Sermons from Wayside Communities Church — Wayside

Ben Brummett

Luke 19:11-27 - "The Return of the King"

Luke 19:11-27
Ben Brummett

When we lose the hope of Jesus returning tomorrow, we tend to lose sight of His purpose for us today. But Scripture is clear that our King is coming back, and so we must remain faithful in the meantime. Today’s passage first focuses on the recognition of the returning King, and then turns to what will happen when He returns.

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Luke 18:35-43 - "Blindness Healed"

Luke 18:35-43
Ben Brummett

Christians and non-Christians alike are affected by spiritual blindness, and it keeps us from seeing God, ourselves, and others as we ought to. But if we respond to Jesus with faith, then He will heal our spiritual blindness. In our passage, we see a blind man responding with faith in vv. 35-39, and then we see the incredible results of that faith in vv. 40-43.

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Luke 17:1-10 - "Forgiveness & Discipleship"

Luke 17:1-10
Ben Brummett

When we forgive others, we are imitating God and His merciful character. But forgiveness is not something that any of us are very good at, and when we fail to forgive, we harm ourselves and others. This is the opposite of God’s will for our lives. But forgiveness accomplishes Christ’s purposes, so we must learn how to forgive.

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Luke 16:1-13 "Wealth and Worship"

Luke 16:1-13
Ben Brummett

In today’s passage, Jesus personifies wealth to show just how easy it is to worship wealth in place of God. We cannot afford to worship wealth so we must begin to see if from a different perspective. Our passage helps us to do that by presenting two fundamentally different approaches: a worldly perspective on wealth, and a worshipful perspective.

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Luke 14:25-35 - "The Cost of Discipleship"

Luke 14:25-35
Ben Brummett

Many of us make a commitment to follow Jesus without considering what it will take to follow through with it. Since a life of discipleship is costly, we must consider the cost. Today’s passage looks at the requirements and results of a life of discipleship, which is simply a lifelong commitment to learn from and live for Jesus.

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Luke 14:1-24 - "Hard Hearts and Humble Hearts"

Luke 14:1-24
Ben Brummett

All too often, we are quick to honor ourselves and our priorities for this life, which inevitably leads to our dishonoring God and dismissing His priorities. But Jesus teaches us to humble ourselves, so that we can honor God in this life, and be honored by God in the next. This basic teaching underlies all three sections in today’s passage.

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Luke 13:31-35 - "Fearlessness and Faithfulness"

Luke 13:31-35
Ben Brummett

The truth is, none of us are more than a few steps away from abandoning our God-given mission due to internal fears or external pressures. Today’s passage reminds us that we can find hope for finishing well in Christ. Jesus never abandoned His God-given mission but finished out His earthly ministry with fearlessness and faithfulness. Jesus knew that His suffering, death, and the postponement of God’s Kingdom was in accordance with God’s will.

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Luke 13:18-21 - "Parables of the Kingdom"

Luke 13:18-21
Ben Brummett

When we have hope in the kingdom of man we will inevitably end up hopeless. When we place our hope in the Kingdom of God, we will remain hopeful because our hope is in the unchanging promises of Jesus our King. In our passage, Jesus uses two parables to teach us that we can be hopeful about His coming Kingdom regardless of our current circumstances.

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Luke 13:10-17 - "Hopelessness + Lovelessness

Luke 13:10-17
Ben Brummett

Even though atheism is declining globally, many people still live without hope in God or love for others. Since Jesus is the source of hope and love, we must point such people to Him. In our passage, Jesus confronts both hopelessness and lovelessness in Israel. As followers of Jesus, we will inevitably have opportunities in our lives to influence both hopeless and loveless people as well.

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