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Luke 9:1-9 – “We Have Been Sent”

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, Aug 26th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Luke 9:1-9

INTRO

  • Jesus has demonstrated his authority
    • Nature, Spiritual, Physical
  • HE IS LORD OF ALL
  • Now He is sending out the disciples
  • HE HAS ALSO SENT US. TO GO YOU THEREFORE

Sent Empowered – v. 1

Gave them power.

  • Then power. Now power.
  • Acts 1:8; Romans 1:16; Ephesians 3:16

  Gave them authority

  • 2 Corinthians 5:20

Sent with a Mandate – v. 2

To Proclaim

  • Kingdom of God
  • Rule and Reign of His kingdom

To Minister/Serve

  • Heal them physically
  • Today HEAL TOTALLY

Sent with Clear Instructions – vv. 3-5

TRUST ME.

  • You have all you need.  I will take care of you
  • 2 Corinthians 9:8; Philippians 4:19

Take nothing

  • Trust/Faith/Dependence

Stay

  • Contentment/Purpose

Dust off your feet

  • Discernment/Boldness

Sent to Cause Wonder – vv. 6-9

Herod was perplexed

  • Paused to think
  • To confound. Cause to wonder

The unregenerate cannot perceive the working of God

  • No regard to the supernatural.

It was not them, but God through them

  • 2 Chronicles 20:15
  • The Gospel, The Spirit
  • We are His Ambassadors

Therefore, we should live in such a way that is:

  • Different
  • Set apart
  • Unique

  Causing people to PAUSE AND THINK

Luke 8:40-56 – “Do not Fear; only Believe”

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, Aug 20th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Luke 8:40-56

INTRO

  • Jesus demonstrates His power and authority
  • Two people… same need (help from a Savior)
  • The good news is for everyone
    • Rich ruler. Anonymous women
  • Real Faith – Come to Jesus
  • Be well – Touched by the Savior

The Woman

Defiled & Destitute / Discouraged, Desperate and Dependent

By faith she touched his garment

  • I believe he can…. If I can only TOUCH HIS GARMENT
  • Immediately and completely healed
  • Who touched me…Power gone out
    • Personal, intimate (Jesus knows)

Jesus asked her to declare her faith publicly

  • He knew who touched Him
  • Declared in the presence of all

Daughter, your faith has made you well; GO IN PEACE

  • Daughter. Adopted into the family of God
  • You treated her as an outcast… I call treat her as one of my children
  • John 1:12. “He gave the right to become children of God”
  • Changed forever!

Jairus and his Daughter

Dignified / Discouraged, Desperate and Dependent

Ruler of the synagogue

  • Directed the service (prayer, reading of Scripture, teaching)
  • Religion is not enough!

Do not fear, only believe, and she will be well

  • Fear – Apprehension. Tendency to run away

Faith and fear always stand in opposition. This means that we have a choice to make: either we can be afraid of all the things that might go wrong, and have gone wrong, or we can trust Jesus to see us through. We face this choice all through life.

Philip Graham Ryken, Luke, ed. Richard D. Phillips, Philip Graham Ryken, and Daniel M. Doriani, vol. 1, Reformed Expository Commentary (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2009), 414.

She is not dead, she is asleep

  • She is dead, but death is temporary!!!!!!
  • John 11:11-14, Acts 7:59-60, 1 Corinthians 15:51, 1 Thess. 4:13-18

He allowed on a few to enter house

  • Disciples and family
  • Personal, intimate (personal relationship)

Taking her by the hand he called, saying, child arise

  • He spoke. She rose
  • The Word, SPOKE
  • Psalm 33:6; John 1:1-3
  • Colossians 1:15-23

John borrowed the use of the term Word not only from the vocabulary of the OT but also from Greek philosophy, in which the term was essentially impersonal, signifying the rational principle of “divine reason,” “mind,” or even “wisdom.” John, however, imbued the term entirely with OT and Christian meaning (e.g., Gen. 1:3 where God’s Word brought the world into being; Pss. 33:6; 107:20; Prov. 8:27 where God’s Word is His powerful self-expression in creation, wisdom, revelation, and salvation) and made it refer to a person (i.e., Jesus Christ).

John F. MacArthur Jr., The MacArthur Bible Commentary (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2005), Jn 1:1.

Luke 7:1-10 – “Amazing Faith”

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, June 11th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Luke 7:1–10

INTRO THOUGHTS

  • He just finished the Sermon
  • The meaning of real faith
    • The centurions was a man of amazing faith
  • The authority of Jesus Christ
    • He can heal with a word and from a distance
  • Ministry outside the Jewish community

The Man

Centurion was leader of 100 men. Stationed in Capernaum.

He loved those he ruled – v. 2

  • His servant was sick (valued his servant)A beloved guest at a banquet.

  • Person of authority loves those he leads.

He was loved by others – vv. 4-5

  • Elders pleaded “He is worthy”

He was humble – v. 6

  • I am not worthy

He was hopeless

  • Not in his strength nor might.

His Faith

Acknowledged Jesus as Lord – v. 6

  • BELIEVED

Trusted in His word – v. 7

  • Say the Word
  • TRUSTED

His Savior

Jesus went – v. 6

  • Notice, the centurion did not come.  Jesus went.

