Sermons by Pastor Steve (Page 29)
Be Careful How You Hear
Luke 8:16-21 Jesus continues his teaching of the sowers He is going to send into the world to proclaim the gospel. True believers listen evangelistically, making known the spiritual truth we have been taught. They listen practically by applying that truth to their own lives, and they listen obediently obeying the Lord in submission to His will.
Parable of the Soils: Part 2
Luke 8:9-15. Jesus gives explanation to two questions which the disciples ask: Why do you speak in parables? What does the parable mean? This parable has much for us today. Four soil types, reflective of four conditions of the heart. The word of God fall on all four producing two results. One grows fruit, three do not. Which one are you?
Parable of the Soils: Part 1
Luke 8:4-8. In the parable of the soils we find one of Jesus best known teachings, but there are some cultural truths that if we don’t understand we could come to some faulty understandings from the passage.
Preaching and Preaching!
Luke 8:1-3. In this short narration we see much we can learn about Jesus ministry, and from that we know what our ministry should look like. What was Jesus methodology?
Forgiveness: The Cancelling of Debt
Luke 7:36-50. Jesus, invited to a meal with Simon the Pharisee tells a parable of a moneylender and two debtors. Which one loves the moneylender more? Obviously the one forgiven the most. Jesus relays this story to the situation at that meal. A woman came with much love for Jesus because of the forgiveness she had received.
Who Is John the Baptist?
Luke 7:24-35 John sent 2 of his disciples to ask Jesus if he was the expected one. Jesus addresses the crowd that heard the question from John with some question for them regarding John. The point of Jesus remarks were to show that John was indeed a prophet, and as such when he pointed to Christ as “the lamb of God” he was speaking the truth from God.
Are You The One?
Luke 7:18-23 John the Baptist in jail sends his disciples to ask Jesus one question: Are you the one expected, or should we expect another? No other person in history can we say was expected to come, but Jesus was. Very specific details of who He would be, what He would do were given hundreds of years before His birth. John’s question is of the utmost of importance. Is Jesus this one promised?
Young Man, Arise!
Luke 7:11-17. Jesus comes to the small town of Nain where He meets a funeral procession. Who is Jesus? Luke shows us the answer as Jesus raises this young man from the dead.
Beatitude Living
Luke 7:1-10. A Centurion seeks Jesus healing for his slave who is at the point of death. Genuine faith is seen in this man, where as the Jews around him demonstrate a worldview completely the opposite. A living example is seen in the Centurion of what it looks like to live the beatitudes.
Examining Fruit
Luke 6:43-49. What does the fruit in your life look like? Is it good fruit? Jesus teaching in the Sermon on the Mount consistently paints the picture of two men: The blessed and the cursed. In today’s passage Jesus speaks of the fruit of a man’s life as evidence of which one of those categories he belongs in.