Category: Luke
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Freedom and Liberty
(Luke 4:14-21) Here we see the beginning of Jesus ministry where he speaks of the fulfilment of the prophecy of Isaiah. The prophecy said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and…
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The Temptation of Christ
(Luke 4:1-13) After receiving the Holy Spirit at the commencement of his ministry, Jesus was led into the wilderness and fasted for forty days and nights. After this he was tempted by Satan. In the three temptations that he was tried with we see the key temptations that are common to all of mankind. And…
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The Genealogy of Jesus
(Luke 3:23-38) This last section of Luke 3 provides the genealogy of Jesus back through his generations to Adam who was the first man and son of God. It is interesting to compare this genealogy with that given in Matthew chapter 1 as they are different. The generations of Jesus are important as they identify…
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Changing of the Guard
(Luke 3:18-22 – Changing of the Guard) Here we see the changeover of the ministry. John the Baptist comes to the end of his course and Jesus commences his ministry. We see here that Herod the Tetrarch imprisons John on behalf of his wife Herodias. Herod had taken her as wife which he was not…
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Who was John the Baptist?
(Luke 3:15-17) There was a classic line from one of the early radio and television shows (I think it was The Lone Ranger…but I might be wrong). The show always had the line, “Who was that masked man?” Well the people at the time when John the Baptist appeared were asking themselves a similar question,…
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Do The Right Thing
(Luke 3:10-14) When the people came to John the Baptist they asked him what they should do to please the Lord. John didn’t get all “religious” and tell them they needed to go and light a candle, or throw money into the offering plate, spend more time studying the bible, or buy the latest piece…
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You Brood of Vipers
(Luke 3: 7-9) John the Baptist did not mince his words when dealing with the people, especially the scribes and Pharisees. Calling them a brood of vipers, snakes full of poison, was quite extreme. But it got the message across that they were in need of change and the help that could only come from…
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John the Baptist’s Ministry
(Luke 3:1-6) In the beginning of Luke 3 we see the commencement of John the Baptists ministry. John came to prepare the way of the Lord Jesus and to get the people ready for Jesus by turning them back to God. His primary ministry was to speak about the need for repentance and he came…
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Jesus as a Boy in the Temple
(Luke 2:41-52) Jesus went with his parents to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover when he was about twelve years of age. But when his parents left to return to Nazareth, Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem without their knowledge. They had travelled a day’s journey thinking he was amongst the company of people travelling,…
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Baby Jesus Blessed in the Temple
(Luke 2:22-40) Much of this section of scripture is historical and refers to Jesus when his parents brought him to the temple as a babe. It was required under the laws of Moses that all male children be presented to the Lord in the temple and offerings made. At that time though, Simeon, a devout…
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Shepherds in the Fields by Night
(Luke 2:9-21) In the previous post I noted that the Lord could not have been born on December 25th due to the fact that the shepherds were in the fields at night with their sheep. December is too cold in the region of Bethlehem for the shepherds to be in the fields at night and…
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The Birth of Jesus
(Luke 2:1-8) Here we see the birth of Jesus described and it provides further evidence of his lineage and descent from David the King. At the time of his birth the emperor of Rome, Caesar Augustus, sent out an order for all the peoples of the Roman Empire to be enrolled. That is he was…