Enduring Trials in Light of Jesus’ Return: The Man of Lawlessness

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Enduring Trials in Light of Jesus’ Return: The…

The Lord's Day Morning September 30, 2012 “Enduring Trials in Light of Jesus’ Return: The Man of Lawlessness” 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to 2 Thessalonians chapter 2. We’re going to be looking at verses 1 to 12. And as we said before the service, this is one of those passages that commentators on the apostle Paul mark as one of the most difficult, if not the most difficult, in all of the apostles to interpret. This is especially because of what Paul says in verse 3. He speaks of a “man of lawlessness” or a “man of sin,” and no small amount of ink has been spilt over the last two thousand years by commentators attempting to explain and identify who Paul is speaking of. And then…

How Jesus Makes Disciples

The Lord's Day Morning May 10, 2009 Luke 5:1-11 “How Jesus Makes Disciples” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 5. As we continue to work our way through this Gospel, let me remind you that the last time we were with the Lord Jesus in this Gospel, at the end of Luke 4, Jesus was preaching in Galilee and in Judea and was proclaiming the kingdom of God. We talked about what that meant for His proclamation to be about the kingdom of God, and we talked about how that was a theme in the Gospel of Luke. Today, we encounter Jesus in a great miracle. He is teaching the multitudes on the shore of what the other Gospels call most frequently the Sea of Galilee (which John sometimes will refer to as Tiberias, which Luke…

A Preacher with Power

The Lord's Day Evening May 3, 2009 Luke 4:31-44 “A Preacher with Power” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III I'd like to invite you to turn with me to Luke 4 as we continue our study of the Gospel of Luke. The whole service conspires together to help us understand the passage. We always try and take care to relate some of what we sing to the substance of what we're reading and preaching, but tonight the C125atechism question that you've already heard asked and answered and meditated upon actually goes right along with the main theme of this passage. Remember, the last time we were together in the Gospel of Luke, we saw Jesus having come out of the wilderness and the temptation by Satan and into Galilee preaching. And we saw an example of His preaching in His home synagogue. He was…

Continuing in the Truth of the Word

The Lord's Day Morning May 15, 2005 II Timothy 3:10-17 “Continuing in the Truth of the Word” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to II Timothy, chapter three, verse ten. Have you ever composed in your mind the last words that you were going to say to someone? Really–the last words. They were getting ready to depart this life; may have been a friend you’re going to see in the hospital, and you knew that this might be the last time…

Flee and Pursue

The Lord's Day Morning April 17, 2005 II Timothy 2:22-26 “Flee and Pursue” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to II Timothy, chapter two. As we've been working through this great book together, we've seen Paul in this chapter over and over give glorious directions, imperatives, to this young minister, Timothy. And we've seen that those directions are relevant to any age, any era of ministry. But we've also seen that…

Not Ashamed and Holding Fast

The Lord's Day Morning March 13, 2005 II Timothy 1:12-18 “Not Ashamed and Holding Fast” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. It's inspiring to think that Christians have been using those words for 900 years to express their praise to the Lord Jesus Christ, and that the words that we had the privilege to hear read and which we sung back to God have been used by believers for 3,000 years to express their praise to God. If you have your Bibles, I invite you to turn with me to II Timothy,…

What Elders Are For

The Lord's Day Morning November 28, 2004 Titus 1:5-9 “What Elders Are For” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Titus, chapter one. We’re continuing to work through these three small letters called the Pastoral Epistles, First and Second Timothy and Titus; letters written from an apostle, evangelist, pastor and theologian–Paul–to two young men who were church planters and local church pastors. We’re working through these…

Guard What God Has Given You

The Lord's Day Morning November 14, 2004 I Timothy 6:20-21 “Guard What God Has Given You” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to First Timothy, chapter six, and the twentieth verse. We have been working our way through First Timothy. It's the first of the Pastoral Epistles: I Timothy, II Timothy, and Titus are those pastoral letters written by Paul to early churches in Asia Minor to two young ministers, those who were faithful in…

The Love of Money

The Lord's Day Morning October 17, 2004 I Timothy 6:3-10 “The Love of Money” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III I invite you to turn with me to I Timothy, chapter six. As you do so, I'd just draw your attention to how the wonderful text from the Psalms that we've just heard the choir sing ties in with not only our Call to Worship and our opening song of praise to God, but how it ties into the passage we're going to read now in terms of trusting in God's providence for His provision,…

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