Cornerstone Church of Parker Pastor Mike Jones

In Luke’s gospel account, he especially emphasizes this aspect of Jesus’ ministry because he wanted the Greeks to know that Jesus was moved by their suffering, unlike the indifference of the gods that Greeks normally worshipped. Jesus’ compassion challenges us to move beyond pity and take action to help those who are suffering, especially those we encounter everyday.

Luke’s primary purpose in his writing his gospel account was to prove to the Greeks that Jesus was a real man who had a real birth, lived a real life, died a real death, and experienced a real resurrection. To do this Luke used scientific and historical evidence that could’ve been easily corroborated at the time. Even today there are people who must see historical and scientific evidence before they will believe that Jesus was a real man and humanity’s only Savior. Even those who feel their faith have moments when they need more than feelings to believe in Jesus. It is at those times that Christians need to fall back on the facts concerning Jesus to stabilize their faith.

We are all children of earthly parents. We resemble them in many ways, both physically and temperamentally. People can look at us and see that we are our parents' child because we share similar features and modes of living. This was true of Jesus and His relationship with God the Father. When we believe this is true, we become children of God too. As children of God we are called to resemble Him in our mode of living, so much so that people can look at us and see that we are, in fact, children of God.

Psalm 117
Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. For great is His love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.

In this sermon, we consider the resurrection of Jesus. While two gospel writers address Jesus' birth, all four writers mention Jesus' death and resurrection. Why? Because our faith hinges on the historical fact that Jesus died a real death and experienced a real resurrection.

Jesus is more than a man. He is the sender of the Holy Spirit. In this verse we read that Jesus would send the Holy Spirit to believers. This was fulfilled in Acts 2. However, Genisis 1:2 shows us the Holy Spirit has been active in creation from the beginning.