Introduction Last week's passage closed with the Lord going out to a mountainside where he spent the night in prayer. Then, in the morning, he called his disciples to him and appointed twelve to be his apostles. In due course he would send the apostles out into the world to preach the good news of … Continue reading Luke 06(17–49) →

Introduction A couple of weeks ago we were studying chapter 4 and the story of when the Lord Jesus went into the synagogue in Nazareth and read from the prophet Isaiah about God's Spirit-Anointed King who will proclaim and provide peace and freedom for God's people. And after reading from the prophet Isaiah, the Lord … Continue reading Luke 05(27)–06(16) →

Introduction In last week's passage we saw that the Lord Jesus is God's Spirit-Anointed and Conquering King. Do you remember? He went into the synagogue in Nazareth, where he read from Isaiah 61, where Isaiah spoke about someone who was coming who would be anointed with God's Spirit to preach good news to the poor … Continue reading Luke 05(01–26) →

Introduction The three parts of the passage which we studied last week were linked by the idea of sonship. So, when the Lord Jesus was baptised, God the Father said about him: 'You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.' And then there was the Lord's genealogy, which Luke traced … Continue reading Luke 04(14–44) →

Introduction Last week we spent our time on Luke's account of John the Baptist's ministry in the region around the Jordan River. Crowds came out to him in the desert and he preached a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of their sins. In other words, he told the people that they needed to turn … Continue reading Luke 03(21)–04(13) →

Introduction Over the Christmas period we spent our time studying the first two chapters of Luke's gospel and Luke's account of the events surrounding the Saviour's birth. And I said that I might keep going in Luke's gospel after Christmas; and indeed that's what I'm going to do. And so, we come today to the … Continue reading Luke 03(01–20) →

Introduction We're studying Luke chapters 1 and 2 this Christmas and his account of the events surrounding the birth of the Lord Jesus. And we've seen that there are two announcements and two births and two consecrations. The two announcements are the angel's announcement to Zechariah that his wife will give birth to a son … Continue reading Luke 02(01–20) →

Introduction This Christmas we're working our way through the first two chapters of Luke's gospel and Luke's account of the events surrounding the Saviour's birth. And I've said before that the two chapters can be divided into three main parts and that the first part contains two announcements; and the second part contains two births; … Continue reading Luke 01(75–80) →

Introduction This Christmas we're working our way through the first two chapters of Luke's gospel which contain Luke's account of the events surrounding the Saviour's birth. Two Sundays ago we spent our time thinking about the two announcements: the angel Gabriel was sent first to Zechariah to announce to him that his elderly wife would … Continue reading Luke 01(39–56) →

Introduction I said this morning that I'm hoping to go through Luke 1 and 2 this Christmas. This morning we studied Gabriel's announcement to Zechariah that his wife will bear a son who should be called John. This evening we're studying Gabriel's announcement to Mary that she will give birth to a son by means … Continue reading Luke 01(26–38) →