The Hallows Church

Humans are in a constant search for what we need and those needs often equate to what we can do. In today’s passage Jesus tells us there is only one thing we need, and it is nothing that we can do; it is all about who He is.

Humans are in a constant search for what we need and those needs often equate to what we can do. In today’s passage Jesus tells us there is only one thing we need, and it is nothing that we can do it is all about who He is.

Who is God?

-Father

-Holy

-King

-Provider

-Forgiver

What does God do?

-Responds to persistence and boldness

-Answers prayer

-Forgives sin

-Leads

Is God Good?

What do we need?

What do we need to do?

How does Jesus meet our needs?

The church has much to be thankful for by the disciple who simply asked Jesus how to pray. In Luke 11:1-13, Jesus teaches and calls His disciples to a prayer life that is personal, fervent, thoughtful, and dependent on God.

In Luke chapter 10:38-42, we see Jesus is the one thing that is necessary. We are called from our preoccupation with busyness to choose Jesus, focus on Him and draw hope from Him.

Throughout Scripture God is continually revealing who He is and who He has made us to be. In this passage, Jesus summarizes all the laws of God to two commands, revealing both what God requires and how we can live into His purpose for us.

Throughout Scripture God is continually revealing who He is and who He has made us to be. In this passage, Jesus summarizes all the laws of God to two commands, revealing both what God requires and how we can live into His purpose for us.

What does God Require?

What does Love look like?

How do we Love like this?

The Bible is a story of a people desperately in need of hope, and a God graciously providing it in His Son. Hebrews 6:9-20 encourages us to see how our hope arises from faith in Christ- who grows us unto Himself, grounds us in God’s story, guarantees our future, and guards us forever.

Our Hope is Growing

-Jesus Grows Us Toward God’s Purposes

Our Hope is Grounded

-Jesus Grounds Us in God’s Story

Our Hope is Guaranteed

-Jesus Guarantees Our Future

Our Hope is Guarded

-Jesus Guards Our Hope Forever

The sending out of the seventy-two disciples gives us a snapshot into the true nature of what it means to be summoned and commissioned by Jesus to take the gospel to the lost. This passage provides us with spiritual insights as to what we are to be doing and saying as we go out in the name of Christ; it also highlights not only the earthly joys of serving Christ, but the eternal joy of being citizens of heaven.

The sending of the 72 in Luke 10 is a meaty passage; it’s one of a select number of passages that ties in this many elements of the biblical story arc in one place. While this passage teaches us many things about Jesus’ ministry, it also teaches us the way God works through us to make disciples and build his Kingdom. Crucially, it reveals how we are to do this: not by our own strength, but by the strength and authority that Jesus has given us.

Jesus challenges each one of us in unique ways to establish a new priority, to embrace a new identity and to embody a new purpose.

We are Confronted by Jesus to:

-Establish a New Priority

-Embrace a New Identity

-Embody a New Purpose