Grace Road Church

We are going to Luke 6 today, to finish up the Sermon on the Plain. It’s a sermon Jesus preached with some of the same content as the Sermon on the Mount, but with a distinct audience, distinct emphasis, and it was preached in a different place. 

And it is a huge blessing of God that He allowed the words of Jesus to be recorded for us in scripture. This is one of the biggest things that feeds our faith - hearing the words of Jesus. Romans 10:17 says “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”

Judge with Grace

Luke 6:37-42

This morning, we are going to continue in Luke 6, in Jesus’ sermon, sometimes called the Sermon on the Plain. And in this sermon Jesus as given the Beatitudes, promising that those who are poor, hungry, sorrowful, and persecuted will be cared for and vindicated in the kingdom of God one day in the future.

Circumstances for individuals in this life will not always be improved by Christianity, and it is no failure of Christianity when they are not. Christianity doesn’t promise prosperity here and now, it promises forgiveness and a resurrection and everlasting life. The biggest promises are for when Jesus returns.