LUKE 7 and 8 NOTES=for MVF CHERYL=and Bobby Boy
And ACTS 7 and 8
NOTES
RPW 2-07=2026
NOTES ON LUKE 7 and 8=and=ACTS 7 and 8
LUKE 7
About Jesus’ Authority=Compassion=and Identity
1.
The
CENTURION’S SERVANT=7=1 though 10
Greater FAITH=than any in Israel
Luke 7:11-17
2.
THE RAISING=of the widow’s son FROM Nain
Jesus is RECOGNIZED=as a great Prophet=The NEWS spread RAPIDLY
3.
JOHN the BAPTIST’S Question
(7:18-35)
John wants to KNOW=If Jesus is truly The Messiah
And Jesus=POINTS TO HIS WORKS
Healing=Preaching the GOOD NEWS=to the POOR=He
Explains to John
GOD’S KINGDOM=Overturns EXPECTATIONS
4.
A SINGFUL WOMAN is FORGIVEN=
Jesus CONTRASTS THE WOMAN’S
LOVE=with the COLDNESS of The Pharisees
And says=
Those who LOVE MUCH=are Forgiven
MUCH
KEP THEMES of Luke 7
Jesus’ Authority OVER sickness and
death
COMPASSION for the OUTSIDERS=and
the BROKEN
FAITH is Trust=IN Jesus’ WORD
FORGIVENESS PRODUCES LOVE!
RPW 2-05-2026=FOR MVF Cheryl and
Bobby Boy
LUKE 8
THE RIVER OF GOD’S WORD=and the KINGDOM
-WOMEN SUPPORT JESUS=8:1-13
-Parable OF THE SOWER=8:4-15
-PATH=NO UNDERSTANDING
-ROCKY GROUND=SHALLOW FAITH
-THORNS=Word-choked off by LIFE’S WORRIES
-GOOD SOIL=FAITH that produces FRUIT=and bears it
=THE LAMP ON A STAND
-Truth should BE REVEALED=NOT HIDDEN
=APPLY God’s Word=Gain wisdom
Or REJECT IT=and LOSE=what you have
Jesus’ TRUE FAMILY=
Are those who=HEAR the WORD OF GOD=and Obey it
Calming the Sea
Luke=8:22-25
-Jesus has AUTHORITH=Over Nature and storms
Disciples=”Who is this?”
HEALING the demon POSSESSED MAN
Luke 8:26-39
=Jesus Casts the demons into=A HERD OF PIGS
(The healed man=IS A WITNESS=But others REJECT IT)
JAIRUS’ DAUGHTER=and the BLEEDING WOMAN
-2 INTERTWINED MIRACLES
=SHOWS JESUS’ POWER=Over disease and death
-Raising of the dead
Jesus EMPHASIZES=FAITH OVER FEAR
THEMES OF LUKE 8
1.
THE POWER
OF GOD’S WORD
2.
FAITH LISTENS AND ENDURES
3.
Jesus’ AUTHORITY=OVEN NATURE=Demons=Illness=and
even DEATH
4.
The KINGDOM=CALLS US to truth and FAITH=NOT FEAR
RPW FOR MVF Cheryl and Bobby Boy=2-5-2026
ACTS 7
=-Stephen’s SPEECH and Martyrdom
ONE of FIRST=Before the SanHedrin
Israel’s HISTORY
=Abraham CALLED=Before there was a
TEMPLE
=Joseph REJECTED=By his brothers
=Moses REJECTED by Israel
(Even though=He was their leader)
God does NOT LIVE=IN
BUILDINGS=Made by human hands
ISREAL has REJECTED=God’s
messengers=Even the “RIGHTEOUS ONE”
Jesus Christ
The JEWISH COUNCIL=is enraged by
Stephen=Then
Stephen has a VISION OF JESUS=and
HE GETS STONED=and BECOMES the
first Christian MARTYR!
THEMES OF ACTS 7
1.
GOD’S
PRESENCE IS NOT LIMITED
2.
Israel
has a REPEATED PATTERN=Of REJECTING God’s
BELIEVERS
3.
BE FAITHFUL=EVEN till death
RPW for MVF CHERYL and Bobby
Boy=2-06-2026
ACTS 8
THE GOSPEL SPREADS BEYOND
JERUSALEM
=-PERSECUTION and suffering
Philip PREACHES in Samaria
(Places usually AVOIDED BY JEWS)
-MIRACLES OCCUR and there is GREAT
JOY!
-Simeon the MAGICIAN=OUTWARDLY
FAITHFUL=but TRIES to BUY=the HOLY
SPIRIT OF GOD
The Ethiopian EUNUCH
=-Philip MEETS an ETHIOPIAN
OFFICIAL
-This passage=POINTS TO Jesus=The
man believes=and the GOSPEL SPREADS
TO AFRICA
THEMES OF ACTS 8
1.PERSECUTION does NOT stop God’s
PLAN=IT ADVANCES IT
2.
The Gospel CROSSES ethnic=cultural=and GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES
3.
TRUE
FAITH=is about REPENTANCE and TRUST=Not power or status
BIG PICTURE TAKEAWAY for 7 and 8
The GOSPEL moves from Jerusalem to=WORLD
WIDE SPREADING MOVEMENT
OPPOSISTION occurs=But so does the GOSPEL
RPW for MVF CHERYL and Bobby=2-06-2026
