Looking Until He is Gracious

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Looking Until He is Gracious

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Psalm 123 as we continue through the fifth book of the Psalms together. And specifically right now, since we came to Psalm 120, we are in those Psalms of Ascent which were used by pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem for festival. As we look at Psalm 123, I want you to notice two or three things and then bear in mind one more. First of all, notice in verses 1 and 2 how the psalmist begins in the singular, “I lift up my eyes,” and he ends up in the plural. Look at the end of verse 2. “So our eyes look to the LORD our God, till He has mercy upon us.” So this is clearly a psalm, and it will become exclusively plural when you get to verses 3 and 4, this is clearly a psalm for the community. The community is collectively…

Perplexed, Frightened, Incredulous Marveling!

The Lord's Day Morning January 1, 2012 “Perplexed. Frightened. Incredulous…Marveling!” Luke 24:1-12 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to the gospel of Luke, the twenty-fourth chapter. Today, on the first Lord's Day of the new year, we come to the last chapter of the gospel of Luke. We've been in Luke for a couple of years now and now for a few more weeks we’ll be in this gospel. And it's so encouraging to be thinking with Luke about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ on the first day of a new year. I want you to be on the lookout for a number of things in the reading as we look at Luke 24:1-12. First of all, notice how Luke draws your attention to the reaction of the women and the…

Today Salvation Has Come to This House

The Lord's Day Morning May 1, 2011 “Today Salvation Has Come to This House” Luke 19:1-10 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you’d turn with me in your Bibles to Luke chapter 19, we are coming to a passage that is very familiar to you. Perhaps you first heard or sung about this passage in Vacation Bible School as a child if you grew up in the church. How many of you could still sing “Zacchaeus was a wee little man, a wee little man was he”? I can. I see some hands out there. I can. I certainly can. But this is a very grown up story. It's a very simple but profound story. It's a powerful story of conversion. And I want you to look at its context, even as you have your figure on Luke 19 verses 1 to 10. I want you to notice something. Look at the passage that…

Your Faith Has Made You Well

The Lord's Day Morning April 17, 2011 “Your Faith Has Made You Well” Luke 18:35-43 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 18. We’re working our way through the gospel of Luke together and I'd like to direct your attention to verses 35 to 43. Now for those of you who are very close observers, you will be thinking to yourself, “Ligon, you are skipping some verses because the last time we finished in verse 30.…

The Man Who Thought He Was Righteous (but wasn’t)…

The Lord's Day Morning March 27, 2011 “The Man Who Thought He Was Righteous (but wasn't) and the Man Who Thought He Wasn't ( but was!)” Luke 18:9-14 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Ducan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 18 as we continue to make our way through the gospel of Luke together. This is one of the best known stories that Jesus ever told. It is a foundational story for understanding the Gospel, and there is no possible way that I…

Got Gratitude?

The Lord's Day Morning February 13, 2011 “Got Gratitude?” Luke 17:11-19 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 17 as we continue our way through this gospel together. We’re going to be looking at verses 11 to 19 together this morning. As you turn to Luke 17, let me remind you that this is not the first time we have seen Jesus heal a leper in the gospel of Luke. We looked at some length at Luke 5:12-14 in which…

Temptation, Sin and Faith

The Lord's Day Morning January 23, 2011 “Temptation, Sin and Faith” Luke 17:1-6 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 17 as we continue our way through the gospel of Luke together. If you take a glance at these first six verses in Luke 17, I want to remind you that as we've worked our way through Luke 16, repeatedly Jesus has been dealing with a problem with both the Pharisees’ lives and their teaching. They…

Jesus’ Compassion and Our Indifference

The Lord's Day Morning November 14, 2010 Luke 13:31-35 “Jesus’ Compassion and Our Indifference” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 13 as we continue our way through this gospel. I want you to be on the lookout for three things as we read this passage from verses 31 to 35. First, I want you to look at Jesus’ example. We heard a passage read earlier today where the apostle Paul, in Philippians 2, commends to us Jesus’…

The Narrow Door

The Lord's Day Morning October 31, 2010 Reformation Sunday Luke 13:22-30 “The Narrow Door” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III The Lord is our rock and shield and deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge; He is our shield and the horn of our salvation and stronghold; we call upon the Lord and He saves us. In our distress we call upon the Lord, we cry to God for help and He hears our voice out of His temple and our cries for help come up to Him before His ears. He rescues us because of His…

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