Jesus is continuing to draw crowds of ever increasing size. These crowds, especially the religious leaders, want a “sign.” HELLO! What has He been giving you all this time? So Jesus promises them one specific sign. He also condemns them for not believing the signs they were already receiving. Jesus has been healing people, setting […]
We get to hear from an exuberant woman in the crowd where Jesus was teaching. He recently freed a mute man, contended with the religious leaders over their blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, and provided an important warning for those He freed from Satan’s clutches. It’s been an eventful day! This won’t be the end […]
Our story today follows Jesus freeing a man from a mute spirit. Jesus is giving him a warning that he needs to heed, so he won’t wind up worse than when he first came to Jesus. But this message went beyond this one man and applied to all who came to Jesus for their deliverance. […]
Luke brings us a familiar encounter with the religious leaders. It has to do with the question of the source of Jesus’ authority over demons. We looked at it in Matthew 12:22-32 and again in Mark 3:22-30. Luke doesn’t finish this section with the same warning Matthew and Mark’s gospels did; blasphemy of the Holy […]
Yesterday we looked on as Jesus started teaching His disciples how to pray. He did this in response to their request. It just occurred to me how thrilled He must have been to be asked to do this. Introducing His most cherished friends to His Father. His Father knew His friends, but now His friends […]