2019-06-16
Jesus in the real world
29: The Kingdom Road, part 3
Luke 10:13-24

13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more bearable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. 15 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades. 16 “The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
A. There will be no mercy for those that reject Jesus or those He sends (13-16)
• The reason for the Woes
• The result of the woes
• The rejection causing the woes
17 The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” 18 And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
B. No room for personal or ministry pride (17-20)
• We don’t limit our joy to the results of our own efforts
• We don’t limit our joy to the victories
• We rejoice in the gift of eternal life!
21 In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. 22 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” 23 Then turning to the disciples he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”
C. “It’s who you know!” (21- 24)
• Life of the Trinity
• Relationship with the Trinity
• Revelation from the Trinity
D. What do we learn about following Jesus from this passage?
• Relationship is everything
• Rejoice with humility
• Run from the “woes.”