Walking with Jesus

Walking with Jesus

by Walking with Jesus Ministries

Season 3

I Am the Resurrection, and the Life

Passages: Luke 17:20-37; Luke 18:1-14; Luke 18:15-30; John 11:1-44 Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God will come, Jesus tells them it isn't coming with things that can be observed — then warns his own disciples that the day of the Son of Man will come as suddenly as lightning, and as unexpectedly as the flood came for Noah. He tells the parable of a persistent widow who wears down an unjust judge simply by refusing to give up, and of a Pharisee and a tax collector who pray very differently in the temple, only one of them going home justified. Parents bring their infants for Jesus to touch, and when a rich young ruler asks what he still lacks for eternal life, he goes away sorrowful at the answer. Word then reaches Jesus that his friend Lazarus, in Bethany, is sick — and he waits two more days before going, arriving only after Lazarus has been in the tomb four days, to do the one thing no one there expected. We are in a Luke-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Luke 17:20-37; Luke 18:1-14; Luke 18:15-30; John 11:1-44 (The Coming of the Kingdom; The Persistent Widow and the Pharisee and Tax Collector; Little Children and the Rich Young Man; Jesus Raises Lazarus).

This My Son Was Dead, and Is Alive Again

Passages: Luke 15:1-32; Luke 16:1-31; Luke 17:1-19 Grumbling that Jesus welcomes sinners and eats with them, the Pharisees and scribes hear three parables in response — a shepherd who leaves ninety-nine sheep to find one lost one, a woman who sweeps her house for a single lost coin, and a father who runs to meet a son who left home and wasted everything, then comes back expecting nothing. Jesus turns to his own disciples with the strange story of a dishonest manager who is commended for his shrewdness, then tells of a rich man in fine linen and a beggar named Lazarus at his gate — one comforted after death, one in torment, with a great gulf fixed between them. Jesus warns his disciples about causing others to stumble, teaches them about forgiveness without limit and faith the size of a mustard seed, and heals ten lepers on the road, only one of whom — a Samaritan — comes back to say thank you. We are in a Luke-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Luke 15:1-32; Luke 16:1-31; Luke 17:1-19 (The Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Lost Son; The Shrewd Manager and the Rich Man and Lazarus; Offenses, Forgiveness, Faith, and the Ten Lepers).

Compel Them to Come In

Passages: Luke 13:1-21; John 10:22-42; Luke 13:22-35; Luke 14:1-24; Luke 14:25-35 Some who are present tell Jesus about Galileans killed by Pilate, and he uses the report to warn that all will likewise perish unless they repent — then tells the parable of a fig tree given one more year to bear fruit before it's cut down. In a synagogue on the Sabbath, he heals a woman who had been bent double for eighteen years, over the ruler's objection. Months later, at the winter Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, the crowd surrounds him in Solomon's porch demanding a straight answer about whether he is the Christ. Continuing toward Jerusalem, he's warned that Herod wants to kill him, and he laments over the city that kills its prophets. At the house of a leading Pharisee on the Sabbath, he heals a man with dropsy, then tells a parable about a great banquet whose invited guests all make excuses, so the host fills his table with the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame instead. To the great crowds traveling with him, he says plainly what it costs to be his disciple. We are in a Luke-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Luke 13:1-21; John 10:22-42; Luke 13:22-35; Luke 14:1-24; Luke 14:25-35 (Repent or Perish; the Crippled Woman and Two Parables; The Feast of Dedication; The Narrow Door, Herod's Threat, and Lament over Jerusalem; Healing on the Sabbath and the Great Banquet; The Cost of Discipleship).

Fear Not, Little Flock

Passages: Luke 11:37-54; Luke 12:1-34; Luke 12:35-59 At the house of a Pharisee, Jesus is criticized for not washing before the meal, and answers with a series of woes against the Pharisees' obsession with outward cleanliness while their hearts stay full of greed, and against the lawyers who load people down with burdens they won't lift a finger to help carry. With so vast a crowd pressing in that people are trampling one another, Jesus turns first to his own disciples, warning them against hypocrisy and the fear of man, telling the parable of a rich fool who built bigger barns the same night his soul was required of him, and telling them not to worry about their lives, since the Father who feeds the ravens will not forget them. He turns next to watchfulness — servants who keep their lamps burning for a master's return — and tells them he came not to bring peace, but division. We are in a Luke-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Luke 11:37-54; Luke 12:1-34; Luke 12:35-59 (Six Woes to the Pharisees and Lawyers; Warnings, the Rich Fool, and Do Not Worry; Watchfulness and Division).

