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December 21, 2025‘See the stage set for the birth of the Saviour’ (3) (Luke 1:57-80)
In Luke 1:57-80, we see how Luke continues the story of Zechariah who had been struck dumb for failing to believe the angel Gabriel’s words earlier in the chapter. After his tongue was loosed, Zechariah made up for lost time in declaring the praise of God, His faithfulness and power in coming to rescue His people, bringing together many of the great Old Testament themes. Zechariah’s song pointed his hearers to his own son who would be a prophet of the Lord who would prepare the way for God’s own Son who was to come.
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• Luke’s accurate account
• Characters in the spotlight
• Zechariah speaks and sings
• See how Luke tells us how …
Zechariah’s tongue was loosed (v.57-69)
Zechariah’s voice was lifted (v.70-75)
Zechariah’s son was underlined (v.76-80)
An analogy from the theatre
The spotlight turned heavenward
Join the song!
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27min
December 14, 2025‘See the stage set for the birth of the Saviour’ (2) (Luke 1:26-56)
It’s possible to either over emphasise or under estimate the role that Mary had in being the birth mother of Jesus, but in Luke 1:26-56, it seems that the matter is plain. God’s choice of Mary was the right one – not because she in herself was without sin – but because she was willing to serve Him in this difficult and costly task. It’s all there in the account that Luke recorded fo Theophilus, and for all who read it these many years later!
Message
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• The next instalment
• Another pregnancy
• Elizabeth – unexpected, Mary – impossible
• See how Luke tells us of…
God’s choice of Mary (v.26-27, 34)
God’s grace to Mary (v.28-38)
Mary’s song to God (v.39-56)
Humility
Salvation
Praise
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28min
December 07, 2025‘See the stage set for the birth of the Saviour’ (1) (Luke 1:1-25)
There’s so much more to the Christmas story than the angels, the shepherds, the wise men, Mary and Joseph and the baby in the manger. The gospel writer, Luke, a careful historian, presents the story of the birth of Jesus as the part of the fulfillment of God’s plans and promises to send a Messiah to the people of Israel and so, it was into a particular time and place that Jesus came into the world. But before He came, someone else had to come -and his name was John and his parents had their own story.
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• Christmas approaching!
• Back to chapters 1 and 2
• Luke’s classic prologue/introduction
• See how Luke tells us of…
Ordinary people in the plan of God (v.5-10)
An extraordinary visit from an angel of God (v.11-17)
A less-than-ordinary response from a man of God (v.18-25)
A man in two worlds
Impossibilities: no problem to Him!
Faithlessness: can never nullify His!
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30min
November 30, 2025‘See the interaction between the surprise guest and the Saviour’ (Luke 7:36-50)
Sometimes the things that happened to Jesus are quite surprising. In Luke 7:36-50, Luke tells us of hos he was reclining at a dinner party when a surprise guest entered and washed his feet with her tears and dried them with her hair and anointed them with her gift of perfume. The host of the dinner party was rightly shocked, but Jesus, ever one to ‘practise what he preached’, drew a lesson from it, that was no surprise – except to those who continue to trust in their own self-righteousness.
Message
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• The sixteenth in this series
• Back into the narrative
• What is this Kingdom of His like?
• See how this interaction tells us of …
The intruder who shocked the party (v.36-38)
The guest who shocked the host (v.39-46)
The promise that shocked the guests (v.47-50)
Everyone reclining – no-one standing
The horizontal and the vertical
Gratitude. Thankful hearts.
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28min
November 16, 2025‘See the interaction between the prophet and the Saviour’ (Luke 7:18-35)
Luke’s record of the beginning of Jesus’ ministry is one that included the preaching activity of John (the Baptist) – an activity that soon landed him in trouble with Herod and soon after in jail. When John heard of the miraculous signs performed by Jesus, we read in Luke 7:18-35, that he sent a message to Jesus, doing so, no doubt, because he was perplexed. If Jesus was the Messiah he had proclaimed, why was he now in jail with no prospect of release? Wasn’t the Messiah meant to fix all that??
Message
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• The fifteenth in this series
• Consecutive miracles of Jesus
• Back to John
• See how this interaction tells us of …
The reality of John’s perplexity (v.18-21)
The cause of John’s perplexity (v.22-23)
