GOD’S CAUSE

LUKE 3:15-38

Pastor Rick Jackson


I. JOHN’S MINISTRY [v. 15-20]

1. Caused Expectation [v. 15]

2. Careful Explanation [v. 16-18]

3. Condemned Executive Sin [v. 19-20] Sin for the commoner is sin for the king.


II. JESUS’ BAPTISM [v. 21-22]

1. Jesus Endorsed John’s Forerunnership [v. 21, Mt. 3:13-14]

2. John Endorsed Jesus Future Work [v. 21, Mt. 3:15]

3. The Trinity Endorsed Jesus Fully [v. 22]


III. THE GENEALOGY OF THE SON OF MAN [v. 23-38]

1. Care Taken for the Son of Mary [v. 23]

2. Coniah Avoided for the Blood Line [v. 24-34a, Mt. 1:11-12, Jeremiah 22:28-30]

Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not? O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD. Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.

3. Connection Made for the Son of Man [v. 34b-38, 19:10]