He Set His Face to Go to Jerusalem

Luke 9:51-62

About the Sermon

Jesus appeared on the mountain, transfigured in glory. That's what the Lord Jesus looks forward to. It's what we look forward to as well. But that glory will not come without the grief of the cross. In 9:51, Luke marks a shift in his gospel and Jesus' mission. Now Jesus stares down the cross. There is no way up but through, no way to the crown but by the cross. There is no negotiating with this plan and no avoiding it—not for Jesus and not for us.

About the Series

Luke writes that we may be certain of the things that we have been taught. That is, confident in the good news about Jesus. Apparently some of the things we have been taught are so wonderful they are hard to believe. In his orderly account, Luke announces good news of great reversals in which God humbles the proud and exalts the humble. Peace with God through the forgiveness of sins really is available but on God’s terms. To show us how we must come to him, Luke introduces us to the characters Jesus lifted up and to the proud whom he brought low. In all this he compels us to humbly believe in the Son of the Most High God and to preach this good news of great joy to the end of the earth.
Luke writes that we may be certain of the things that we have been taught. That is, confident in the good news about Jesus. Apparently some of the things we have been taught are so wonderful they are hard to believe. In his orderly account, Luke announces good news of great reversals in which God humbles the proud and exalts the humble. Peace with God through the forgiveness of sins really is available but on God's terms. To show us how we must come to him, Luke introduces us to the characters Jesus lifted up and to the proud whom he brought low. In all this he compels us to humbly believe in the Son of the Most High God and to preach this good news of great joy to the end of the earth.

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