Luke 21

THE KINGDOM OF GOD HEART:

1.    Dependence on prayer.

a.    Luke 18:1-8 

b.    Praying versus discouragement. 

c.     The widow is powerless, but persistent.

d.    Prayer that refuses to quit.

e.    Luke 18:9-14 

f.      Humility versus sanctimonious. 

g.    Question: V.8 …when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?

2.    Childlike trust removes hindrances.

a.    Luke 18:15-17 

b.    Encounter with Jesus exposes the obstacle.

c.     Luke 18:18-30

d.    Self-sufficiency blinds people to their true need of God.

3.    True faith opens spiritual sight.

a.    Luke 18:31-34

b.    The twelve missed the message.

c.     Luke 18:35-43 

d.    How did the blind know to call Jesus: Son of David? A title for Messiah. The blind man got it.

e.    True faith, like that of the widow, the tax collector, and the blind man, cries out for mercy. They seewho Jesus is—The Messiah—it results a life of following Jesus. Something His disciples struggled to grasp.