The Third Day He Will Rise Again

The Lord's Day Morning April 24, 2011 “The Third Day He Will Rise Again” Luke 18:31-34 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 going to be looking especially at verses 31 to 34. As you turn there, I'd invite you to turn back — keep your finger in Luke 18 — and turn back to Luke 9, and you’ll see why in just a moment. Keep your fingers in both places. You've figured out now why we've taken these passages out of order the last couple of weeks. Two weeks ago, we looked at Luke 18, verses 18 to 30, the story of the rich young ruler, a passage which tells about a man who claims to be good but he wasn't good enough to enter into the kingdom. Then, out of order, last week we looked…

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…

The Prophecy of Israel

Genesis 49:1-33The Prophecy of Israel It seemed appropriate as we come to the passage in Genesis 49, where we hear God's account of the death of His servant, Jacob that we sing for all the saints and we anticipate that day of resurrection, ourselves. If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Genesis 49. Tonight we come to the last words of Jacob, and they are a lasting testimony to the theme of God's providence and to the faith of the Patriarchs in the promises that God had given. All along we have said that two over-arching purposes in God's providence are apparent in the story of Joseph. First the Joseph story tells us how Israel wound up in Egypt and secondly, it explains how God brought to fruition the promises of Genesis 12:1 and 2. How He made a…

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