Confession, Christ, Cross, Constraint
The Lord's Day Morning January 24, 2010 Luke 9:18-22 “Confession, Christ, Cross, Constraint” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 9 as we continue our way through the Gospel together. Before we read this passage, a passage of central importance in the gospel of Luke and in the whole story of the Lord Jesus Christ, I want to draw your attention to six parts in the passage so that as we read through you’re able to follow along the flow of argument. I’ll give you six “C's” to identify these six parts of the passage. In the first half of verse 18 you’ll see communion, that is, Jesus communing with, praying to, His heavenly Father. In the second half of verse 18 down to the first half of verse 20 you’ll see a…