Probing the Deeper Questions
Luke 18:18-30 (ESV) The Rich Ruler 18 And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 19 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God...
The Urgent Priority of Following Jesus
Luke 9:57-62 (ESV) The Cost of Following Jesus 57 As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air...
Losing Your Life for Jesus
Luke 9:18-27 (ESV) Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ 18 Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” 19 And they answered, “John...
Following Jesus
Luke 5:27-39 (ESV) Jesus Calls Levi 27 After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” 28 And leaving everything, he rose and followed him. 29 And Levi made...
The Triumphal Servant
Isaiah 53:9-12 (ESV) 9 And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it was the...
The Suffering Servant
Isaiah 53:1-9 (ESV) 53 Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out...
World Events and the Gospel
Isaiah 45 (ESV) Cyrus, God’s Instrument 45 Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that...
Who is Like Me?
Isaiah 44:6-28 (ESV) Besides Me There Is No God 6 Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god....
Discipline and Restoration
Isaiah 42:18-43:13 (ESV) Israel’s Failure to Hear and See 18 Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see! 19 Who is blind but my servant, or deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who...
Jesus: Our Gentle King
Isaiah 42 (ESV) The Lord‘s Chosen Servant 42 Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. 2 He will not...
