Heard Because of His Reverence

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Heard Because of His Reverence

The Lord's Day Morning March 31, 2013 Better“Heard Because of His Reverence”Hebrews 5:1-10 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Hebrews chapter 5. You know, without Easter, Christmas would be just another cold day in December. Easter changes everything. The resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ turns us inside out and turns the world upside-down. But as David's already prayed this morning, it's possible to come to Easter and even on Easter to be a little bit jaded, a little bit cynical about the things that we're singing and the things that we're reading. “Does this Jesus, who is raised from the dead, answer my deepest needs? Is this the Savior that I really need?” Well the author of Hebrews in…

I Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Us

It's hard to sing that song and not go on to the fifth stanza where the resolution comes, but we’ll be able to sing that, God willing, at the end of the service tonight. I love Luther's rendition of Psalm 130. You can sense his own investment in the truth of this psalm even in the way he paraphrases it, in the way that he roots it in the glorious story of Christ's redemption of it. Well we're in Psalm 130 tonight and when you approach this psalm you have to ask yourself a question — Is this a lament or is it a thanksgiving? And there's a translational issue. Do you render “I have cried to you, O LORD,” in verse 1, and then in verse 6, “My soul waited for the LORD,” so that this is looking back on a past experience that the psalmist has had and he's now…

I do not know Him. I am not one of them. And I…

The Lord's Day Morning September 18, 2011 “I do not know Him. I am not one of them. And I don't know what you are talking about.” Luke 22:54-62 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke 22 as we continue our way through the gospel together. Last week we were looking at the betrayal of the Lord Jesus by Judas. And in this passage this week, we come to the denial of Jesus by Peter. It is a solemn passage. Jesus had only a few hours before told Peter that he was going to deny Him. Peter protested. He protested that though everyone else deserted Jesus, he would never desert Jesus. Jesus explained to him that before the sun rose, he was not only going to deny Him once, but he was going to do it three times. And this is…

Don’t Fake Religion

The Lord's Day Morning July 10, 2011 “Don't Fake Religion” Luke 20:45 – Luke 21:4 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 20 as we continue our way together through the gospel of Luke. Today, we come to the end of Luke 20 and verse 45 and we’ll read through to Luke 21 verse 4. You’ll see why in a moment. The last time we were together in Luke we saw Jesus indicting the theology of the scribes and the…

Rejection

The Lord's Day Morning June 19, 2011 “Rejection” Luke 20:9-18 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 20 as we continue our way through the gospel of Luke together. Now let's look at Luke 20, verses 9 to 18. And remember, we're in the final week of Jesus’ life. This parable is told in each of the three synoptic gospels — Matthew, Mark, and Luke all record this parable. Not all of the parables that occur…

The Poor Man (Who Thought He Was Rich)

The Lord's Day Morning April 10, 2011 “The Poor Man (Who Thought He Was Rich)” Luke 18:18-30 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan 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. And as you’re turning there, I want you to see a couple of things that will help you understand the context of this passage. First, there is a question that is asked at the outset of this passage by a man who is…

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…

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…

The Man Jesus Renamed

The Lord's Day Morning December 13, 2009 Luke 8:26-39 “The Man Jesus Renamed” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 8 and this great story of the man who was possessed by demons, liberated by the Lord Jesus Christ. Derek Thomas was reminding me this morning that Ridderbos, in his famous book, The Coming of the Kingdom, records seventeen different interpretations that he had found of this particular parable. Now I must say that…

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