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Since the Fall, mankind has continued to search for satisfaction in all of the wrong places. In this week’s sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part II: A Journey through Galilee we see where true satisfaction is found through Jesus’s miraculous feeding of the physically and spiritually starving crowd. This miracle not only displays Jesus’ power, but His compassion and love, along with many great glories of the gospel.

As consumer-Christianity continues to mar the modern church, this week’s sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part II: A Journey through Galilee calls us to a deep devotion to our Savior that will compel us to love the lost. Ultimately, we have not only been saved as God’s people, but saved for God’s mission as a kingdom of priests and preachers.

Since the Fall, death has invaded and pervaded all of creation. This week’s sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part II: A Journey through Galilee showcases not only Christ’s power and authority over death, but His invitation to hope amidst life’s most desperate tragedies. Because of His glorious resurrection, death is not the end for God’s people, but a new beginning.

As our culture continues its fascination of evil and the occult and folly within the spiritual realm, this week’s sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part II: A Journey through Galilee demonstrates Christ power and authority over the spiritual realm as He exorcises a man of thousands of demons. Likewise, we are to humbly depend on Christ to defend us and deliver us from the enemy’s lies, accusations, and temptations.

As countless distractions threaten our spiritual vitality, this week’s sermon series, The Gospel of Luke, Part II: A Journey through Galilee, reminds us that eagerness is the only logical response towards God and His Word. Ultimately, saving faith is accompanied by obedience and it is the believer’s responsibility to continue to cultivate a heart of humility and dependence.

As many cultural Christians continue to attend church out of social obligation, this week’s sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part II: A Journey through Galilee graciously confronts any sense of apathy towards Jesus and misplaced affections for the world. The “Parable of the Four Soils” reveals how the condition of our heart directly affects the implanting of God’s Word and its subsequent impact in our lives. Unless we remain receptive to God and His truth, our souls will wither and we will forego the life, growth, and fruitfulness that Christ alone offers.

As our culture continues to look for political saviors and pragmatic solutions for the problems plaguing us, this week’s sermon in our series, The Gospel of Luke, Part II: A Journey through Galilee, reminds us of the spiritual war between darkness and light— and our one true savior Jesus Christ. Jesus not only miraculously and mercifully transfers souls from one kingdom to the other, but transforms lives to participate in His unstoppable rescue mission.

As pride and self-sufficiency continue to permeate our culture and even the Church, this week’s sermon in our series The Gospel of Luke, Part II: A Journey through Galilee, presents two contrasting responses to Jesus’s offer of forgiveness. Like the sinful woman weeping at savior’s feet, we are to humbly confess our utter depravity and desperation and place our faith in Jesus Christ.

Our sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part II: A Journey through Galilee picks up this week in Luke 7:18-35 where, from prison, John the Baptist sends his disciples to Jesus to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to expect someone else?” John clearly does not doubt Jesus as a truth-sayer, teacher, and prophet, but he is expressing questions about whether or not Jesus is the Messiah. By documenting John’s questions, Luke provides hope and direction for us today. We can come to God with our questions, and we can trust God’s long-term plan for His Kingdom and purposes.

To echo Benjamin Franklin, "In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes." This week our sermon series The Gospel of Luke, Part II: A Journey through Galilee reveals how Jesus confronts and overcomes this tragic reality as He resurrects the widow of Nain’s only son. By the grace of God and to the glory of God, death is not the end but merely the beginning for all who believe in Jesus Christ, our compassionate savior and king.