June 24, 2014 – Luke 13:25-30

June 24, 2014 – Luke 13:25-30

Matthew 2:12-18,   Matthew 8:5-13 – weeping and gnashing of teeth

Matthew 13:36-43

II Peter 3:9-12 – Our obedience brings the end

Colossians 1:20-29 – Never leave the position of faith

Mark 14:22

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June 23, 2014 – Luke 13:22-27

June 23, 2014 – Luke 13:22-27

The narrow gate – it’s narrow because it runs counter to human inclinations

Matthew 7:13-14,   Matthew 25:10-13

Isaiah 55:6-9,   Habb. 1:12,   Isaiah 59:1-2, 5

Luke 13:22-30, Luke 9,   Luke 18:9-14

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June 20, 2014 – Luke 13:19

June 20, 2014 – Luke 13:19

The tree is a metaphor for the human race

Matthew 3:8-10 – The human race is dead.

Matthew 7:15-17,   Jude 10-12 ,   Revelation 7:1-3, Rev. 9:4

Fowls lodge in the branches – spirit world, evil/ demonic spirits

vs. 20-21 – leavens the whole lump

I Cor. 5:1-7,   Galatians 4:8-5:16 – Re: Leaven

 

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June 19, 2014 – Luke 13:18

June 19, 2014 – Luke 13:18

More on Parable of the Mustard Seed

Matthew 13:31-32,   Matthew 17:14-21

The mustard seed knows it’s a mustard seed. We experience our identity as Christ when we lose self-awareness.

Luke 17:20-21,   I Cor. 15:34-38

Mustard seed grows rapidly

Acts 6:1-7 – increased=grew

I Cor. 3:5-6 – God gave the increase (same word)

II Cor. 10:12-15 – Faith increased

Col. 2:4-19 – increase

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June 18, 2014 – Luke 13:18

June 18, 2014 – Luke 13:18

Parable of the Mustard Seed

Matthew 13:24-33

1. Kingdom of heaven vs kingdom of earth

2. has seed

3. has growth

4. presence of evil

5. field or arena

6. has person of Christ

Mark 1:14-15 Kingdom of God is here now

Exekiel 17:22-24     Daniel 4

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June 17, 2014 – Luke 13:16

June 17, 2014 – Luke 13:16

Mark 8:31-33 – Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. – He was speaking to and about Peter’s mind

Matthew 4:1-10 – vs. 4 was the mind of Christ. Satan appeared as his mind.

Acts 5:1-9 – their minds = SatanMatthew 6:9-13 – Lead us n0ot into temptation (i.e. inward, into our own minds)

Matthew 13:24-30 – Parable of the tares

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June 16, 2014 – Luke 13:15

June 16, 2014 – Luke 13:15

Luke 13:15 – The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?

watering – to infuse, satisfy either by water or being fed

I Cor. 3:1-2, 3-13 – fed is same word as watered in Luke

I Cor. 12:1-3,   Revelation 14:6-13 – Contrast being soaked with the Word vs. the whore of Babylon

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June 13, 2014 – Luke 13:14-16

June 13, 2014 – Luke 13:14-16

Healed – also means “made whole”

Isaiah 65:1-5 – hypocrisy

Exekiel 33:30-33 – To hear but not do

Romans 10:1-4 – includes establishing our own righteousness

Luke 18:9-14,   John 8:1-11,  II Peter 2:1-3, 9-22

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