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Rejoice When Men Hate You for Jesus Sake
(Luke 6:22-23) Any person who makes the choice to follow Christ will suffer. It is not an easy walk to stand up for the truth and for Christ Jesus in a world where anything goes. Jesus gives us fair warning that if we choose to follow him we will be hated, but here in this…
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Turned Around by the Truth
(Luke 6:21) Jesus continues the Beatitudes in this verse saying, “Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. “Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh.” The truth of the New Covenant and a relationship with Jesus are the catalysts for this transformation in the lives of people. How many…
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Blessed are the Poor
(Luke 6:20) Jesus began the sermon on the mount teaching the blessings we have come to know as the Beatitudes. These short teachings are powerful messages that still offer hope and promise today as much as they did then. Their insight has rung down through the centuries with the offer and promise of a hopeful…
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Jesus Fulfilled the Law
(Luke 6:17-19) After appointing the twelve we see Jesus comes down from the mountain and is greeted by a great crowd of people. His fame had spread considerably and his ministry was well into stride at this time. At this point he is about to commence what has become known as the sermon on the…
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Jesus Chooses the Twelve
(Luke 6:12-16) Have you ever had to make a really important decision? Have you ever had a choice to make and needed some guidance on which direction to take? If so, then this section of the scripture is worth noting. Jesus went up on the mountain alone to pray. He prayed all night to God…
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Is it Lawful to do Good or Harm on a Sabbath?
(Luke 6:6-11) You would think that the answer to the question posed by the title of this post is a no-brainer. Consider the Pharisees and scribes who were always following Jesus and who knew the law and try to understand their position. They saw themselves as the keepers of the law and the guardians of…
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Jesus Is Lord Of The Sabbath
(Luke 6:1-5) One of the great challenges for the church today is understanding how and where the law fits within the context of the New Covenant. Here in this section is a classic example in relation to the keeping of the Sabbath day. One of the Ten Commandments was that the seventh day of the…
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New Wine and Old Wineskins
(Luke 5:33-39) This section begins with a discussion about fasting, which I have covered previously elsewhere. The second part of the scripture then looks at the parable of putting new wine into old wineskins and the potential damage that can cause. We often here about people who are set in their ways. There are sayings…
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Eating With Sinners
(Luke 5:27-32) Jesus often went in to the houses of those the Pharisees considered sinners, especially tax collectors. The Pharisees grumbled as to why Jesus was eating with sinners. In this section of the gospel of Luke we see him again entering into the house of a tax collector and eating with sinners, and there…
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Rise and Walk
(Luke 5:17-26) When Jesus was healing the paralytic let down through the roof he asked the Pharisees which was easier; to say “Rise and walk” or to say, “You sins are forgiven.” This is an interesting question and shows again both the power of God and how Jesus views the world in a different way…
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Cleansing the Leper
(Luke 5:12-16) It is important for us to understand the will of the Lord and to believe in it. The power of the will of God is mighty indeed and it is to our benefit when we know his will, understand it and believe. Here in these few scriptures we see a prime example of…
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From Fishermen to Fishers of Men
(Luke 5:1-11) How do you turn a person’s life upside down so that they turn away from all they have and follow a different path? This is what Jesus did with the early disciples and it is here we see the classic line where he said he would make them fisher’s of men. Simon Peter,…