The practice and goal of discipleship The main body of what Jesus is teaching is in regards to the practice and goal of discipleship. Jesus commands us to live and practice the love of God. To do this Jesus shows us we must truly and practically...
How to show divine love for others. Travis exegetes Luke 6:27-49. This scripture teaches strong commands from Jesus regarding love for others. Not Just love of other Christians, but love for the ungodly and for our enemies. Do you realize how...
Where is your heart with regard to worldly desires? Travis continues to exposit Jesus’s cautionary teaching on our tendency to make the world’s priorities ours. He looks at Christ’s caution to the worldly rich and anyone else who seeks for worldly...
Do you strive to do God’s will or your own? Travis focuses on the Woes section that immediately follows Luke’s recording of the beatitudes. Many Christians are very familiar the beatitudes and attempt to apply them to their lives. But they skip over...
The centurions’ faith makes Jesus marvel. Travis gives evidence that all of the centurions’ actions in the story are based on the teaching Jesus gives on the sermon on the mount. Travis shows the Gentile centurion with faith more than the nation of...
The centurion’s life and action reflect the beatitudes. Travis explains how the actions of the centurion show Jesus hypostatic union; that Jesus is truly human and truly Deity. Luke writes about a special occurrence that Jesus portrays, when He...
An example of true saving faith. Travis shows us that the faith of the centurion is a true saving faith. The beatitudes tell us what saving faith looks like. The centurion demonstrates that faith. Do you have the faith of the centurion? Do you want...
The true faith of a Gentile during the time of Jesus. The faith of the centurion is a very concrete, vivid, and dramatic demonstration of the principles of what Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount. The centurion’s actions reflect the beatitudes...
Matthew 5:5-7
Reasons to rejoice when persecuted for Jesus’ sake. We are commanded by Jesus to rejoice when persecuted for His name. We continue the study of how to respond when we, as Christians, are persecuted. Travis gives six more reasons why we need to...