Text: 1 Kings 4:1-34 Any wise king will place wise people in positions of his government. This is what Solomon does in this passage. One man, Zabud, is also mentioned as being the King’s friend! Even though Solomon was given wisdom by God, God also says in Scripture that wisdom is gotten from many counselors[…]
Text: Luke 9: 1- 36 Apart from the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the feeding of the 5,000 men (v. 16) is the only miracle that is reported by the four gospels: Mat. 14:15-21, Mark 6: 35-44, John 6: 11-13. The actual number, including women and children, came closer to 20,000 people! It is important to[…]
Text: Luke 8:26-55 As Jesus and His disciples arrived in the region of Gadarenes, He healed a man who had demons. There were many demons in this man (Legion). In the Roman army, a Legion had between 3000 and 6,000 soldiers (v.30). Jesus never destroyed the demons, i.e. sent them to a bottomless pit because[…]
Text: Luke 8:1-25 In a typical Jewish culture, Rabbis never discipled women, but for Jesus to allow women; travel with Him and His disciples, He was showing that under God, all people are equal (v.2). The women supported Jesus’ Ministry financially. The women had special love for Jesus because He had healed some of them[…]
Text: Luke 7:31-50 The religious leaders of the time hated both John the Baptist and Jesus for mutually inconsistent reasons (vv. 31-35). They talked ill of John because of his fasting and not taking wine; they hated Jesus because He ate joyfully and enjoyed wine with tax collectors and sinners. In both cases, the Pharisees[…]
Text: Luke 7:1-30 Jesus Christ healed the Centurion’s Servant (v. 2). A Centurion was a Roman Military Officer commanding 100 men. He was a humble officer who had faith in Christ; in fact he did not think himself fit to interact with Christ personally or directly. This is why he approached Him through intermediaries, the[…]
Text: 6:20-49 The Beatitudes comes from the Latin word, meaning “blessing”. They show what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. They prescribe standards of conduct and display the contradiction between Kingdom values and worldly values, pointing to the expectation of followers of Christ from the world and what God is promising to[…]
Text: Luke 6:1-19 When Jesus was accused of breaking the Sabbath, to the accusers, He referred the accuser to a story of King David (1 Sam. 21:1-6) when together with his men ate the sacred bread in the temple (vv. 3-5). This was a story that was well known to them and therefore if they[…]
Text: Luke 5:29-35 Right from verse 27 to verse 39 we witness miracles or wonders of God’s grace. It was a miracle and the grace of God that Jesus Christ could not only recruit a converted tax collector, but could keep company with many other unconverted tax collectors and notorious “sinners” (v. 29). It was[…]
Text: Luke 5:1-28 It is noteworthy that as Jesus called His disciples, in both cases they left behind lucrative businesses (vv.11, 28). What are you clinging on that does not allow you to follow Jesus Christ? Despite the heavy schedule that Jesus had, He would withdraw from people and pray to God (v.16). This should[…]