Keeping the Word

Luke 11:27–36,
[27] As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised
her voice and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you,
and the breasts at which you nursed!" [28] But he said, "Blessed
rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"
[29] When the crowds were increasing, he began to say,
"This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no
sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. [30] For as Jonah
became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man
be to this generation. [31] The queen of the South will rise up at
the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn
them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom
of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
[32] The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this
generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of
Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
[33] "No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under
a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the
light. [34] Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is
healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your
body is full of darkness. [35] Therefore be careful lest the light in
you be darkness. [36] If then your whole body is full of light,
having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with
its rays gives you light." (ESV)
Sermon pub 092823@0937