Month: March 2015

03 29 John 12.37-50 It’s hard to believe that anyone could not believe in the Messiah after many convincing miracles, yet our text tells us that there were those who chose not to believe.  Prophecy indicates that because they would not believe so that God made it so they could not believe.  They had chosen for so long to ignore the truth, that God judged them for their disbelief.  Jesus is who He claims to be and the text concludes with Jesus confirming His deity, the relationship He had with God the Father.  Consequently to believe in Him is to be saved.  To reject Him is to be judged and condemned.  It’s our choice to remain hardhearted or heaven bound.  There is a promise for those who believe.  There is the promise of salvation, there is the promise of sealing, and there is the promise of security.

03 22 Luke 13.22-30 Jesus, the master story teller, tells yet another story to answer the question someone asked about how many would be saved.  His answer is illustrated for us through the story of an open door, a door that is narrow, but a door that the owner shut.  Many people tried to get in but couldn’t because the owner had shut the door and wouldn’t be opened again.  The point Jesus was making wasn’t to say how many would be saved, the point of the illustration is for each person to ask if he or she is saved.  Do you know for sure you have gone through the narrow door?  That door is Jesus and it’s in the shape of a cross.  The old hymn tells it like this: the way of the cross leads home.  If you aren’t sure today, know this – God loves you and made a way through the door through His Son, Jesus.  He died so that we can enter, but the door won’t always remain open.  Know today that you are saved.

03 15 Luke 13. 18-21 What does an active kingdom of God look like?  The two parables Jesus uses helps to illustrate the appearance of the kingdom, that it is growing, and the advancement of the kingdom, that it should permeate the culture and have an influence in it for Christ.  To influence the world, we need to be actively engaged modeling the character of Christ.  We are to influence the world, not the other way around.

03 08 Luke 13.10-17 Jesus called a woman to heal her of an infirmity she had for 18 years.  We have the infirmity of sin from which Jesus bids us to come to Him to heal us of.  He did it on the Sabbath and longs to give us a Sabbath rest from sin.

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03 01 Luke 13.1-9  Life is filled with tragedy.  Jesus instructs from two tragedies and then illustrates from one.  The greatest tragedy though is the tragedy of the person who will not repent.  Tragedy even happens to Christians.  Why?  Read or listen and find out.