Luke 24:1-12: The Resurrection of Christ
OUTLINE The witness of the tomb The witness of the angels The witness of the women INTRODUCTION On March 28th 1980 the so called family tomb of Jesus was found, also called the Talpiot Tomb. There were nine or ten ossuaries (bone boxes used for second burial). These had names written on them, Jesus son of Joseph; Miriam/Mary; Judah son of Jesus; Matthew and another Mary. The theory claims that Jesus married Mary, had children, and that this was his family tomb. A book was subsequently released with a foreword given by James Cameron the director of Titanic and...
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Luke 23:44-49: The Death of Christ
OUTLINE The darkness The curtain The cry The centurion INTRODUCTION What is the significance of the death of Christ? What is accomplished in the death of Christ? Luke answers these questions for us as he retells the story of Christ’s death on the cross picking out significant details which answer these questions. In our section there are four things that happen which underline what the death of Jesus accomplishes. The darkness indicates that Jesus took the curse and judgement of God; the temple curtain tearing indicates that Jesus has opened up the way to God; the cry of Christ...
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Luke 11:14-23: Whose Side Are You On?
Imagine being raised in a religion where you were taught that you were right and everyone else was wrong; you are God’s people and everyone else is of the devil; and you have the truth and everyone else believes lies. Then suddenly someone comes along and turns your world upside down and you too are wrong, you too are of the devil, and you too have believed lies. This is the situation we are facing in the next section of Luke which focuses on Jesus conflict with the people and the religious leaders. There are only two sides, those...
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Luke 10:17-24: Reasons for Rejoicing
The Christian life can be depressing at times. Ecclesiastes 1:18 gives us a reason why, ‘ For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.’ The more truth you have, the more you realize how bad things are, and that can be depressing. We can get depressed because of the internal love that we still have for sin and the way we continue to sin. We get depressed because we see so much suffering so much of it self-inflicted as people live without God. We are sad because the God we love is not...
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