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Luke 11:29-32 – “Jesus is Enough”

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, January 14th. Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. The notes 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 11:29–32

INTRO

  • When the crowds were increasing… popularity is growing, but for the wrong reasons.
  • Earlier v. 16… they needed more. Show us a sign.
  • Faith was not enough, they needed more.
  • Also continuing the idea of true blessedness… hearing and obeying.
  • Faith, Hearing, and Believing is enough.
  • WHY DO WE NEED MORE? (show us a sign)

THE ARROGANCE OF UNBELIEF

Evil generation

  • These were the religious of society. Well thought of in society.
  • YET, they were sinners Ephesians 2:1
  • Today… all without the hope of the Gospel
  • The unconverted. Dead in our sins

Seeks a sign

  • Not a particular sign… just show me more.
  • Prove it to me.
    • Arrogance rather than humility
  • The truly supernatural is standing before them, but they want more.

None will be given

  • You have been shown enough
  • Nothing MORE will be revealed.
  • Jesus is enough!

THE SIGN OF UNBELIEF

Luke 16:31

  • He had already performed many miracles to this point.
  • There was not enough proof for their hardened hearts

Jonah

  • His ministry as prophet
  • His preaching of judgement
  • His call for repentance

Son of Man to this generation

  • Death, Burial, and Resurrections

THE REALITY OF JUDGEMENT

Queen of the South

  • 1 Kings 10:1-10
  • She came seeking wisdom from Solomon (seeking truth)
  • Jesus is much wiser than Solomon

Men of Nineveh

  • They responded to Jonah’s message of repentance
  • Jesus is greater than Jonah

What Now?

  • We have heard, yet we fail to believe.
  • We hear, yet we fail to obey.
  • It is a great picture of arrogance verse humility.
  • The hardened says “convince me.”  A receptive heart cries out “save me”
  • JESUS IS ENOUGH!

Luke 9:18-22 – “Who do you say that I am?”

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, Sept 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.

Luke 9:18-22

INTRO

  • Jesus is finishing His Galilean ministry
  • He is now on His journey to Jerusalem
  • His journey to the cross
  • He asks a very important question.
  • A question that needs to be answered.

THE CROWD

They had an opinion

  • John the Baptist, Elijah, a Prophet Malachi 4:5
  • Good man that has done good things.

The believed in the person of Jesus

  • They were religious people.
  • They followed Him.
  • They were looking for the Messiah
  • The moment the cross was in sight, they turned.
  • We cannot separate his suffering, death, and resurrection form His messiahship.
  • If we remove the WHY OF HIS DEATH… OUR SINFULNESS
  • Then we also turn Jesus into the WRONG JESUS

They were looking for healer and deliverer (From Roman rule)

  • Today… Looking for a BLESSING GIVER.  HEALER, PROVIDER
  • While true, Jesus is SO MUCH MORE

“It is impossible to be wrong about Jesus and right with God “ (Warren Wiersbe)

WE MUST GET JESUS RIGHT!

THE DISCIPLES

They had a conviction

  • “The Christ of God”
  • The anointed one. The Coming King Psalm 2:2
  • Gabriel – Luke 1:32-33
  • Zachariah – Luke 1:68-69
  • Shepherds – Luke 2:10-11
  • John the Baptist – Luke 3:16-18

Christ: Matthew 1:1, 18; 2:4; 11:2; 16:20; 23:8; 26:68; 27:22—lit. “the Anointed One.” Many people speak of Jesus Christ without realizing that the title Christ is actually a confession of faith. Messiah, the Hebrew equivalent for Christ, refers in the Old Testament to prophets (1 Kin. 19:16), priests (Lev. 4:5, 16), and kings (1 Sam. 24:6, 10), in the sense that all of them were anointed with oil. This anointing symbolized a consecration for ministry by God. Jesus Christ, as the Anointed One, would be the ultimate Prophet, Priest, and King (Is. 61:1; John 3:34). With his dramatic confession, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (16:16), Peter declares his faith in Jesus as the promised Messiah

John F. MacArthur Jr., The MacArthur Bible Commentary (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2005), Matthew 16:17.

Tell no one

  • The were looking for a cross less Messiah
  • The time was not NOW
  • He MUST first suffer on the cross

Isaiah 53:4-10

Truths to Consider

  • Salvation comes only through the person and work of Jesus Christ. This has been God’s plan of redemption from the very beginning.
  • One must believe on the person and trust in the work of the Lord Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sin. (His life, death, burial, and resurrection… applied and received into my life)
  • This belief is not just in the historical facts alone, but also trusting in Jesus as our personal Savior and Lord. (Our Mind and Our Heart are one)
  • True conversion will always lead to a changed life. (Come and follow me… we either follower Him or not)
  • Jesus always has been and always will be the answer to all the questions of life. The real, biblical, and saving Jesus.