Go Thy Way, and Do Likewise

Passages: Luke 10:1-24; Luke 10:25-37; Luke 10:38-11:13; Luke 11:14-36 Jesus appoints seventy more disciples and sends them out two by two ahead of him, then rejoices when they return with news that even demons submitted to them in his name. A lawyer stands up to test him, asking what he must do to inherit eternal life, and Jesus answers with the story of a Samaritan who stopped to help a wounded stranger when a priest and a Levite had already passed by. In a village along the way, Mary sits at Jesus' feet listening while her sister Martha grows anxious over the work of hosting him, and his disciples ask him to teach them to pray. When Jesus casts out a demon from a man who could not speak, some in the crowd accuse him of doing it by the power of Beelzebub, and he answers with a warning about a kingdom divided against itself. We are in a Luke-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Luke 10:1-24; Luke 10:25-37; Luke 10:38-11:13; Luke 11:14-36 (The Seventy Sent Out; The Good Samaritan; Mary, Martha, and the Lord's Prayer; Jesus and Beelzebub, the Sign of Jonah).

I Am the Good Shepherd

Passages: John 9:1-41; John 10:1-21 Jesus and his disciples pass a man blind from birth, and after healing him with clay and the pool of Siloam, the healing itself becomes more controversial than the blindness ever was, as the Pharisees interrogate the man, then his parents, then throw him out of the synagogue rather than believe what happened in front of them. Jesus finds the man afterward and tells the Pharisees listening nearby that he is the good shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep — a shepherd his sheep actually know by voice, unlike a hired hand who runs at the first sign of danger. We are in a Luke-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 9:1-41; John 10:1-21 (The Man Born Blind; The Good Shepherd).

I Am the Light of the World

Passages: John 7:53-8:11; John 8:12-59 Scribes and Pharisees drag a woman caught in adultery before Jesus in the temple, testing him with a question about the law of Moses — and he stoops down to write in the dust before telling whichever of them is without sin to cast the first stone. Still teaching in the temple treasury, Jesus tells the crowd that he is the light of the world, and the exchange with the Pharisees grows sharper with every answer, ending with a claim about himself — before Abraham was, I am — that sends them reaching for stones. We are in a Luke-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 7:53-8:11; John 8:12-59 (The Woman Caught in Adultery; I Am the Light of the World).

If Any Man Thirst

Passages: Luke 9:51-62; John 7:1-52 With his popularity in Galilee near its height, Jesus turns deliberately toward Jerusalem, sending messengers ahead into a Samaritan village that refuses to receive him — and answering, sharply, those who offer to follow him but ask for time first. Some months later, at the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem, Jesus goes up quietly and then teaches openly in the temple midway through the feast, astonishing the crowd, who can't decide whether he is a good man, a deceiver, or the Christ. Officers sent to arrest him come back empty-handed, unable to explain why. On the last, great day of the feast, Jesus stands and cries out that anyone who thirsts should come to him and drink. We are in a Luke-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Luke 9:51-62; John 7:1-52 (Toward Jerusalem: Samaritan Rejection and the Cost of Following; The Feast of Tabernacles).

It Is I; Be Not Afraid

Passages: John 6:16-71; Luke 9:18-50 That evening, the disciples set out across the lake without Jesus, and a wind rises as they row — until they see him walking toward them on the water, and he tells them not to be afraid. The next day, the crowd that was fed catches up with him, and Jesus tells them plainly that he himself is the bread of life come down from heaven, a claim so hard that many who had followed him turn back and walk with him no more. Some time later, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up a mountain to pray, and is transfigured before them, his face and clothes shining, Moses and Elijah appearing beside him, and a voice from the cloud naming him God's beloved Son. Coming back down, he heals a boy the other disciples couldn't help, then quietly tells the twelve again what waits for him in Jerusalem. We are in a Luke-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 6:16-71; Luke 9:18-50 (Walking on Water and the Bread of Life; Peter's Confession, the Transfiguration, and the Boy Delivered).

Give Ye Them to Eat

Passages: Luke 8:26-56; Luke 9:1-9; Luke 9:10-17 & John 6:1-15 On the far shore, a man possessed by many demons meets Jesus among the tombs, and the demons that come out of him go into a herd of pigs instead. Back in Galilee, Jesus heals a woman who has suffered twelve years just by her touching the hem of his garment, and raises the daughter of a synagogue ruler named Jairus who had already died. Jesus then gives his twelve apostles power and authority and sends them out to preach and heal. When they return and report all they had done, Jesus withdraws privately with them — but the crowds follow on foot, and by evening some five thousand men, besides women and children, are gathered with nothing to eat. Both Luke and John record what happens next: five loaves and two fish, blessed, broken, and enough for everyone with baskets left over. We are in a Luke-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: Luke 8:26-56; Luke 9:1-9; Luke 9:10-17 & John 6:1-15 (The Gerasene Demoniac, Jairus' Daughter, and the Woman Healed; The Twelve Sent Out; The Feeding of the Five Thousand).

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