Can You Really Trust Jesus With Everything?
The Heart of the Message
In this sermon, Pastor Kirt Anderson walks through the opening chapters of Luke’s Gospel to explore one of the hardest truths in the Christian faith: the virgin birth of Jesus. Rather than treating it as a puzzle to be explained away, Pastor Kirt invites us to sit with the mystery and ask a deeper question, one that every person eventually has to answer for themselves. Through the story of Mary, the account of Luke the historian, and a haunting letter from a young soldier in World War II, this message asks whether we can trust Jesus completely, with everything we are.
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Is the Virgin Birth of Jesus Just a Symbol, or Should We Take It Literally?
Pastor Kirt addresses this question head on, naming the modern effort to reduce the virgin birth to something made up or explainable by other means. He points out that the people of the first century were not ignorant of how babies come into the world. They understood the biology just as well as we do, which is exactly why the angel’s announcement to Mary was so staggering to her. The sermon holds that this event is a reality that goes beyond human comprehension, a gift given directly from God to one woman, and not a story that needs modern reinterpretation to make sense.
Why Did Luke Write His Account of Jesus’ Life?
According to the message, Luke was not an eyewitness himself. He was a historian who carefully gathered the testimony of others, both written and oral, who had walked with Jesus. Pastor Kirt explains that Luke set out to compile an orderly and careful account so that readers could be certain of the truth of what they had been taught, grounding the Gospel not in one man’s private experience but in the collected witness of the early church.
Can I Really Trust Jesus With My Whole Life?
This is the central question Pastor Kirt returns to again and again. He points to the disciples on the boat, watching Jesus walk on the water, asking simply, “Who is this?” He also shares the story of Helmut Thielicke, a pastor in Nazi Germany, and a letter from a young soldier on the Russian front who wrote asking whether he could build his life on Christ even in the face of death. Pastor Kirt’s answer is that Jesus does not leave us to figure this out alone. He reaches out to us first, and it is in response to that reaching that we are able to trust Him with everything we are, and for all of eternity.
Scripture Focus
Main Anchor Verse: Luke 1:26-38 (NLT)
In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a village in Galilee, to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of King David. Gabriel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, favored woman! The Lord is with you!” Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think what the angel could mean. “Don’t be afraid, Mary,” the angel told her, “for you have found favor with God! You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David. And he will reign over Israel forever; his Kingdom will never end!” Mary asked the angel, “But how can this happen? I am a virgin.” The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God. What’s more, your relative Elizabeth has become pregnant in her old age! People used to say she was barren, but she has conceived a son and is now in her sixth month. For the word of God will never fail.” Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.” And then the angel left her.
Supporting References:
- Luke 1:1-4 (Luke’s purpose in writing)
- Matthew 5:39 (turning the other cheek, referenced in the message)
- John 5:1-9 (the leper’s approach to Jesus)
- John 4:1-26 (the woman at the well)
- John 8:1-11 (the woman caught in adultery)
