Opposition – Part 4

Opposition – Part 4

Luke 12 verses 11 & 12. “ When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”   Many people are troubled...
Opposition – Part 3

Opposition – Part 3

Luke 12 v 8. “I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God. “   We would not be human if we did not feel the hurt of rejection. But if we are to be true to Christ, then such rejection will at...
Opposition – Part 2

Opposition – Part 2

Luke 12 v 7. “Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”   There is another element that helps us in the matter of fear and timidity in standing up for the Gospel – and that is the way God values...
Spiritual Blindness – Part 7

Spiritual Blindness – Part 7

Luke 11 v 52. “Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”   It was the task of the teachers of the law to expound the law so that ordinary...
Spiritual Blindness – Part 6

Spiritual Blindness – Part 6

Luke 11 v 48. “So you testify that you approve of what your forefathers did; they killed the prophets and you build their tombs.   This is a serious charge Jesus makes against the teachers of the law. He is telling them that they were in essence no different from...