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Homiletics Luke 3:1-4:13


Content (not sentence, direct verbiage from Scripture, fit on one line):

3:1-2 15thyTiberias,Pilate Gov,Herod Galilee,Phil Iturea/Traconitis,Lysanias Abilene;Annas/Caia,wd2Jn

3-4 all around Jordan preachg baptism repntnce4forgvnss sins;Isaiah-voce callng wildnss prep way4L

5-8 evry valley filled,mt/hill low,rds strt;all see G’s salv;Jn2crowds:brood vipers! Prod fruit repentnc

9-14 axe@root;what we do?;2shirt-share,food;tax coll came;collect mo than req;soldat,be contnt$

15-18 ppl wonder Jn Mess;I bap h20,1>pwrfl bap HS/fire;gather wheat,burn chaff;Jn proclm gd news

19-20 Jn rebuk Herod marriage/evil;Jn prison

 

21-22 J bap,hvn open,voce frm hvn:U Son,love,pleased

23-25 J 30yo mnstry,son Jos-Heli-Matthat-Levi-Melki-Jannai-Jos-Mattathias-Amos-Nahum-Elsi-Naggai

26-28a Maath-Mattathias-Semein-Josek-Joda-Joanan-Rhesa-Zerubbabel-Shealtiel-Neri-Melki-Addi

28b-30 Cosam-Elmadam-Er-Joshua-Eliezer-Jorim-Matthat-Levi-Simeon-Judah-Joseph-Jonam-Eliakim

31-33a Melea-Menna-Mattatha-Nathan-David-Jesse-Obed-Boaz-Salmon-Nahshon-Amminadab-Ram

33b-36a Hezron-Perez-Judah-Jacob-Isaac-Abrhm-Terah-Nahor-Serug-Reu-Peleg-Eber-Shelah-Cainan

36b-38 Arphxad-Shem-Noah-Lamech-Methuselah-Enoch-Jared-Mahalalel-Kenan-Enoch-Seth-Adam-God

 

4:1-2 J full HS,left Jordan,led by HS wildrnss;40d temptd by devil,ate 0,hungry

3-4 Devil:if SoG tell stone bec bread;J: man live bread alone

5-7 Dvl led2hi plc,showd instant all kgdm wrld:I gv u all their authrty/splndr;wrshp me,it urs

8 J:it written,wrshp LG srv Him only

9-11 Dvl led2Jerus highest pt tmpl,if SoG throw self dn;it writtn He cmd angls2guard;they lift,u strk foot

12-13 J:put L2test;Dvl fin temptg,left until opportune time

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Divisions (run-on sentence OK, direct verbiage from Scripture/Principles are Aims for each Division):

1.John the Baptist prepares the way for the Lord

Principle: God prepares people to receive Himself.

2.Jesus is baptized and identified as the Son of God

Principle:  God loves and is pleased with His children.

3.Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, endures temptation

Principle:  God empowers His people to withstand temptation.

 

Subject Sentence (10-word sentence with proper structure showing exactly where you are in Scripture):

John preaches and baptizes Jesus, Who is Spirit-filled and tempted.

 

Aim (“To Cause My Audience To…” Know, See, etc.):

TCMATK the Holy Spirit empowers God’s people to carry out God’s plan

 

Application (not yes or no question.  Meant to bring about heart change):

1.What is keeping you from seizing opportunities to prepare the way for the Lord into the lives of the people around you?

2.What needs to change in your thinking for you to be a better example as a child of God?

3.How are you preparing your heart to endure temptation victoriously?

And some extra questions I'm asking myself in my summer study...


How would I describe God in this passage?  God is a detailed planner.  Under a specific Caesar, with a particular Judean Governor and certain tetrarchs and high priests in office, His Word came to John.  God is a meticulous clue-giver.  He spoke to Isaiah about John and there are Scripture verses about him in that book. God is a mighty empowerer.  He made John bold to declare his message of God’s salvation and the coming Messiah.  God is a wisdom bestower.  He filled John’s mouth with the answers to the questions of the people.  God is the One Who draws men to Himself.  He drew John’s audiences to hear the good news of God’s salvation. God is a colorful ancestry-builder.  Just look at Jesus’ genealogy.  God is Jehovah-Ezer, the Lord my Help.

 

Who are “the lost”?  Tiberias, Pilate, Herod, Philip, Lysanias, Annas, Caiaphas. The people in the country around the Jordan.  Those coming to be baptized.  The crowds.  Brood of vipers.  Tax collectors.  Soldiers.  People who wondered if John was the Messiah.  I wonder is

 

Where do I see the Holy Spirit’s power?  In Isaiah, proclaiming the coming of the voice calling in the desert: prepare the way for the Lord.  In John’s bold words to confront the people.  In John’s answers to the peoples’ questions.  In his humility to not be worthy of untying the Lord’s sandals.  Descending bodily on Jesus in the form of a dove.  Jesus was full of the Holy Spirit, Who led Him into the wilderness to be tempted.  Jesus withstood the temptation of food, of accepting authority/ambition and of proving what He meant to the Father.

 

Where do I see an emphasis on prayer?  Jesus prayed when He was baptized (Lk 3:21)

 

Where do I see joy?  God’s declaration that Jesus is His Son, Whom He loves and with Whom He is well pleased.

 

How could this joy be my strength today?  God rejoices over me with singing (Zeph 3:17) like a parent sings over their child. “You are my sunshine.  My only sunshine.  You make me happy…”  He loves me and is pleased with me because He sees Jesus when He looks at me.

 

What do I love about Jesus?  I love His humility.  He was baptized by John.  I love His obedience and submission to the Holy Spirit.  He followed the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.  I love that He didn’t succumb to temptation, but leaned on Scripture.  And I love the fact that He knows the Scriptures and just the right Scripture verse to quote.

 

What references to food do I see in this passage?  Jesus being hungry during the time of His temptation.  He resisted feeding His body and giving in to the devil.

 

If this were the only page torn out of a Bible I possessed, what would I treasure about it?  I love the details presented about the historical timeline of when John received his word from God.  God used John the Baptist.  John was a powerful witness, full of the Spirit, yet he went to prison.  Jesus endured temptation.  And the devil tempted Jesus with food.  I’m not the only one who is tempted by food.  Jesus overcame.  Jesus lives in me.  I can overcome through Him.  I can do all things through Christ Who gives me strength.

 

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