Series on Luke III The Initiation D The Activities of His Ministry Revealing that the Kingdom Is: 14 Founded on Christ Text 9:18-27 Introduction When the tribes of Israel had finally entered the promised land, Joshua their leader said, Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers

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Series on Luke III The Initiation D The Activities of His Ministry Revealing that the Kingdom Is: 13 Food for the Hungry Text: 9:10-17 Introduction When you come to the table of the Lord, if I asked you what the food on the table represented you would undoubtedly answer with the first thing that comes

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Series on Luke III The Initiation D The Activities of His Ministry Revealing that the Kingdom Is: 12 Following Text: 9:1-9 Introduction This text records a major event in the ministry of our Lord. Unfortunately some churches and mission societies have ignored its historical setting and sent forth missionaries without support or supplies, or any

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Series on Luke III The Initiation D The Activities of His Ministry Revealing that the Kingdom Is: 11 Faith Laughing Text: 8:40-56 Introduction In the King James Version verse 53 of our text is translated, And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. The New International simply says they laughed. The King

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Series on Luke III The Initiation D The Activities of His Ministry Revealing that the Kingdom Is: 10 Fighting Text: 8:26-39 Introduction To introduce us to this story in verses 26-31, I want to share with you something of the scene and the significance of this event. We read, They sailed to the region of

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Series on Luke III The Initiation D The Activities of His Ministry Revealing that the Kingdom Is: 9 Force Text: 8:22-25 Introduction In this story we see a tremendous display of the force of the kingdom of God. The Lord Jesus manifests tremendous power here in subduing the forces of nature. The “Star Wars” films

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Series on Luke III The Initiation D The Activities of His Ministry Revealing that the Kingdom Is: 8 Family Text: 8:19-21 Introduction We read in verses 19 and 20, Now Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd. Someone told him, “Your

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Series on Luke III The Initiation D The Activities of His Ministry Revealing that the Kingdom Is: 7 Finding Text: 8:16-18 Introduction Here are three increasingly difficult sayings of Jesus. He probably said them often. In the gospel of Luke they are together, but in Matthew they are found in three different contexts. It will

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Series on Luke III The Initiation D The Activities of His Ministry Revealing that the Kingdom Is: 6 Farming, The Sower Text: Luke 8: 4-15 Introduction The parable of the sower is part of a series of interconnected parables in Matthew’s gospel, chapter 13, which explain the progress of the Kingdom of God in this

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Series on Luke III The Initiation D The Activities of His Ministry Revealing That the Kingdom Is: 5 Financed Text: 8:1-3 Introduction Finances are a big part of the kingdom of God. Every church has a treasurer, even if it does not have a building or a mortgage. Finances have also been at the center

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Series on Luke III The Initiation D The Activities of His Ministry Revealing That the Kingdom Is: 4 Forgiveness Text: 7:36-50 Introduction Jesus said that He did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. This was a bone of contention between Jesus and the Scribes and Pharisees throughout Jesus’ ministry. The woman

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Series on Luke III The Initiation D The Activities of His Ministry Revealing That the Kingdom Is: 3 Forerunner’s Vindication Text: 7:18-35 Introduction This passage is a series of questions. The first question is a sincere inquiry about Jesus resulting from confusion. The other questions are also sincere, but they are rhetorical questions that Jesus

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Series on Luke III The Initiation D The Activities of His Ministry Revealing That the Kingdom Is: 2 Fountain of Life Text: 7:11-17 Introduction The Bible teaches that there will be a general resurrection at the end of the age. Though the idea of resurrection has been expressed in the beliefs and writings of various

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Series on Luke III The Initiation D The Activities of His Ministry Revealing That the Kingdom Is: 1 Few Indeed Text: 7:1-10 Introduction It is no secret that Jesus earthly ministry was directed to His own people, the Jews. On a few occasions he stated this explicitly, for example when He was near Tyre and

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Series on Luke III The Initiation C The Associates of His Ministry 2 The Characteristics of the Disciples Text: 6:17-49 Introduction This passage is parallel to Matthew 5-7 which is called the Sermon on the Mount. The various sections of this text invite prolonged analyses, but my goal here is to give us an overall

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