We have been making our way through Luke in our sermons. Pastor Ryan Lee was up today to speak on Luke 11.
The Lord’s prayer, evil spirits coming back to take over, the sign of Jonah, Beelzebub, criticism of Pharisees and scribes. All there!
Pastor Ryan did what I have never seen or heard before. He turned the chapter into one theme. I’ve read commentaries, heard numerous sermons on Luke 11. This is the first time that I heard such a powerful presentation of what I suspect was the theme Luke was after. The theme: We can all try to do things on our own. We can set up our own rules, we can hope for power that is our own, we can expect that our life is fine without adding anything else.
And Jesus wants us to see the exact opposite. We must come to depend only on Jesus. No one else – not even ourselves. You can catch the sermon at http://www.sermoncloud.com/kindersley-alliance/luke-11/
Let me just prepare you. You may come with all the other sermons you have heard. And you might miss the theme Ryan is working to elaborate. Listen carefully.