Session 3: Luke Chapters 5-6 Salvation Power of Jesus (Part 1)

Session 3: Luke Chapters 5-6 Salvation Power of Jesus

This 12-session study looks at the heart of Jesus for all people, as seen in the book of Luke. It is in Luke’s gospel that we see the breadth of Jesus’ ministry to reach all people, to bring all into his arms and show them his heart for them personally. Since Christ and the Father are one (John 10:30), Luke provides the opportunity to see for ourselves how God interacts with his beloved, how he showers his beloved with goodness and mercy all of our days (Ps 23:6). And the good news is that you are his beloved! He delights in you (Zeph 3:17)!

This post is the first part of session three of the study, with each session opening with warm-up introductory questions, going on to a reading from Luke and questions related to the passage. Then the study goes to the comparative or referenced Old Testament passages found in the assigned reading with accompanying questions. Each study session ends with considerations for personal application. The study is appropriate for individual or small group application. Feel free to share the response to an application question or just comment on the study itself below.

Introduction

Salvation is often used to refer to our being saved from eternal consequences of our sin. How is salvation different from deliverance? Are they synonyms?

Who are those people who influence you most? What traits do you share with them? What is very different between you?

Jesus begins these chapters by calling disciples and then proceeds to instruct them in his new way of doing things, of living life. He teaches of forgiveness and healing. He shares teachings of the Old Testament, addressing not juts actions but the heart, from which our actions flow. He closes the teaching acknowledging that these principles are not just something to agree with, but to put into practice. He calls his followers to action and not just agreement, even today.

Read Luke Chapters 5-6.

Questions

Jesus is said to have performed miracles to confirm faith. How might (Simon) Peter have needed that confirmation? What other reasons would Jesus have to perform the miracle of the fish when he called his disciples?

Consider what the men left behind to follow Christ. What is specified in the text? What is not specified but also likely left behind?

Simon Peter recognizes his unworthiness and cries out to Jesus to leave him; however, the leper takes different steps regarding his uncleanliness. What are those steps (v. 12)?

In the story of the healing of a paralyzed man, what salvation power did Jesus demonstrate?

In Luke 5:33-35, Jesus didn’t fit into the old ways. How does this parallel our way with Christ as our salvation?

What work has Jesus done on the Sabbath (6:1-11)? Who did the work in verse 8?

Write a one-sentence summary of the lessons from the teaching on the plain below. Which of the teachings is easy to agree in principle but difficult to carry out in practice?

Luke 6:17-26

Luke 6:27-36

Luke 6:37-42

Luke 6:43-44

Luke 6:47-49