- Following Manly
- Following Jesus
- As a disciple (e.g. 9:23, 1 Kings 19:21)
- On a journey
- The journey of Jesus (9:51; cf. 14:25; 19:11; Mark 10:32)
- A perplexing beginning (9:52-56)
- Three confusing conversations (3:57-62)
- A prediction and a promise (9:21-24)
- Following Jesus today
- “Powerful in word and deed…” (Luke 24:19; 7:1)
- Surprising miracles (Luke 7:1-17)
- The raising of the widow’s son… (7:11-15)
- …and the amazement of the crowds (7:16-17)
- The healing of a centurion’s servant… (7:1-8, 10)
- …and the amazement of Jesus (7:9)
- John’s question… (7:18-20)
- …and Jesus’ answer (7:21-23)
- Once more, Isaiah 61 and Luke 4:18-19
- The raising of the widow’s son… (7:11-15)
- Responding to Jesus’ miracles
- Stumbling (7:23, 4:23-30)
- Praising and proclaiming (7:16-17)
- Trusting (7:9)
- Constantine’s conversion
- Nebuchadnezzar’s vision (Daniel 2:31-45)
- Jesus’ announcement (Luke 4:16-21, 43)
- Jesus’ parables (Luke 13:18-21)
- Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10)
- Crowd members, tax collectors and soldiers… (Luke 3:10-14)
- …and us
- A rich man gives half his possessions to the poor
- A rich ruler, a repentant tax collector, and a blind man
- Zacchaeus wants to see Jesus
- Jesus sees Zacchaeus
- Jesus speaks
- Surprised by Jesus’ mission
- Outsiders and insiders
- Jesus returns to Galilee (vv. 14-15)
- Jesus makes a surprising claim (vv. 16-22)
- Jesus forces a decision (vv. 23-30)
- An invitation to consider Jesus
- No comfort
- Confronted by God’s judgement (Chapter 1)
- God’s judgement grounded in God’s character
- God’s power to judge
- Not just Ninevah
- God is a refuge and judge
- Comfort from judgement
- Introduction: Life shaping days
- A day across 3 horizons:
- Horizon 1
- Horizon 2
- Horizon 3
- Applications:
- Knowing the time
- Responding rightly
- Thanksgiving vs Asking
- What to Ask
- ‘Father’
- Asking for…
- His Name and Kingdom
- Daily Bread
- Forgiveness and Temptation
- How to ask
- Daily
- Dependently
- Ask audaciously?