listen, Part 2”, taken from Luke 8: So in the end, the point of the parable of the soils is not only that your own salvation and fruitfulness hang on how you hear the Word of God, but also the success of how the Word of … More “So take care how you listen.” John Piper
J.C.Ryle comments on Luke 7:36-50 a sense of having our sins forgiven is the mainspring and life-blood of love to Christ. This, beyond doubt, was the lesson which our Lord wished Simon the Pharisee to learn, when He told him the story of the two debtors. “One owed his creditor five hundred pence, and the other … More “Which of them will love him most?”
Coty Pinckney comments on today’s passage, found in Luke 7:1-10. A centurion’s servant is near death. He sends Jewish elders to ask Jesus to help. Do you notice the reason the elders say He should come? Verse 4: “He is worthy to have you do this for him.” They say he loves the Jews; he … More “Better than I deserve.”
The nature of a tree determines or defines the kind of fruit it produces. Jesus said in Luke 6:43-45 that the tree is known by its fruit. So, for our fruit to change, our nature must change. One false doctrine floating around out there is that we can change ourselves. But the Bible says, “Can the Ethiopian change … More New heart = Fruit change
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