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Proving Calvinism Without Paul Part 3 – Luke

Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by Les in Proving Calvinism Without Paul, Theology

My Top 5 Texts From Luke

Luke 1:15
“for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.” (In reference to John the Baptist.)

Luke 8:10
“he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ’seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.”"

Luke 10:21-22
“In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”"

Luke 12:6-7
“Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.”

Luke 13:24
“Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.”

Other Notable Texts

Luke 12:20
“But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’”

Luke 12:32
“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”

Luke 12:51-53
“Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

Luke 15:4-5
“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.”

Luke 15:8-9
“Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’”

Luke 18:26-27
“Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?” But he said, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.”"

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