Pain and Temptation
The triune God demonstrated love for us in the most costly transaction imaginable; in response we ought to eternally thank him and sacrificially obey all that he commands.
Series: No Greater Love
Exploring the Riches of God's True Love
September 16, 2018
• Luke 22:39-23:56
With all of the weak and sentimental definitions of love the world promotes, it is important for Christians to seek to comprehend the riches of the true love God demonstrated for sinners on the cross of Christ. Luke chapters 22 & 23 give us a high-definition look into what it means to say that there is “no greater love” than for Jesus to lay down his life for his friends.
The Ongoing Betrayal
Luke 22:47-53
Spiritual defection and apostasy should rightly concern and even anger us, leading us to personal vigilance and a thoughtful ministry of strong encouragement in the lives of others.
Christ’s Unfaithful Friends
Luke 22:54-62
Peter’s denials certainly remind us that our best intentions to follow Christ will be punctuated by stumbling, but they should also motivate us to quickly get up, confident that God uses imperfect servants to do great things.
The Price of Forgiveness
Luke 22:63-65
The perfect and infinitely valuable life of Son of God fully paid the just demands of the Father’s holiness by incurring all the painful punishments our sins deserve.
Stubborn Rejection
Luke 22:66-71
We must resolutely affirm that Jesus is the expected Messiah of the Old Testament and unabashedly live in light of his credentials as Deity.
Second Chances
Luke 23:1-5
We must be mindful and vigilant of the continual battle we face with sin and temptation, grateful for God’s restraining grace and his immeasurable patience.
Unmet Expectations
Luke 23:6-12
Knowing many people are interested in Christ for all the wrong reasons, we must be vigilant about maintaining a thoroughly biblical view of God and the Christian life amid all voices to the contrary.
Condemned In Our Place
Luke 23:13-25
We must learn to appreciate the great exchange of our redemption wherein Christ’s perfection is granted to sinners like us while the entire penalty for our sin was borne by him in his suffering and death.
Salvation in Perspective
Luke 23:26-31
We would do well to keep this sinful world and our eternal salvation in perspective, pitying the lost and joyfully anticipating the return of our glorified and exalted Savior.
Pardon for the Penitent
Luke 23:32-43
God is rich in mercy to all, but shows the magnificence of his grace in bestowing favor to the penitent who deserve nothing but his unmitigated justice.
The Final Payment
Luke 23:44-49
We must be careful to consider the high cost of our redemption as Jesus suffered sin’s just penalty on the cross purchasing reconciliation for those who are truly penitent.
How the Righteous Respond
Luke 23:50-56
Responding rightly to Christ’s redemptive work should result in a growing love for God that produces good works, love for people, and a desire to obey the Bible’s commands.