531. Luke's Gospel - Chapter 3 (#2) - God Announces that Jesus is His Son - April 15, 2024

[00:00:00] Welcome to Wisdom Today. My name is Bill Kelley and I'll be your host. In this podcast

[00:00:12] we will be exploring the book of Proverbs. Let's open in prayer. Father God, I thank

[00:00:24] you for anyone listening to this podcast today. I pray that you would reveal to everyone

[00:00:29] listening how much you truly love each and every one of them. In addition, I pray

[00:00:35] that everyone listening would have favor with both God and man. I ask this in Jesus name,

[00:00:42] Amen. This is Proverbs 15 beginning in verse 1. A soft answer turns away wrath but a harsh

[00:00:52] word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly but the mouth of

[00:00:59] fools pours forth foolishness. The eyes of the Lord are in every place keeping watch on

[00:01:07] the evil and the good. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life but perverseness in it breaks

[00:01:16] the spirit. A fool despises his father's instruction but he who receives correction is prudent.

[00:01:25] In the house of the righteous there is much treasure but in the revenue of the wicked

[00:01:31] is trouble. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge but the heart of the fool does not do so.

[00:01:41] The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord but the prayer of the upright is his

[00:01:48] delight. The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord but he loves him who follows righteousness.

[00:01:58] Harsh discipline is for him who forsakes the way and he who hates correction will die.

[00:02:06] Real and destruction are before the Lord so how much more the hearts of the sons of men.

[00:02:14] A scoffer does not love one who corrects him nor does he go to the wise. A merry heart makes a

[00:02:24] cheerful countenance but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. The heart of him who has

[00:02:33] understanding seeks knowledge but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness. All the days of the

[00:02:41] afflicted are evil but he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast. Better is a little

[00:02:50] with the fear of the Lord than great treasure with trouble. Better is a dinner of herbs where love

[00:02:58] than a fatted calf with hatred. A raffle man stirs up strife but he who is slow to anger

[00:03:08] a laze contention. The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns but the way of the upright

[00:03:17] is a highway. A wise son makes a father glad but a foolish man despises his mother.

[00:03:27] Folly is joy to him who is destitute of discernment but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

[00:03:37] Without counsel plans go awry but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

[00:03:45] A man has joy by the answer of his mouth and a word spoken in due season how good it is.

[00:03:56] The way of life winds upward for the wise that he may turn away from hell below.

[00:04:04] The Lord will destroy the house of the proud but he will establish the boundary of the widow.

[00:04:12] The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord but the words of the pure are pleasant.

[00:04:20] He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house but he who hates bribes will live.

[00:04:29] The heart of the righteous studies how to answer but the mouth of the wicked pours forth evil.

[00:04:37] The Lord is far from the wicked but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

[00:04:44] The light of the eyes rejoices the heart and a good report makes the bones healthy.

[00:04:52] The ear that hears the rebukes of life will abide among the wise.

[00:04:58] He who distains instruction despises his own soul but he who heads rebuk gets understanding.

[00:05:08] The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom and before honor is humility.

[00:05:17] Prince today I'd like to take a closer look at verse 9 and probably 15 verse 9 tells us this.

[00:05:26] The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord but he loves him who follows righteousness.

[00:05:36] Friends we will take a closer look at that verse prior to closing today but what I'd like to do

[00:05:43] is to continue our study in the gospel according to Luke and we began chapter 3 on Thursday's podcast

[00:05:54] so let's pick up in chapter 3 verse 18 and with many other exhortations he preached to the people

[00:06:04] but herod the tetrarke being rebuked by him concerning Herodius his brother Philip's wife

[00:06:13] and for all the evils which herod had done also added this above all that he shut John up in prison.

[00:06:24] So friends the first point I'd like to bring up in today's lesson is that Herod puts John in prison.

[00:06:32] Now friends I am reading out of the Nelson study Bible and what I'd like to do is read the

[00:06:38] commentary for verses 19 and 20 in my Bible when it says he shut John up in prison.

[00:06:48] This event is clearly not in chronological order since John could not have baptized Jesus

[00:06:58] if he was in jail. John had rebuked Herod for divorcing his wife to marry his own niece Herodius

[00:07:08] who already had been the wife of his brother Philip not only was the divorce a problem so was

[00:07:16] marrying such a close relative. So let's go on to verse 21 and this is entitled John baptizes Jesus

[00:07:29] when all the people were baptized it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized and while he prayed

[00:07:39] the heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon him

[00:07:49] and a voice came from heaven which said you are my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.

[00:08:00] So friends the second point I'd like to bring up today is that God announces that Jesus is his son.

[00:08:09] Now I would like to have been there when I sit there and think a voice came from heaven.

[00:08:18] I'd like for all of you just to close your eyes for just a moment and think about what that must

[00:08:26] have actually been like. At this point Jesus had not yet been introduced his ministry was not yet begun

[00:08:38] and here he's announcing that this is my son in whom I am well pleased. Let's go on to this next

[00:08:51] section was his entitled the Genealogy of Jesus Christ beginning in verse 23.

