THE AUTHORITY OF THE WORD
Luke 20:1-19
V:1. One day as he was teaching the people in the temple courts and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him.
A. There is a difference between teaching and preaching.
Teaching: Didasko, instruction in doctrine
The Word of God, the Old and New Testament
commandments.
B. Preaching: euaggelizo, declare good tidings, the Gospel
The kingdom of God is a hand
C. There are those who come to hear the Word.
1. There are those who come to find fault with the
Word.
2. Those who find fault with Word cannot understand
the Word.
3. Those who find fault with Word will never believe the
Word.
4. You can not believe the part of the Word you agree with
and discard the rest. That is unbelief!!
5. What is it in the Word of God that you will live by?
6. What part of the Word you don’t agree with?
THE AUTHORITY OF THE WORD
V: 2 \”Tell us by what authority you are doing these things,\” they said. \”Who gave you this authority?\”
A. Those who oppose the Word will never understand the Word.
1. Those who oppose the Word don’t know the Father.
2. Those who oppose the Word don’t know the Son.
B. Those who oppose the Word will not believe the authority
of the Word.
1. Those who oppose the Word will not live by the Word.
2. Those who oppose the Word will not submit themselves to
Authority of the Word.
3. The elders, teachers and the chief priest knew the Old
Testament scriptures, but oppose the Word.
4. The claim to be the church, but were not apart of the
church.
5. They had the authority of the Word in front of them but
Did not recognize the Word.
V:3-7. He replied, \”I will also ask you a question. Tell me, 4 John\’s baptism — was it from heaven, or from men?\”
5 They discussed it among themselves and said, \”If we say, \’From heaven,\’ he will ask, \’Why didn\’t you believe him?\’ 6 But if we say, \’From men,\’ all the people will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a prophet.\”
7 So they answered, \”We don\’t know where it was from.\”
A. The authority of the Word is confirmed by men/women
Who believe the Word.
1. Your testimony of the authority of the Word over your life
will trouble those who oppose the Word.
2. Those who oppose the Word will be shaken by your
confidence in the authority of the Word.
B. The spoken Word cannot return void.
1. It will either convict the hearers or trouble their spirits.
2. Those who oppose the Word after having head the Word
will have wrestle with their unbelief.
3. Those who oppose the Word are in a war against God.
4. Satan has a field day drawing fake believers deeper in sin.
C. Those who oppose the Word fear those who believe the Word.
1. When the Church gets together on one accord, believing the
Word it is a powerful force against all evil.
2. When the church get together, we can get rid of crooked
Politicians.
3. When the Church gets together, it is a powerful force against
deception.
4. When the Church gets together. It is a powerful force against
hate.
D. The authority of the Word cannot be denied.
1. Unbelievers who opposed the Word are faced with the
Word they cannot disprove.
V:8 Jesus said, \”Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.\”
A. There is no point in auguring with a non believer.
1. Those who refused to believe the Word are their own
worst enemy.
2. You owe unbeliever the respect of letting them face the
consequences of their unbelief.
B. Don’t waste your peace and joy on one who refuse to
believe.
V:9-12 He went on to tell the people this parable: \”A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time. 10 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 He sent another servant, but that one also they beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed. 12 He sent still a third, and they wounded him and threw him out.
A. Those who oppose the Word will eventually turn to violence.
1. Violence in their hearts against God.
2. Violence in their hearts against others that love them.
3. Those who oppose God know no limit to their evil
behavior.
B. Those who oppose God’s Word are on a slippery road to
An eternal hell
V:13-15 \”Then the owner of the vineyard said, \’What shall I do?
I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect
him.\’
14 \”But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over.
\’This is the heir,\’ they said. \’Let\’s kill him, and the inheritance
will be ours.\’ 15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and
killed him.
\”What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16 He
will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to
others.\”
When the people heard this, they said, \”May this never be!\”
A. Those who oppose God’s Word kill in their hearts the one
Who died on Calvary for their sins
V:17-19 Jesus looked directly at them and asked, \”Then what is
the
meaning of that which is written: \”\’The stone the builders
rejected has become the capstone\’?a b
18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.\”
19 The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.
A. Those who oppose the Word, know the Word was written
for them also.
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