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The Messiah & the danger of spiritual blindness

February 13, 2022 Speaker: pastor dave Series: The Gospel according to Luke - Certainty for Believers

Topic: 1-AM Sermons, Luke, Religious Leaders, Messiah Passage: Luke 20:41– 21:4

The account of Jesus in the temple preaching continues.  Luke has already told of the religious leaders questioning Jesus and the authority by which he speaks. Following the parable of the tenets, they are so angry that they want to immediately kill him - but they are afraid of the crowds. They then try to trap him with two questions, one political and one theological. Finally, in our text, Jesus responds with a question about the nature of Messiah. The religious leaders cannot respond and Jesus follows with a warning for his disciples. Jesus offers this warning in front of the audience of people to which he has been preaching. Jesus then observes a widow giving and points to her wholehearted commitment with the backdrop of his rebuke of the religious leaders for their hypocrisy and abuses of the people they are tasked to serve.  Her example is intended to illustrate the humility, submission and commitment of the disciples to serve others. By God's grace we can resist self-absorbed and ritualistic acts which will be condemned, while  wholehearted service brings honor to God.

Luke writes to strengthen believers, to address misperceptions of unbelievers, while emphasizing the divine and perfect human aspects of Jesus’ life!  Jesus alone is the Lord and Redeemer of all humanity!  He offers us the assurance that God is at work, accomplishing his purposes, that Jesus is God incarnate and that true followers of Jesus are in reality the people of God, that the Holy Spirit is essential for our every response and action and that no matter who you are or where you’re from Jesus died to rescue you! Jesus is the fulfillment of all the promises of God and though every promise is not yet realized, we can be certain that one day they will be! Luke writes to give certainty and assurance to believers – you can be certain that everything about Jesus is true!

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