[00:08:59] Now Jesus himself began his ministry at about 30 years of age being as was supposed the son of Joseph,

[00:09:11] the son of Hely, the son of Mayfat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchee, the son of Janna,

[00:09:19] the son of Joseph, the son of Matafaya, the son of Amos, the son of Nehum, the son of Esley,

[00:09:28] the son of Nagai, the son of Mayath, the son of Matafaya, the son of Senai, the son of Joseph,

[00:09:36] the son of Judah, the son of Johannes, the son of Risa, the son of Zarubabel, the son of Shil Teal,

[00:09:44] the son of Meyrai, the son of Melchee, the son of Adai, the son of Cosum, the son of Elmodum,

[00:09:52] the son of Err, the son of Hosei, the son of Eriezer, the son ofjorim,

[00:09:58] the son of Mayfat, the son of Levi, the son of Simion, the son of Judah,

[00:10:04] the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Al навlichem, the son of Malia,

[00:10:11] the son of Mminin, the son of Matathah, the son of Nathan,

[00:10:16] The son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salman,

[00:10:23] the son of Naishan, the son of Minadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezran, the son

[00:10:30] of Perez, the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham,

[00:10:38] the son of Tyrah, the son of Nehore, the son of Sarrug, the son of Reh you, the son

[00:10:44] of Pellegr, the son of Iber, the son of Sheila, the son of Canaan,

[00:10:50] the son of Ahxhad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah,

[00:10:55] the son of Lemek, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enek,

[00:10:59] The son of Jerusalem,

[00:11:01] of Mahalalel, the Son of Canaan, the Son of Enoch, the Son of Seth, the Son of Adam,

[00:11:09] the Son of God.

[00:11:11] Now friends I would like to read the commentary for verses 23 through 38 as was supposed.

[00:11:21] People naturally assumed that Jesus was the physical son of both Joseph and Mary.

[00:11:29] Luke corrected this misunderstanding by emphasizing that Jesus was only apparently Joseph's

[00:11:37] physical son.

[00:11:39] Luke's genealogy is unlike Matthews, although both go back to David and Abraham.

[00:11:48] Luke traces Jesus's line all the way back to Adam, showing Jesus's significance for

[00:11:57] all people.

[00:11:59] Matthew provides the legal lineage from David through Joseph to Jesus, while Luke provides

[00:12:09] the physical lineage from David through Mary to Jesus.

[00:12:18] And friends one thing I'd like to point out here is that Luke obviously is more concerned

[00:12:25] with accuracy and giving factual truth than a chronological order.

[00:12:34] That's the only reason that might explain why he goes into verses 18 through 20 and

[00:12:42] talking about John the Baptist being put into prison prior to John baptizing Jesus.

[00:12:53] Now friends Luke is meticulous in his data.

[00:12:58] One thing I tried to make perfectly clear when I began this study is that Luke is so interested

[00:13:08] in the details.

[00:13:09] I talked about the fact that he is a physician and he doesn't want to make any mistakes

[00:13:15] at all.

[00:13:17] He clarified things, he made things clear.

[00:13:22] And so it's not really important the order of his writing but the accuracy and where

[00:13:29] he was.

[00:13:31] And I like the fact that he goes into such detail with this genealogy.

[00:13:37] I think that is vitally important because we know that he took the time and detailed

[00:13:46] and looked at everything prior to writing it.

[00:13:50] I just think that is awesome.

[00:13:53] Friends before we close today I'd like to go back to our proverb of the day.

[00:13:58] Today is the 15th so we read Proverbs 15 and I'd like to spend just a moment on verse

[00:14:05] 9.

[00:14:06] The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord.

[00:14:12] Now friends I want to go back to a time when I was not saved.

[00:14:18] And at that time I basically lived my life for myself.

[00:14:22] I really only thought about myself and rarely thought about other people and their well-being

[00:14:30] but since I become a Christian slowly but surely I have learned it's very important what

[00:14:38] other people are thinking.

[00:14:40] It's very important what other people are feeling.

[00:14:44] You want people to be satisfied, to be happy, to be content.

[00:14:50] And I think one of the ways we do that is to go along with some of the things that they

[00:14:55] propose even if it's not something that you would like.

[00:15:00] But he loves him who follows righteousness.

[00:15:05] So here this verse is one of the clearest portrayals of the fact that if you are righteous

[00:15:16] and if you do the right things over and over and over again, that God is going to be pleased

[00:15:23] with you.

[00:15:24] Here it says he loves you if you do righteous things but the way of the wicked is an abomination

[00:15:35] to the Lord.

[00:15:36] And abomination means that this is something that God hates.

[00:15:41] He hates people to do evil.

[00:15:45] He absolutely hates it and over and over again in Proverbs it talks about the bad that doing

[00:15:55] evil causes.

[00:15:57] We do not want to do evil or associate with people who live that kind of lifestyle.

[00:16:06] Friends my call to action today is quite simple what I'd like for you to do is think about

[00:16:13] Jesus being baptized in the River Jordan.

[00:16:19] He is there.

[00:16:20] John has just baptized him.

[00:16:23] He's dunked him in water and as soon as he comes up a holy spirit in the form of a dove

[00:16:33] comes down.

[00:16:35] And God majestically speaks in an audible voice so anyone there can hear this.

[00:16:44] This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.

[00:16:52] Friends think of the ramifications of that comment and this is the beginning of Jesus'

[00:17:02] ministry.

[00:17:03] From this point on he will get to work and begin to look for disciples or people that

[00:17:11] will be followers of him and what he was brought on earth to do.

[00:17:19] Friends I will never end a podcast without giving anyone an opportunity to receive Jesus

[00:17:25] as their Lord and Savior.

[00:17:27] If there is anyone listening today and you've never taken that step, I ask you to repeat

[00:17:33] a simple prayer after me today.

[00:17:35] Jesus I believe that you are the Son of God.

[00:17:39] I believe that you came to earth and died on a cross and were buried on the third day

[00:17:47] you rose from the dead and now sit at the right hand of God the Father.

[00:17:55] Jesus I confess that I am a sinner, but I believe that by what you did on that cross

[00:18:03] I have now been put in right standing with God.

[00:18:08] Thank you for forgiving me of all of my sins and yet Jesus I still need your help.

[00:18:15] I ask that you come into my heart, I ask that you lead me and guide me from this point

[00:18:21] forward in my life.

[00:18:23] I make you my Lord and Savior.

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