Prayer

Jesus teaches his disciples how to pray.

Luke 11:1-13

• When you pray, say…
  • Our Father, who is in heaven
  • Holy be your name.
  • Your kingdom come.
  • Your will be done.
  • Give us our daily bread.
  • Forgive us.
  • Deliver us from evil.
• Importunity (v. 5-8)
• Confidence in God (v. 9-13)

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Martha, Martha

When Jesus spoke these words, surely she listened.

Luke 10:38-42

• Jesus was invited to Martha’s house.
• While he was teaching, her sister Mary listened intently.
• Martha was busy preparing and serving food.
• At an opportune moment, she chided Jesus for not encouraging Mary to help in the kitchen.
• Jesus, however, used the opportunity to chide Martha for her over concern for food preparation, and to praise Mary for her decision to listen to the teaching about God.

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“Who is my neighbor?”

This question was asked by a man who wanted to justify himself; but it is a question that each of us should ask also.

Luke 10:25-37

• What shall I do to inherit eternal life?
• What is written in the law? How do you read it?
• Love God; and love your neighbor.
• Right.
• But who is my neighbor?
• Let me tell you a story about a man who fell among thieves, and the priest, the Levite and the Samaritan who saw him…
• Which of these three was neighbor to him that fell among thieves?
• He that showed mercy on him.
• You go, and do likewise.

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The Seventy

Jesus sends a larger group of disciples to preach in the cities where he himself would come.

Luke 10:1-24

The Seventy Sent (v. 1-16)

• The work of announcing the kingdom of God requires many, indefatigable representatives (v. 2).
• They must trust God to prepare their way and to provide for them.
• Not every city will receive their message or them.
• Inhospitable cities are to be rebuked and abandoned.
• The curse of God is upon those places which rejected Christ though he often proved himself before them.
• The servants can expect the same treatment that Jesus received in these cities.

The Seventy Returned (v. 17-24)

• Upon their return to Jesus, the seventy rejoiced in the mighty works they had done, in their power over demons.
• Jesus called it the fall of Satan (v. 18).
• But he advised them to be more joyful that they are known in the courts of heaven (v. 20).
• Jesus was thankful that God had revealed truth to his disciples. No man knows God apart from revelation (v. 22).
• The disciples have been blessed to have received divine revelation (v. 24).

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