In Luke 16, Jesus tells a parable to His disciples that teaches us about what our proper priorities and mindset needs to be when it comes to pursuing and using material wealth.
In Luke 16, Jesus tells a parable to His disciples that teaches us about what our proper priorities and mindset needs to be when it comes to pursuing and using material wealth.
Special guest Tyler Vela of The Freed Thinker Podcast shares a message at Liberty Hill Baptist Church regarding how Christians should live, putting Christ first, in culture where Christianity is often unwanted and even sometimes actively opposed.
In Luke 15 Jesus teaches a series of parables displaying God’s love for both the outcast and the self-righteous.
Luke 14:25-35
As a crowd begins to follow Jesus, He let’s them know that the on road He walks there could be a personal cost and that it requires real commitment.
In Luke 14:1-25 some Pharisees set a trap for Jesus at a dinner party, and end up falling into it themselves as Jesus exposes their hypocrisy and gives lessons on the importance of humility.
In Luke 13:22-30, Jesus responds to a disciple’s question with the chilling realization that not only is the way narrow that leads to salvation but even some of those who call themselves believers will not enter the Kingdom.
In Luke 13:18-21 Jesus gives us 2 short parables about the Kingdom of God which highlight an error common to the people of Jesus’ day, and also for us today, about what we should expect the coming of the Kingdom to look like.
As Jesus talks about the need for faithfulness to God and the judgment awaiting those who remain in their rebellion, the crowd asks Jesus a question that demonstrates their (and our) tendency to focus on the wrong things. Jesus sets them (and us) straight on what the priority needs to be.
As followers of Christ we should be a people who seek after truth and knowledge of Christ and this life that He has given us.
As followers of Christ, we are repeatedly called upon in Scripture to think of others, care for others, and put others first.
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