Sermons on Luke 6:21-25:

Service To Humanity Series

Contributed by Joe Tilton on Nov 1, 2013

New concept introduction! There are some who love to be of service and others are content to absorb good feelings in church. for the "doers of the Word," this is good news. Audio is available Sundays at 9AM (central) at www.newstalk1290.com.

Message Service to Humanity Nov 3, 2013 Two police officers saw an old woman staggering down the street. They stopped to see if she was okay, when they realized she had far too much to drink. Instead of taking her to jail, they decide to just drive her home. They put her in the back seat of the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:20-31

Denomination: *other

The Beatitudes

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Sep 28, 2013

It is better to prize what the world calls undesirable than to have what the world calls desirable.

Scripture About six months after Jesus began his public ministry, he called his growing number of disciples to himself and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles (Luke 6:13). Jesus chose the apostles to be with him in a ministry internship so that he could equip them to carry on his ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:20-23

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Jesus Pronounces Woes

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Oct 5, 2013

Jesus teaches us that woes serve as warnings about finding ultimate satisfaction with present pleasures.

Scripture Last week we began studying Jesus’ “Sermon on the Plain” that is recorded for us in the Gospel of Luke 6:20-49. Jesus’ sermon was about the kingdom of God. He drew a contrast between two ways of life. He explained the difference between those who belong to the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:24-26

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A Different Set Of Beatitudes

Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 8, 2013

A sermon on the poor, the mourning, the hungry, and the persecuted (Introduction taken from Sermon Central's Adrian Pratt at: http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/inside-out-and-upside-down-adrian-pratt-sermon-on-christian-love-33979.asp)

HoHum: Inside out and upside down. What on earth was Jesus talking about here? Blessed are the poor? Happy are the hungry? Fortunate are the tearful? I never heard anybody say, “Isn’t this great, I’m starving!” I have never seen a person sobbing their heart out with a smile ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:20-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

One Thing

Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Aug 11, 2015

The Sermon on the Plain---a level teaching place that Jesus used to conquer the flesh of man in the truth of heart to live the best life possible in the midst of evil and sins.

ONE THING by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (August 9 "And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, to be healed of their ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:17-45

Denomination: Friends

Candidates For God's Kingdom

Contributed by Stephen Aram on Apr 14, 2022

In the beatitudes Jesus turns the values of our world upside down.

As we work our way through Luke’s Gospel, we have looked at a string of stories that explain why it was that such a good guy as Jesus had enemies. He hung around with disreputable people. The Pharisees developed a long list of rules for what you can do and can’t do on the Sabbath. But Jesus ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:17-26

Let Haters Hate Series

Contributed by John Bright on May 6, 2021

Working through the Gospel of Luke using consecutive expository preaching.

“Let Haters Hate” Luke 6:17-26 A sermon for 5/9/21 Pastor John Bright Luke 6 “22 Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man’s sake. 23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:12-16, John 16:2, John 9:20-22, Galatians 1:6-9, Galatians 1:10, Acts 5:27-29, Proverbs 29:25-26, Psalm 30:8-11, Luke 6:17-26  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Methodist

How To Relate With Your Haters

Contributed by John Macaulay on Jun 7, 2021

A Christlike approach to dealing with lovers and haters

HOW TO RELATE WITH YOUR HATERS (A Christlike approach) Matthew 10:22-23 NLT And all NATIONS WILL HATE YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE MY FOLLOWERS. But everyone who endures to the end will be saved. When you are persecuted in one town, flee to the next. I tell you the truth, the Son of Man will return before ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:22-23, Luke 6:22

Blessings And Woes (November 2013)

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Oct 15, 2022

“Preaching comforts the uncomfortable and makes the comfortable uncomfortable”. There are always going to be people who will be shocked to learn that they received woe when they were expecting a blessing!

BLESSINGS AND WOES Text: Luke 6: 17 – 26 No man can be a Christian without being a controversialist. Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834–1892) (Draper’s Book Of Quotations For The Christian World). Jesus was often counter cultural in His day. He taught with authority that many considered ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:17-26

Denomination: United Methodist

What Is Your True Destiny

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jun 7, 2022

There is a great deal of talk about destiny, yet you may miss your true destiny by failing to be content and seeking for a great position when God wants to make you great in your current position.

Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to ...read more

Scripture: Micah 6:8, James 1:27, 1 Timothy 6:6-10, Luke 6:22-25, 2 Timothy 3:12, Philippians 1:29-30, Hebrews 11:35-40, Hebrews 12:1, John 16:33, Matthew 10:24-25, Revelation 3:17-18  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Thessalonians Series

Contributed by Roshelle Brenneise on Jan 2, 2022

Paul's emphasis on the 2nd Coming of Jesus

January 01, 2022 After spending an uncomfortable period of time in Philippi, Paul, Silas and Timothy went to Thessalonica, the capital of Macedonia. Thessalonica’s wealth was built on a booming import-export trade, made possible by its natural harbor and location on the trade route between the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, 2 Thessalonians 1:4-8, Luke 6:22, John 15:18-20, Luke 21:25-28, John 14:1-3  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Sixth Sunday In Ordinary Time- If–then–else: "Blessed Are You"

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jan 11, 2022

Shalom is not an indiscriminate gift of Yahweh. It is conditional.

In computer programing languages there is a standard code that states: If–then (–else) which means: “IF” YOU DO THIS “THEN” THIS WILL FOLLOW OR ELSE THIS HAPPENS. It works the same way for some of the conditional blessings that God wants to give us that we hear in our Gospel today: IF you do ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:17-26

Denomination: Catholic

6th Sunday After Epiphany, Year C. Series

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Feb 7, 2022

February 16th, 2022.

Jeremiah 17:5-10, Psalm 1, 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, Luke 6:17-26. A). A TREE PLANTED BY THE WATERS. Jeremiah 17:5-10. The prophet Jeremiah’s response to the political and international situation of his day was, “Thus says the LORD” (Jeremiah 17:5). And what does the LORD say? He says, in ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 17:5-10, 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, Luke 6:17-26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Because

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Feb 9, 2022

Our lot in life depends upon who or what we depend upon to guide our living.

Because - Luke 6: 27 - 38 Intro: If you believe you are blessed, raise your hand. The scripture lesson for today is known as THE BEATITUDES. They are called that because of one word in Greek, µa?????? / makarios. This word has many translations: blessed / to be fully satisfied / supremely ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:17-26

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

"The Puzzle Of The Be Attitudes”

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Feb 9, 2022

“The Beatitudes are not teachings on ‘how’ to be blessed. They are not instructions to do anything. Jesus is not telling anyone they would be better off being ‘financially’ poor. (Dallas Willard) Is Luke 6 about Jesus fulfilling His Mission statement? Luke 4

In Jesus Holy Name February 13, 2022 Luke 6:17 “The Puzzle of the Be Attitudes” Philip Yancy in his book “The Jesus I Never Knew” wrote the following when he read the 1st Beatitude in Luke 6. “I became so convicted about my addiction to material things that I gave away to a friend my ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:17-26, Matthew 5:3-4

Denomination: Lutheran