Jesus has and will always cut to the inner being of the human heart. His first instructions to the newly formed discipleship group were to announce that true righteousness was not determined by an outward practice but by an inward heart transformation. To love was to love all men, even your enemies. God shows mercy
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Jesus has and will always cut to the inner being of the human heart. His first instructions to the newly formed discipleship group is to announce that true righteousness is not determined by an outward practice but by an inward heart transformation. Read Luke 6:12-19 1. What was the process Jesus went through to call
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Jesus ministry has just started, and yet opposition to his claims and to his practices abound. However, Jesus continues to call sinners to repentance. Read Luke 5:27-39 1. What do you notice about the calling of Levi? What was Levi’s response? How is Levi’s calling similar to Simon, James and John? (start of chapter 5)
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Share with other people in the group God’s calling of you to faith in Jesus. What led up to it? Who was involved? What happened? What impact did it have on your life? Talk about your confrontation with the person and claims of Jesus, the acknowledgement of your sin and unworthiness, and the areas
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Luke 4:17-21 has often been described as Jesus’ manifesto or purpose: what he came to do and who he came to address. Below is a more literal translation of verses 18 and 19 from the original Greek which shows the emphatic positioning of the terms ‘me’ and ‘release’. Note also how the primary function of
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Luke starts his gospel with these wonderful words, “that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught”. (Luke 1:4 ESV). Certainty is a funny thing, if we are certain about something, we tend to be more confident in its value and in its surety. Yet there is a reality when we talk
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