My sermon notes for Sunday morning, June 14th. 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 17:1-10
Intro
- Jesus turns His teaching to the Disciples.
- Teaching on Discipleship
- Sin, Faith, and Service
Sin – vv. 1-4
Temptation
- Temptation is not sin, but the desire that leads to sin
- A stumbling block, causes to fall
- 1 Corinthians 10:12-13
TEMPTATION The devil tempts people to sin. But temptation comes from within us as well (James 1:13–15). The way to deal with temptation is to do exactly what Jesus did when He was tempted (Matthew 4:1–11). He countered every temptation with Scripture. That means that counselees—as well as all Christians—must learn a good bit of Scripture to deal adequately with temptation. Jesus did not say, “Well, let Me look up a passage or two” before He responded to the evil one. Like Joshua was told to do (Joshua 1:8), Jesus had Scripture ready at hand to use..
Jay E. Adams, “Temptation,” The Practical Encyclopedia of Christian Counseling (Cordova, TN: Institute for Nouthetic Studies, 2020), 175.
Woe to those that cause others to stumble
- Our life matters… our actions and words matter.
- Our freedoms as a Christian need to be considered as we think about perception.
- Setting a bad spiritual example (home, work…)
- “These little ones”
- Young believers. Babes in Christ
Dealing with sin
- In our life…PAY ATTENTION
- In the life of other believers.
- Do I have the right to address them (A brother in Christ)
- Do I love them enough to care
- Rebuke – point out for the purpose of change
- Stern warning
- “Not to be right” or embarrass, but to help
- Social media is not the biblical approach
- Repent – sorrow, turning, moving on.
- Forgive – Rebuke and Forgive…both
Galatians 6:1
Matthew 18:15-20
Ephesians 4:15,32
The strong position against sin set forth in the previous point must be balanced by a gracious, forgiving attitude toward sinners. Humble believers do not give offense, but neither do they take offense. They avoid sinning against others, but they also do not hold a grudge when others sin against them (cf. Luke 11:4).[1]
Faith – vv. 5-6
Increase our faith
- In light of living in the reality of sin.
- The difficulty of forgiving others.
- REAL FAITH IS NEEDED TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD
Faith like a mustard seed
- Small yet alive
- Growing
Faith is trusting in HIM…Not believing in us.
- HE IS STILL ON HIS THRONE
- He is sending out in HIS NAME
Service – vv. 7-10
As we flee from sin… grow in our faith… must continue to serve!
Jesus came to serve, not be served. (Mark 10:45)
We must remain faithful to what God is calling us to do.
- We serve Christ, therefor others)…it is who we are!
- We are called to serve, not be served
WE SERVE NOT TO RECEIVE
- Reward or Recognition
WE DO NOT SERVE OUT OF MERE DUTY
- We serve because we ARE HIS (we get too)
WE SERVE AS AN ACT OF WORSHIP AND JOY
[1] John MacArthur, Luke 11–17, MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers, 2013), 379.