Lanse Evangelical Free Church Sermons
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Total Sermons: 45
Total Amens: 1
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Jesus In Galilee
Jesus taught in Galilee at the beginning of His ministry. In chapter 4, He teaches in Nazareth and Capernaum to two very different reactions. Jesus reads from Isaiah 61 and claims that He is the fulfillment of that scripture. The people of Nazareth did not believe Him, and Jesus tells them why; they were too proud. Jesus is good news to needy people; the people of Nazareth did not think they were needy. We have to see ourselves as needy, spiritually bankrupt. The people of Capernaum believed (at least in part) that Jesus was who He said He was. We need to be thankful that God doesn't just love Israel but loves Gentiles as well. We need to humble ourselves and see our need for Jesus every single day.
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Jesus is the Son of God
One of the main themes in Luke's gospel is that Jesus is the Son of God. Jesus is baptized in chapter 3, and God Himself says that Jesus is His beloved Son (vs. 22). Luke goes into Jesus' geneaology immediately after this to say that it is official that Jesus is the Son of God. This is important to establish so that we can make sense of all that comes after. Jesus was also a loyal son. He proved who He belonged to after his long temptation in the desert with Satan.
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Preparing the Way for Jesus
In Luke chapter 3, John the Baptist begins his ministry of preparing the way for Jesus' ministry. John's baptisms were for repentance, and he preached a message of "repent or else." He didn't tell people to go through rituals, but he told people that they needed to change to show their repentance. Real repentance produces fruit that comes from a changed heart.
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Jesus - A Very Special Child
Have you ever wondered what Jesus was like as a baby or a small child? Most of us have. Although there isn't a lot of information for us to go by, God gave us what He wanted us to know, and that is Jesus was a very special child. In Luke 2, Jesus was shown to be a child of promise and salvation for all people, as Simeon prophesied. He was also shown to be a child of division and pain and a child of wisdom and grace. Most importantly, he was a child of God in a very unique way. He called God, "My Father." No one up until that point called God, "Father." Jesus knew who he was and who his Father was.
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The Birth of Jesus
Luke 2 is a familiar passage to most people. We hear it every Christmas. Yet there are some unfamiliar things that we can take out of this passage. Luke placed the birth of Jesus in a historical setting. The birth of Jesus isn't just a nice story, but it was a real event that took place. Also, Jesus was born into the most humble of circumstances. The Savior, Messiah, and Lord was placed in a trough where the animals ate. If the Son of God is that humble, we need to be that humble, too.
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The Back-Story of Jesus
The first chapter of Luke gives us the background or back-story of Jesus. We find out the historical setting, and we meet an important godly couple (Zechariah & Elizabeth) who (though Elizabeth was barren) had a very special son named John. Elizabeth's cousin, Mary of Nazareth, is visited by the angel Gabriel and finds out that she (an unmarried woman) is going to become pregnant (not through human means) with a son that is going to fulfill all of the Old Testament promises! Through this back-story, we learn that God gives mercy to the humble, always keeps His promises, and sends salvation through Jesus.
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Certain of Jesus
Have you ever wondered about the historical accuracy of Jesus' life? Can we be certain of the gospel? The book of Luke gives us answers to these questions. In the first four verses of the book, Luke wrote that his purpose was to provide certainty of Jesus' life. Throughout this study of Luke, we will be able to be certain of the historical account of Jesus, the person of Jesus, and the gospel of Jesus.
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The Forgiving Father
Have you ever thought about who you believe God is? Have you ever thought about who you really are? Jesus shows us the answers to these questions through the story of the prodigal son found in Luke 15:11-24. God is relational, merciful, forgiving, and wants to restore our broken relationship with Him. We, like the prodigal son, are trying to live life on our own terms doing what we want. We have all believed at some point, if not now, that the good life has nothing to do with God. We need to turn from our sins and go back to the Father, just as the son went back to his father.
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A Lesser Virtue
Christians don't hear enough about the virtue of perseverance. We hear a lot about faith, hope, and love, but not about what keeps us going through hard times. Perseverance is essential to the faith. We must run and (most importantly) finish the race.
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Poverty and Riches
Proverbs 30:7-9 is a prayer for contentment for neither poverty or riches, but just enough to meet daily needs. There is a danger in being rich (forgetting God and becoming arrogant) and a danger in being poor (stealing to meet your needs). The Bible says a lot about poverty; we need to care for those who are poor and learn from them (they tend to be humble) The Bible also has a lot to say about the rich. Christ followers who are rich need to be humble and hope in God and enjoy their money with thankfulness (1 Timothy 6:17-19).
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