John the Baptist had sent his disciples to Jesus with a simple question: “Are you the Messiah?” Rather than giving a direct response, “Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead […]
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It becomes clear, as you study the Gospel of Luke, that the Holy Spirit was directing and orchestrating all that happened. Luke’s Gospel could easily be called ‘The Acts of the Holy Spirit as recorded by Luke!” 2:25 – The Holy Spirit was upon Simeon 2:26 – The Holy Spirit revealed that Simeon would see the Messiah 2:27 – Simeon […]
For our Christmas studies this year, we have taken the subjects of ‘Christ the Lamb and ‘Christ the King’. These two aspects of Christ’s mission and purpose are beautifully given to us in the Christmas naritive, with Luke’s Gospel focussing on the Lamb and Matthew focussing on the King. Sadly, the message of Christmas has been obfuscated […]
In Luke chapter 3, Dr Luke records the beginning of John the Baptist’s ministry at Bethabara, just north of the Dead Sea in southern Israel, around 18 miles east of Jerusalem. As John started to preach the news spread and very soon a multitude came out from that towns of Judea to listen to this man. Whatever […]
We have just started a new verse-by-verse study in the Gospel of Luke. Historian, Sir William Ramsey, who started out as a sceptic and critic of the Bible, eventually came to faith in Jesus Christ because of the overwhelming historical evidence he discovered to corroborate the details in the Biblical record and Luke’s gospel in […]