Three Minute Thoughts

Jesus not only sends out the 12 but also another, much larger group called the 72. If Jesus sent the 12 and the 72, you better believe he sent me and you.

Jesus sends out the disciples with everything they need to do some pretty powerful work.

Jesus teaches in parables about who he is and what he's doing and why he's doing it. These parables are designed to lay God's truth against a current reality to help us gain a more intentional connection to what he teaches.

When we see people's faith in action we can learn a lot about their character and their understanding about who and what they believe.

Jesus begins to teach but does so in words and in ways that are not easy to hear at times.

When Jesus calls his disciples, he calls the ones that are not good enough, already tried but failed and otherwise busy. He does this so we realize he takes us where we are to do his best work in us.

As a man Jesus is able to be tempted. As God those temptations don't work. Watch how Jesus handles the 3 temptations that we all struggle with even today.

The genealogy of Jesus is given twice in the gospels. Once through Mary (Matthew's gospel) and once through Joseph (here in Luke). Why? What's the difference?

The events surrounding the birth of Jesus are important to set the stage for the rest of his ministry.

The book of Luke starts by introducing us to a familiar and really important character - John the Baptist. John will be used to highlight the importance of all that Jesus will begin to do in the next chapters.