We must keep in mind that what our Lord accomplished on the cross was an eternal transaction that involved Him and the Father. He did not die as a martyr who had failed in a lost cause. Nor was He only an example for people to follow. Isaiah 53 makes...

To most people, the word “blessing” evoked images of a long life, wealth, a large, healthy family, a full barn, and defeated enemies. Jesus said it's the poor, hungry, weeping and hated.

“The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.” The phrase brings two primary points into focus: The Sabbath regulations, as interpreted by the Pharisees, had lost the intent of the Sabbath prescribed in the Old Testament. Therefore, the...

Jesus Christ still offers “all things new”. As the Physician, He offers sinners new life and spiritual health. As the Bridegroom, He brings new love and joy. He gives us the robe of righteousness and the wine of the Spirit. Life is a feast, not a...

The call of Levi plays out in miniature a central theme in Luke’s Gospel: Jesus’ ministry to sinners who will repent and follow him. The great physician has not come to heal the “righteous”—that is, the self-righteous—but sinners who recognize their...

For these reasons, leprosy was considered a picture of sin and its effects. It is a contagious, debilitating disease that corrupts its victim and makes him essentially dead while alive. Therefore society and religious people scorned lepers. Rabbis...

Discipleship means being like Jesus by growing in stature and in favor with God and men.

Discipleship is a lifelong process, one without a graduation that sets you up as master to be followed. Christian discipleship is always discipleship of Jesus...

This incident established the authority that Jesus had claimed in Nazareth. Testimony to His deity from the spirit world should have convinced many of Jesus’ hearers. Luke probably recorded the incident to strengthen Jesus’ greatness in the minds of...

In spite of the unbelief of the people in Nazareth, the Scriptures declared that Jesus of Nazareth is God’s Son, the Messiah sent to fulfill His promises. The people who do not want Him and who reject “the acceptable year of the Lord” will one day...

Jesus came out of the wilderness a victor, but Satan did not give up. He watched for other opportunities to tempt the Saviour away from the Father’s will. “Let us be as watchful after the victory as before the battle,” said Andrew Bonar; and he was right.