The Good Samaritan We’re going to study through Lk 10:25-37 to see why the lawyer asked Jesus questions and how the Lord answered him. Then we’re going to study how the Good Samaritan typifies Jesus Christ. The Lawyer’s attempt to tempt Jesus A lawyer stood up and tempted Jesus. He...
Revealed Unto Babes What is recorded in Lk 10:21-24 caused Jesus to rejoice and it was good in the Father’s sight. Jesus rejoiced in spirit, though he was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, Is 53:3, that the Father’s ‘things’ were revealed unto babes. This is the only...
The Other Seventy Concerning the Other Seventy, Lk 10:1-4 Jesus appointed the other seventy, plus the original 12, Lk 6:13. He sent them out two and two, like he did Barnabas and Saul, Acts 13. They went before his face to prepare the way before him. Jesus asked the seventy...
I Will Follow Thee In Lk 9:57-62, two men came to Jesus and said, “I will follow thee”. To a third man, Jesus said, “Follow me”. And the conversations he had with these three men tell us much about our decision to follow Jesus. When we say to Jesus, “I...
What the disciples lacked Jesus had just come down from the mount of Transfiguration with Peter, John, and James. Awaiting him were a multitude of people. One man among them cried out to Jesus to cast the devil out of his son. The surprising thing is that he had brought...
The Transfiguration Lk 9:27-36 is the passage we typically call the Transfiguration. See Matt 17:2. To see all that’s connected with this event, we’ll check the cross references in the other gospels. We’re going to study what Peter, John, and James saw and what they heard. Peter, John, and James...
Come After Jesus In the context of Lk 9:23-26, Jesus had just fed 5,000, Lk 9:14, and they would have made him king, Jn 6:15. So, he left, and the next day they came seeking him, Jn 6:24. They showed up for more food, Jn 6:26. Before they showed up...
Who Is This? The reason God directed Luke to write Lk 9:1-22 was to answer the question that Herod raised in Lk 9:9, “Who is this”? By the time we get to verse 22, you’ll know who this is. How would they have known the answer to “Who is this”?...
Things Only God Can Do We’re studying a larger passage of scripture today because of the common theme among the various stories that are recorded here. Jesus did things only God can do. He rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, Lk 8:22-25 Jesus and the disciples got...
A Candle on a Candlestick The Lord used the illustration of a candle on a candlestick several times when he was teaching. We’ll examine each of these lessons in this study today. Take Heed What Ye Hear In Lk 8:16, the Lord made this statement. “No man, when he hath...
