Luke 15:5, “And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.” This is repentance; this is the foundational reason that the repentance of v.7, and 10, and the “coming to himself” of v.17 take place. If one who has been fleeing from the Lord stops and returns to Him—whatever the […]
Luke 5:20, “…when He saw their faith, He said, ‘Man, your sins are forgiven you.’” Luke 5:20, 7:9, 7:50, 8:48, 17:19, 18:42, These six passages from Luke’s gospel all share the same dynamic, namely, Jesus acknowledging the faith of someone who has come to Him and—in explicit response to that faith—His “saving” or “healing”
Luke 1:35, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.” The incarnation reveals the Trinity. Yes, when the Word takes on flesh, He does not only reveal the Father, but He reveals
Luke 1:52, “He has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate.” Short Thoughts: Through the crucified and risen Son, God shatters the foundation of every human power and lifts the humbly dependent to Himself. Long Thoughts: This picture was actually based on Psalm 107:40-41, 43….however, once I’d finished in
Luke 24:40-41, “…He showed them His hands and His feet…[they] disbelieved for joy…” Short Thoughts: The wounds of their God’s agony, the wounds dealt by the worst sin imaginable, the wounds of temporally-borne eternal torment, of damnation itself—seen in the flesh of the risen Son—call forth such passion of joy from the hearts
Matthew 25:40, “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’” For today’s picture, the text I put together with the image is actually not the text that gave me the idea for the image….the passage
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(16) No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but pits it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. (17) For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and
Luke 3:16-17, “He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and whit fire. his winnowing fork is in His hand, to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn, but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire.” See the authority that John ascribes to the coming Jesus, to the
Jeremiah 17:13, “O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be put to shame; those who turn away from you shall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living water.” Luke 10:20, “…rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” There is only one
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Luke 9:23-24, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my save will save it.” The God of the universe is the God who declares Himself to His
