Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ » Luke Bible Study (Journey with Jesus)

The Wise Foundation (Luke 6:37-49)

Brent — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:00:51 +0000

In today’s lesson we will look at the world’s favorite verse. However, once we properly understand what Jesus is teaching, we will find that it does not mean what many think this verse means.

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The Hardest Commandment (Luke 6:27-36)

Brent — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:00:20 +0000

After teaching the disciples and the crowd about who is blessed and who will receive woes, Jesus continues his teaching about what the people of God do and how the people of God act.

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The Blessed Life (Luke 6:12-26)

Brent — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:00:35 +0000

Jesus is about to make an important decision. The decision is so important that Jesus goes out to a mountain and prays all night to God. When the day comes, Jesus calls his followers and chooses twelve of them. He calls them “apostles.”

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The Controversial Jesus (Luke 5:33-6:11)

Brent — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:00:52 +0000

In the last lesson we noticed the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law complaining that Jesus was eating with tax collectors and sinners. Luke records another complaint about Jesus and his disciples. The complaint is that John’s disciples fast often and the disciples of the Pharisees also fast. So why aren’t Jesus’ disciples fasting?

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The Great Doctor (Luke 5:12-32)

Brent — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:00:54 +0000

Luke is continuing to reveal Jesus to us. Who is this person and why should we follow him? In the last lesson we noticed Peter understanding that Jesus is the Holy One of God. Peter, James, and John leave their nets and follow him. This leads us into three stories that will help us more fully understand who this Jesus is.

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Following Jesus (Luke 5:1-11)

Brent — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:00:59 +0000

In our last lesson we saw the unclean spirits knowing the power of Jesus and declaring Jesus to be the Son of God and the Holy One of God. Luke brings us forward in his narrative to show us what our response should be to the knowledge that Jesus is the Son of God.

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You Are The Son of God (Luke 4:31-44)

Brent — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:00:13 +0000

Luke’s emphasis so far in his gospel is to depict who Jesus is. In our last lesson we noticed Jesus describing himself as the Messiah servant, the prophet of God sent to bring good news and set the people free from sins.

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What Jesus Preached (Luke 4:14-30)

Brent — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:00:32 +0000

Luke is going to spend some time revealing to us the teachings and activities of Jesus. Jesus is teaching in the synagogues, a place where local Jews convened for the reading of the scriptures and teaching (something similar to church services today).

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Battling Satan (Luke 4:1-13)

Brent — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:00:34 +0000

The importance of the temptation scene in Luke 4 cannot be overstated. This is a showdown between Jesus and Satan. This is a moment where everything is at stake. If Jesus fails, everything is lost and Satan succeeds.

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The Baptism of Jesus (Luke 3:21-38)

Brent — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:00:39 +0000

It is now time to learn about Jesus and take the journey with him. There are a couple of observations we need to make that reveal to us the supremacy of what is being recorded concerning the baptism of Jesus.

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Preaching Repentance (Luke 3:18-20)

Brent — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:00:17 +0000

In an interesting literary move by Luke, rather than continuing to follow the life of John in sequence, Luke opts to bring John’s life to a close in this gospel with a short statement about John’s imprisonment.

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The Baptism of the Holy Spirit (Luke 3:15-17)

Brent — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:00:47 +0000

One of the topics that initiates great interest is the baptism of the Holy Spirit. What does it mean to be baptized by the Holy Spirit? Is it a supernatural experience? What does it look like?

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A Picture of Repentance (Luke 3:1-14)

Brent — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:00:04 +0000

In chapter 3, Luke begins by looking at the ministry of John. John was prophesied to be the forerunner to the Messiah. We are going to learn about how John is preparing the way for the arrival of Jesus, the Savior of the world. John is going to teach us what repentance looks like.

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Life Priority (Luke 2:22-52)

Brent — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:00:44 +0000

After the birth of Jesus, Joseph, Mary and Jesus travel to Jerusalem. The law of Moses prescribed for the mother to perform a purification ceremony forty days after giving birth to a son (Leviticus 12:2-8).

Mary needed to go to Jerusalem and make her offering. Notice that the command was to offer a year old lamb as a burnt offering and a turtledove for a sin offering.

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The King For The People (Luke 2:1-21)

Brent — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:00:27 +0000

A decree is given throughout the Roman Empire by Caesar Augustus that everyone within the empire was to registered. The most likely reason for the census was a registration for taxes. The way the registration took place was for everyone to go to their home city to be registered. For the Jews, this is a return to their ancestral towns to be registered by the Roman government.

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What Child Will This Be? (Luke 1:39-80)

Brent — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:00:48 +0000

Mary is going to visit Elizabeth. Mary was told that her relative Elizabeth, who was too old to have a child and was physical unable to bear a child, was six months pregnant. This was proof that miracles were happening. This was proof that God was fulfilling his promises. Now was the time in history that God was going to act. God was going to intervene into human history.

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Real Faith (Luke 1:26-38)

Brent — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:00:54 +0000

Luke now shifts the story to another couple. The intention of the story is to draw out a dramatic contrast to the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth. So as we go through the story, be sure to make mental notes of the things that are similar to Zechariah’s story and the things that are different. In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, the angel Gabriel has another message to give. The angel is sent by God to a village in Galilee called Nazareth. Nazareth was a very small town of only a few thousand people at most, perhaps a lot less.

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Dealing With Doubt (Luke 1:5-25)

Brent — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:00:44 +0000

In the days of Herod, king of Judah. We read those words so easily without considering how much they tell us about the setting of the story. Herod was an Edomite and full of wickedness. This is Herod the Great, known for his great architecture and design and for his great cruelty. It is interesting that it is not Luke’s interest to point out the problems of reign of Herod. Herod killed many of his children, his friends, and his wife for fear that they were trying to take his power away from him.

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Introducing Luke (Luke 1:1-4)

Brent — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:00:54 +0000

Today we begin the Jesus Journey. We are going to take a trip with Luke as our tour guide as he shows us what Jesus did and taught. The gospel of Luke is the longest of the four gospels. Further, it is the only gospel with a sequel, as Luke writes with the intent to continue the story in the book called Acts. Luke not only introduces Jesus and his ministry, bur also shows how this ministry relates to the early church era. Despite the separation of the two books, Luke lays the foundation for many issues that are answered in Acts. Most believe that both the gospel from Luke and Acts were written in 62 AD, since this is when the Acts narrative concludes. There is not much information recorded about Luke, but the few lines we do have give us great insight into who Luke was.

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