  • He came to seek and save – Luke 19:10

  • Give life more abundantly – John 10:10

Jesus was amazed – v. 9

  • Because of the man’s faith
    • He was not surprised, He was pointing out the amazement of the GENTILE’S faith

  • The faith of a Gentile, yet rejected by His own

Jesus healed – v. 10

  • The power of the Word

  • Heals, Restores, Gives life

What now?

Do we have the same faith today?

Do we believe that only Jesus can make things right?

Do we truly trust in the compassion and authority of Christ?

Do we share this hope of Christ to others?

Luke 4:31-44 – “The Authority of Jesus”

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, Feb 26th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

INTRO

  • Luke is moving from the person of Christ to authority He possess
  • Jesus demonstrating His authority/Lordship

Through His Teaching – vv. 31-32

Taught them on the Sabbath

  • Who is the most qualified to teach the OT.
    • Taught as if it was His autobiography

Astonished at His teaching… possessed authority.

  • Spoke with confidence and boldness
  • Matthew 7:28-29

Through Casting out Demons – vv. 33-37

In the synagogue

  • Satan had the demonic in the synagogue (doctrine matters in the church)

Demon… cried out with a loud voice

  • Demons knew that in a holy war
  • Fallen angels opposed to the Kingdom of God
  • Satan is the ruler of the unbelieving world. John 8:44, 1 John 5:19

Holy One of God

  • James 2:19 – Demons shudder

Be silent and come out

  • Demonstrating His authority over the demon
  • You…HUSH
  • Now is not the time

And they were amazed at His Word

  • At His teaching, authority, and power

The news spreads

Through Healing the Masses – vv. 38-41

Simon’s house

  • More private and intimate

Rebuked the fever and she began to serve Him

  • Touched by Christ.  Completely. Wholly
  • Response…serve Him

Laid hands on every one of them and healed

  • Personal.  Face to Face

Demons crying out “You are the Son of God

  • Knew He was the Christ

Thoughts on Jesus’ healing ministry:

  • Pointing people to who He is (authority/power)
  • Pointing people to the new birth
    • Ultimate healing
    • From dead to alive.  NEW LIFE
  • Every disease
    • Not live the TV preachers that just heal certain types
    • Jesus heals ALL

Through Fulfilling His purpose – vv. 42-44

I must preach the Kingdom of God

  • Rule and reign of God
  • Demonic
  • Physical

Same today…

  • Satan is opposed to the WORD and the Work of the Kingdom
  • Yet, the Word has the power and authority
  • We are have  the same mission and the protection 1 John 5:18-20

Matthew 21:12-22 “The Cleaning and the Cursing.”

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, April 10th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Intro

  • The Cleansing of the Temple and the Cursing of the Fig Tree
  • He has entered the city of the King
  • Here is showing His authority as the King.
  • He now pronounces judgment as the King
  • All the events of the week point to the cross and empty tomb
  • Hypocrisy is the issue
  • False worship is the issue

Cleansing the Temple – vv. 12-17

Mal. 3:1-4 – Prophesied over 400 years before.

Why was Jesus so upset?

  • Not a particular person. the sellers, the buyers.
  • This issue… what “worship” in the Temple had come to.
  • Activity rather than worship
  • Man-focused worship rather than God-focused worship

The temple should have been a place for true worship to take place, but it had turned into a religious business endeavor.

  • Pilgrims coming for the Passover celebration
  • Purchasing animals for sacrifices
  • Jeremiah 7:9-11

The gentile court was for the gentiles to come and have access to the Temple.  The idea was so that they could come and learn about the ONE TRUE GOD

  • House of Prayer…Den of thieves. v. 13
  • The nation of Israel should have cherished and protected this area.
  • YET IT WAS A CONVENIENT AREA FOR BUSINESS
  • What was designed for worship of God was now a worship of man.
  • It also points to the character lived out in their daily lives. Thieves gathering… robbing God.

What are some dangers that we have today?  Have we lost focus on our worship?  Are we here for God or for man?

  • Listen to our excuses about why people do not faithfully attend church…. Your will hear the heart!

The level of hypocrisy is astonishing. v. 14

  • The temple is cleared
  • Jesus begins to minister and heal
  • REMEMBER… JESUS IS PROPHET, PRIEST, AND KING.
  • Yet, the religious leaders are furious over what He is doing and has done in God’s House.
  • THE IRONY of this picture.

Cursing the Fig Tree – vv. 18-22

The tree was fruitless

  • He could have just caused the tree to produce fruit
  • Instead, He judged
  • This was a divine object lesson (John MacArthur)

Israel was fruitless

  • Israel had all the rights and privileges to bear fruit
  • Yet, the temple was a clear picture of their fruitlessness
  • Morally and Religiously
  • The tree represents Israel.  The lack of fruit is their disobedience.

A lesson on faith and prayer – vv. 20-22

  • Faith =Trust
    • Hear, believe, embrace, do.
    • Head, Heart, Hands
  • Prayer
    • The temple was supposed to be a house of prayer
    • Prayer is the bedrock of our understanding of true faith.
    • The intimate relationship that one has with God.
    • To be a people of prayer is to be a people that truly know God.
  • Israel did not live by true FAITH AND PRAYER and were judged.
  • Jesus is teaching on the fruitfulness of true faithfulness
    • This is not a “name it and claim it” teaching.

Conclusion

  • What a great time to consider our own heart… as we anticipate Easter.
  • We will be a people of activity or people of true worship