Category: Luke 18
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Persistence Pays Off
(Luke 18:35-43) Persistence is critical to your walk with Jesus. We are at war in the spiritual realm and the devil will throw all kinds of things in your way to block you from walking wholeheartedly with Jesus Christ. But you cannot allow those things to stand in your way and to drag you down.…
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Jesus Warns the Disciples Going to Jerusalem
(Luke 18:31-34) Jesus understood the reason why He had come to the earth. He was under no illusions as to what his purpose and role were. But he also knew that when the time came his disciples would not understand. As such he began to prepare them for what was to come when he journeyed…
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A Camel through the Eye of a Needle
(Luke 18:24-30) The expression that something is like a camel through the eye of a needle is meant to show the impossibility of the thing under discussion. The likelihood that you could ever get a camel through the eye of a needle is so implausible as to be laughable. It is the height of impossibility…
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What Shall I Do to Inherit Eternal Life
(Luke 18:18-23) This question has occupied the minds of men since the beginning of time. What shall I do to inherit eternal life? In years gone by men sought elixirs and tonics to extend life, they sought the mythical fountain of youth to try to attain eternal life. Today they look to medicine and some…
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To Such Belongs the Kingdom of God
(Luke 18:15-17) Last night one of my grandchildren spent the night with my wife and I. He is a little over three years old and a bundle of energy. It is always a joy when my grandchildren come to stay, even when they wear us out with their constant curiosity and questions. But it reminds…
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Pride Goes Before A Fall
(Luke 18:9-14) There are many instances and lessons in the Bible of where we see that pride goes before a fall. This section of scripture shows it in the light of how we live our lives as Christians, and how not to live. It shows the difference between one who is self-righteous and another who…
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Never Ever Give Up
(Luke 18:1-8) Winston Churchill uttered those famous words at the height of the second world war to motivate the Britons against their enemies. He said, “Never, ever give up.” He encouraged the people to fight to the bitter end and to have the guts and determination to carry through the war to its conclusion. Jesus…
