Title: Winning in the Wilderness (4 of 24)
Series: The Gospel of Luke
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Luke 4:1-44
I - The Harsh Tempting of Jesus (1 - 13)
II - The Helpful Teachings of Jesus (14 - 15)
III - The Home Town of Jesus (16 - 27)
IV - The Heated Thrusting of Jesus (28 - 30)
V - The Honorable Testimony of Jesus (31 - 37)
VI - The Healing Touch of Jesus (38 - 41)
VII - The Heavy Toils of Jesus (42 - 44)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
Context Matters!!!
Context is very important, even in the little things. For example, people have done a lot of damage to Bible verses, stories, doctrines, etc., because they did not or do not consider the context. Someone once remarked that a Bible verse out of its context is like a diamond away from a necklace: pretty, but better when it's where it belongs!
This is also true with little things, like food, for example. My wife and I were discussing what to have for supper, not long ago, and she mentioned she'd like to have tacos. So did I except that we'd need some ground beef and maybe some other things to make it a real meal. Somehow, we got disconnected and I don't know how it happened, but she asked how many shells we had.
Being a good husband, I immediately said, "Well, let me take a look" and promptly returned with a container of shells. Macaroni shells, that is. I brought the container-and the shells contained therein-to her, and said, "We have a lot of these, but another type, we're running low on them." My voice tapered off as I saw that she was not impressed with my findings!
She then gave me a half-smile and replied, "How many _taco_ shells do we have, honey?"
Oops.
I blathered a little about how I thought she meant how many pasta shells but her look told me she wasn't buying it. Man, do I have to work on my salesmanship or charm or something, nah, even that wouldn't work. She knows me too well! Again, being a good hubb ...
Series: The Gospel of Luke
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Luke 4:1-44
I - The Harsh Tempting of Jesus (1 - 13)
II - The Helpful Teachings of Jesus (14 - 15)
III - The Home Town of Jesus (16 - 27)
IV - The Heated Thrusting of Jesus (28 - 30)
V - The Honorable Testimony of Jesus (31 - 37)
VI - The Healing Touch of Jesus (38 - 41)
VII - The Heavy Toils of Jesus (42 - 44)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
Context Matters!!!
Context is very important, even in the little things. For example, people have done a lot of damage to Bible verses, stories, doctrines, etc., because they did not or do not consider the context. Someone once remarked that a Bible verse out of its context is like a diamond away from a necklace: pretty, but better when it's where it belongs!
This is also true with little things, like food, for example. My wife and I were discussing what to have for supper, not long ago, and she mentioned she'd like to have tacos. So did I except that we'd need some ground beef and maybe some other things to make it a real meal. Somehow, we got disconnected and I don't know how it happened, but she asked how many shells we had.
Being a good husband, I immediately said, "Well, let me take a look" and promptly returned with a container of shells. Macaroni shells, that is. I brought the container-and the shells contained therein-to her, and said, "We have a lot of these, but another type, we're running low on them." My voice tapered off as I saw that she was not impressed with my findings!
She then gave me a half-smile and replied, "How many _taco_ shells do we have, honey?"
Oops.
I blathered a little about how I thought she meant how many pasta shells but her look told me she wasn't buying it. Man, do I have to work on my salesmanship or charm or something, nah, even that wouldn't work. She knows me too well! Again, being a good hubb ...
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