West Laurel Baptist Church

Introduction Last week we saw the temptation of Jesus by Satan in the wilderness. We saw that while Jesus was hungry, isolated, and weak in the flesh he still overcame Satan. He knew what the Word of God said, and how to apply it. We too can have victory over temptation by knowing and correctly applying…

Today we are going to look at the temptation of Jesus. It is more accurate to say one of the temptations of Jesus, because we will read that after Jesus successfully rebuffed Satan’s attempts, Satan departed until an opportune time. == You will sometimes hear Jesus referred to as the second Adam. The…

Introduction Good Morning! Last week we saw the authority of Jesus... in His teaching over demons and over sickness Ultimately, right before His time on earth was done, he told his disciples that ALL authority had been given to him. == Chapter 5 shows us the holiness of Jesus. I want to give you our…

Introduction Last week we saw John the Baptist proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. We talked about what repentance is and what it produces in the life of a believer. We saw that repentance means unconditional surrender to God. For those of us who have repented, He is the…

Introduction Good morning! (missed you - vacation - hope you missed me) When you think of the preaching of John the Baptist, what comes to mind?... What was his central message? (Repentance) Why do you suppose that message is largely absent today? People will not often tolerate being told what to do…

Introduction Luke tells us basically everything that we know about the early life of Jesus. There is a whole lot that we do not know. Having three kids, I cannot imagine what a sinless 2 year old would look like... Can you? Lots of parents who don’t believe in the doctrine of man’s depravity and original…

Introduction wk 1 we saw 2 different responses to the Word of God Zechariah - doubted and wanted a sign got a sign - he was struck dumb Mary - accepted with humility and submission (even though didn’t understand) Hopefully we learned to respond like Mary when we encounter the Word of God - lk 1.38 38…

Introduction Good morning! We are going to do something a little different today. In my humble but correct opinion, preachers should normally take a passage, find the main point of the passage, and make that the main point of their sermons. Then the preacher should explain and illustrate things that…

Introduction Luke is one of the three synoptic Gospels along with Matthew and Mark. syn - together optic - see so, the synoptic gospels tell the same basic story about the Lord Jesus. John wrote his Gospel later and was thoroughly familiar with the other gospels. Of course John did not write to correct…

Introduction Last week we looked at the Rise of Greece The division of Alexander the Great’s empire into four parts. The Rise of the Seleucid king, Antiochus IV His persecution of the Jews. =============== Then we transitioned to his greater and later counterpart, the end times antichrist. He will win…