The Gospel of Luke 11:27-28

The #Blessed

Life

God Gives Us His Words of Eternal LifeLuke 11:27-28

Found on page 870 in our guest Bibles.

Today’s Scripture:

What is the

good life ?

“The unexamined life is not

worth living.”~ Socrates

“I went to the woods because I wished to live

deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

~ Henry David Thoreau

“To live is the rarest thing in

the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

~ Oscar Wilde

# Blessed

The Gospel of Luke 11:27-28

The #Blessed

Life

As he said these things, a woman

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in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the wombthat bore you, and the breasts atwhich you nursed.”

But he said, “Blessed rather _____.”

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But he said, “Blessed rather are

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those who hear the word of Godand keep it.”

Old Testament Scriptures?#1

“All Scripture is breathed out by God

and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteous-ness, that the man of

God may be competent, equipped for every

good work.”

~ The Apostle Paul in2 Timothy 3:16

The gospel of Jesus?#2

~ The Gospel of Luke, 5:1

“…the crowd was pressing in on him to

hear the word of God.”

“…he went on through the cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God.”

~ The Gospel of Luke, 8:1

Jesus himself?#3

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… And the Word became flesh

and dwelt among us…”

~ John 1:1, 14

OT?

#3#2#1Gospel? Jesus?

So which is it?

YES!OT?

#3#2#1Gospel? Jesus?

So which is it?

“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son,

whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.”

~ Hebrews 1

What is the importance of

the Word of God to the

#blessed life?

“Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from

the mouth of God.”~ Jesus of Nazareth in the Gospel of Matthew, 4:4

“My faith has carried me a long

way. It’s Sheilaism. Just my own little

voice.”

DIY Spirituality

Where is the #blessed life

found ?

“For God so loved the world that he

gave his only Son, that whoever

believes in him should not perish

but have eternal life.

~ Jesus of Nazareth in The Gospel of John, 3:16

“…as you received Christ Jesus the

Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established

in the faith….”~ The Apostle Paul in

Colossians 2:6-7

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be

transformed by the renewal of your mind….”

~ The Apostle Paul in Romans 12:2

Why does Luke record this account in his historical

biography of Jesus?

Important Question

Jesus views the truly #blessed life as being tuned in to God’s agenda and on board with it.

Main Idea

Be Careful How You Listen

1

~ Gospel of Luke 8:18 (NIV)

“Consider carefully how you listen.”

“As for you, son of man, your people are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, ‘Come and hear the message that has come

from the Lord.’ My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your

words, but they do not put them into practice.

Ezekiel 33:30-32

“Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain. Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings

love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words

but do not put them into practice.”

Ezekiel 33:30-32

~ Gospel of Luke 8:18

“Consider carefully how you listen.

Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even

what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”

2Be Ready To Change

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.

Do what it says.”~ James 1:22

Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the word go in one ear and out the

other. Act on what you hear!“”~ Eugene Peterson

The Message

“Obedience”

“Obedience”

“Gospel Obedience”

“Obedience”

“Gospel Obedience”

# Blessed

“Christians feed on Scripture. Holy Scripture

nurtures the holy community as food

nurtures the human body. Christians don’t simply learn or study or use

Scripture; we assimilate it, take it into our lives…

“…in such a way that it gets metabolized into acts of love, cups of cold water [given in Jesus’ name],

missions into all the world, healing and evangelism and

justice in Jesus’ name, hands raised in adoration to the Father, feet washed in company with the Son.”

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