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Spreading the Gospel
(Luke 4:42-44) Jesus quite often went into the wilderness and desolate places. It was perhaps the only time he could get a moment of space to pray and speak to God. In this section of scripture he goes into a desolate place but is followed by the people who would have kept him from departing…
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Jesus Heals the Sick
(Luke 4:38-41) In many places through the gospels, Jesus heals the sick and casts out demons. This was a significant part of the message of Jesus and also part of the work of the Apostles when they commenced their ministry. In fact when Jesus first sent them out in pairs it was to preach the…
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Casting Out Demons
(Luke 4:31-37) It was evident that the demons knew who Jesus was. In this section of scripture we see a man possessed by a demon and the demon crying out to Jesus, “Ah! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the…
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Rejected at Nazareth
(Luke 4:22-30) Amongst the ministry that Jesus spread for place to place the reaction from his own home town was interesting and revealing. Jesus grew up in Nazareth and was well known to the people there. If anyone would have known him to be a good man it should have been the residents of his…
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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…