Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Luke J.C. Ryle Luke 7: 24-30 “The first point that demands our notice in this passage, is the tender care which Jesus takes of the characters of His faithful servants. He defends the reputation of John the Baptist, as soon as his messengers were departed. He saw that the people around him were apt to think lightly of John, partly because…
Call To Worship November 19 2017
Luke 7:1-10 “We should notice, secondly, in this passage, the HUMILITY of the centurion. It appears in his remarkable message to our Lord when He was not far from his house — ‘I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof — neither thought I myself worthy to come unto you.’ Such expressions are a striking contrast to the language used by the elders of…
Call To Worship November 12 2017
Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Luke J.C. Ryle Luke 6:46-49 “Let us mark, in these verses, what an old and common sin is profession without practice. It is written that our Lord said, “Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” The Son of God Himself had many followers, who pretended to honor Him by calling Him Lord, but…
Call to Worship November 5, 2017
Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Luke J.C. Ryle Luke 6:20-26 “Who then, are the people to whom our Lord says, ‘Woe unto you?’ They are the men who refuse to seek treasure in heaven, because they love the good things of this world better, and will not give up their money, if need requires, for Christ’s sake. They are the men who prefer the joys and…
Call to Worship October 29, 2017
“At first I clearly saw that the free grace of God is absolutely necessary to attain to light and eternal life; and I anxiously and busily worked to understand the word of Paul in Rom. 1:17: The righteousness of God is revealed in the Gospel. I questioned this passage for a long time and labored over it, for the expression ‘righteousness of God’ barred my way. This…
Call To Worship October 22 2017
Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Luke J.C. Ryle Luke 6:12-19 “Let us observe, firstly, in these verses, that when our Lord ordained His first ministers, He did it after much prayer. We read that He ‘went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. And when it was day, He called unto Him His disciples, and of them He chose…
Call To Worship October 15 2017
Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Luke J.C. Ryle Luke 6:1-11 “We should weigh carefully the nature of our Lord Jesus Christ’s teaching about the observance of the Sabbath, both here and in other places. We must not allow ourselves to be carried away by the common notion that the Sabbath is a mere Jewish ordinance, and that it was abolished and done away by Christ. There…
Call To Worship, October 8, 2017
Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Luke J.C. Ryle Luke 5:27-32 “This is that great lesson of the Gospel which, in one form or another, we find continually taught in the New Testament. It is one which we can never have too strongly impressed upon our minds. Such is our natural ignorance and self-righteousness in religion, that we are constantly losing sight of it. We need to…
Call to Worship October 1 2017
Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Luke J.C. Ryle Luke 5:1-26 “In measuring these words of Peter, we must of course remember the time at which they were spoken. He was, at best, but a babe in grace, weak in faith, weak in experience, and weak in knowledge. At a later period in his life he would, doubtless, have said, ‘Abide with me,’ and not, ‘depart.’ But…
Call To Worship September 17 2017
Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Luke J.C. Ryle Luke 3:1-6 We must carefully bear in mind that no repentance can make atonement for sin. The blood of Christ, and nothing else, can wash away sin from man’s soul. No quantity of repentance can ever justify us in the sight of God. “We are accounted righteous before God, only for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ,…