Outline of Luke
1. Luke introduces Jesus (1:1-2:52)
2. Preparation for Ministry (3:1-4:13)
3. The Galilean Ministry (4:14-9:50)
4. The Journey to Jerusalem (9:51-19:44)
5. Jerusalem: Death and Resurrection (19:45-24:53)
The Message of Jesus is
Clear and Compassionate,
4:14-21
Acts 10:34-38
Then Peter began to speak: "…You know
what has happened throughout Judea,
beginning in Galilee after the baptism that
John preached-- 38 how God anointed Jesus
of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power,
and how he went around doing good and
healing all who were under the power of the
devil, because God was with him.
1st Century Synagogue Worship
• Recitation of the Shema (Deut 6:4-9)
• Prayers and Blessings offered
• Reading of the Torah
• Reading of the Prophets
• Exposition (with translation from the
Hebrew to Aramaic)
• Benediction
Isaiah 61:1-2
An Empowering: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me
The Purpose: To preach good news to the poor
Matthew 4:23-5:3
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,
preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every
disease and sickness among the people. 24 News about him
spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were
ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the
demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the
paralyzed, and he healed them. 25 Large crowds from
Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region
across the Jordan followed him. 5:1 Now when he saw the
crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His
disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them, saying:
3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven
Isaiah 61:1-2
An Empowering: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me
The Purpose: To preach good news to the poor
Three Implications:
1. Freedom for the prisoners
John 8:34-38
Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who
sins is a slave (prisoner) to sin. 35 Now a slave
has no permanent place in the family, but a son
belongs to it forever. 36 So if the Son sets you
free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know you are
Abraham's descendants. Yet you are ready to
kill me, because you have no room for my word.
38 I am telling you what I have seen in the
Father's presence…”
Isaiah 61:1-2
An Empowering: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me
The Purpose: To preach good news to the poor
Three Implications:
1. Freedom for the prisoners
2. Recovery of sight to the blind and release of
the oppressed
Isaiah 61:1-2
An Empowering: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me
A Purpose: To preach good news to the poor
Three Implications:
1. Freedom for the prisoners
2. Recovery of sight to the blind and release of
the oppressed
3. The proclamation of the year of the Lord’s favor
Leviticus 25:8-10
"'Count off seven sabbaths of years--seven
times seven years--so that the seven sabbaths
of years amount to a period of forty-nine years.
9 Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere
on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the
Day of Atonement sound the trumpet
throughout your land. 10 Consecrate the fiftieth
year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to
all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you;
each one of you is to return to his family
property and each to his own clan.
2 Corinthians 5:16-19
So from now on we regard no one from a worldly
point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in
this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if
anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old
has gone, the new has come! 18 All this is from
God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ
and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that
God was reconciling the world to himself in
Christ, not counting men's sins against them.
And he has committed to us the message of
reconciliation
The Message of Jesus is
unwelcome when his true
identity is unknown
4:22-30
Three Point Response to
Hesitancy to believe
With a proverb- “Physician heal thyself”
With a Principle- “Prophets are without honor in
their own land”
1 Corinthians 1:26-29
Brothers, think of what you were when you were
called. Not many of you were wise by human
standards; not many were influential; not many
were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish
things of the world to shame the wise; God
chose the weak things of the world to shame
the strong. 28 He chose the lowly things of this
world and the despised things--and the things
that are not--to nullify the things that are, 29 so
that no one may boast before him.
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to their
authority. They keep watch over you as
men who must give an account. Obey
them so that their work will be a joy, not a
burden, for that would be of no advantage
to you.
Three Point Response to
Hesitancy to believe
With a proverb- “Physician heal thyself”
With a Principle- “Prophets are without honor in
their own land”
With a Past Practice- “Israel has historically
resisted God’s representatives”
The Message of Jesus
comes with Power and
Change,
4:31-40
MIRACLE #1: A DEMON IS DISMISSED!
MIRACLE #1: A DEMON IS DISMISSED!
MIRACLE #2: A DISEASE IS DEALT WITH!
MIRACLE #1: A DEMON IS DISMISSED!
MIRACLE #2: A DISEASE IS DEALT WITH!
MIRACLE #3: ALL DISEASES AND DEMONS ARE DEFEATED
The Holy Spirit is the Source
of all New Life!
Acts 1:8 (NIV)
But you will receive power when the Holy
Spirit comes on you; and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
The Holy Spirit is the Source
of all New Life!
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 (NIV)
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit
of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we, who
with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory,
are being transformed into his likeness with
ever-increasing glory, which comes from the
Lord, who is the Spirit.
The Message of Jesus is for
Everyone, not just a Few,
4:41-42