Lift Up Your Head

Luke 21:5-38

About the Sermon

The temple sure was beautiful. Nothing inspires hope for the future like the majesty of a 40-acre complex built with stones each weighing hundreds of tons. Their white marble and gold adornments shone in the sun, high on the hill, visible for miles and miles. But Jesus said it was all coming down. As you look to the future, what gives you hope? Is your heart weighed down with the anxieties of life? In the final days before the cross, Jesus knows what’s coming for his disciples. There will be trouble ahead, but there is a present reality that can make even the most fearful of disciples stand tall and endure.

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.

Sermons in the Series