The answers to John’s perplexity (v.24-35)
Perplexed at the world?
The trials of faith
Living between the now’ and the ‘not yet’
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30min
November 09, 2025‘See the interaction between the coffin and the Saviour’ (Luke 7:11-17)
Collisions happen. People get hurt or die. But what happens when llife collides with death? Or, to put it more exactly, when the Lord of life collides with someone who is dead? In Luke 7:11-17, the situation at Nain is sad, but the ministry of Jesus gives hope – real hope in the face of death!
Message
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• The fourteenth in this series
• From Capernaum to Nain
• Collisions…
• See how this interaction tells us that …
Death and sorrow were heading out of town (v.11-12)
Life and hope were coming into town (v.13-15)
Joy and amazement went all over town (v.16-17)
Jesus and funerals…
An invitation to have confidence!
An invitation to trust Him!
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27min
November 02, 2025‘See the interaction between the centurion and the Saviour’ (Luke 7:1-10)
After Jesus had completed his long teaching intensive, Luke records that he returned to Capernaum where His ministry had previously been well received. There, according to Luke 7:1-10, He was approached by the Jews on behalf of a Roman centurion – a man who had power at his fingertips, but no power to deal with disase and impending death. But this man saw that Jesus did have authority and submitted himself to One greater than he, implicitly trusting that whatever Jesus commanded would come to pass! Great faith indeed!
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• The thirteenth in this series
• Back in Capernaum
• The Roman centurion
• See how this interaction tells us of the ..
Reason why Jesus could have chosen not to help the man (v.1-3)
Reason why the Jews said that Jesus should help the man (v.4-6a)
Reasons why the response of this man is a great help (v.6b-10)
How the story ends…
The God who is too big to fail!
What Naaman discovered…
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32min
October 26, 2025‘See the upside-down life taught by the Saviour (4)’ (Luke 6:43-49)
In Luke 6:43-49, Jesus is finishing his teaching intensive on how His disciples ought to live. The text is very much connected to the previous versess in which Jesus spoko of making careful and merciful judgements – especially about people – and this certainly applies in the way we are to look at others and view the reality of their profession. Words are part of it, but fruit will be the greater evidence, as will the need to be hearers and doers of His word.
Message
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• The twelfth in this series
• The end of His teaching intensive
• Don’t be foolish!
• See how Jesus taught that we ought remember that …
Your fruit gives you away (v.43-45)
Your foundation may give way! (v.46-49)
Dr Smith and Dr Smith
The bottom line
Hear and do!
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26min
October 22, 2025‘Mary: A woman of faith’ (Rev Peter Phillips, Luke 1:26-56)
There are spome great women of faith in the Scriptures, none so important as Mary, the mother of our Lord Jesus. Mary’s story is unique. No-one else but her was chosen by God to become one who would bring the Son of God into the world. Yet, Mary’s story also centres around her real and living faith in God, her Saviour. In this message, Peter explores Mary’s story from Luke 1:26-56.
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• Difficult to preach but important
• Which Mary? The Mary of myth or the Mary of the Scriptures?
• Consider…
The great blessing of being Jesus’ mother
The better blessing than being Jesus’ mother
Only one person could be His mother … but those who believe in Him can have Him as brother and God as Father!
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30min
October 12, 2025‘See the upside-down life taught by the Saviour (3)’ (Luke 6:27-42)
Jesus was never one to mince words. Instead, He spoke forthrightly and to the heart, and perhaps never more so than in Luke 6:27-42, where Jesus warned His disciples against judging others in a way that would mean that they open themselves up for judgement. He also warned them against being ‘speck inspectors’ who have ‘logs in their own eyes’. It’s tough stuff. But every word of His is the truth!
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• The eleventh in this series
• What we’ve covered
• Are we not to judge – ever?
• See how Jesus taught that we ought …
Not be hypercritical of others (v.37-40)
Not be hypocritical towards others (v.41-42)
Some warning signs to consider…
Some action steps to take!
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27min

FAQs about Sermons – Bendigo Presbyterian Church:

How many episodes does Sermons – Bendigo Presbyterian Church have?

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