Jesus is once again explaining that in order for the Holy Spirit to be poured out on all mankind in order for people to be saved, he must surrender his life. But he is also challenging those who want to truly be his disciples that they must too, be willing to lay down their lives! Jesus said it very plainly in Luke 9:23-25
When last we left Jesus, he just raised Lazarus and had gone to Ephraim, a wilderness area outside of Jerusalem. The Jewish leaders were all plotting to kill him in fact, the high priest had effectively prophesied that it was better for one man to die for the whole nation. …
Romans 3:10 (NLT) 10 As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous— not even one. Romans 3:23 (NLT) 23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Jeremiah 17:9 (NLT) 9 “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Romans 5:8 …
Last week we talked about Lazarus and Jesus raising him from the dead. We all have an appointment with death but that appointment is when God says that it is… Psalm 139:15-18 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the …
Notice it says Jesus loved them yet he allowed them to walk through this….God’s ways are higher than our ways and when we come to the place of completely trusting him our world changes
Satan’s reach will always be defeated in our lives and we need to pray to see every situation through the eyes of Jesus….Jesus stayed away long enough to allow Lazarus to be in the tomb for 4 days.
First a history lesson (today were going to talk about history, theology, and science) Jesus is back in Jerusalem during another celebration…Hannukah…I know many do not understand this holiday so bear with me as I give a brief, simplistic explanation Hanukkah is tied to a time when Israel was struggling …
You see you are never to feel alone, but understand that you are part of a very large family of believers, and Jesus, The Father and the Holy Spirit are always working to help us feel as one!
John 9: 1,2 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. 2 “Rabbi,” his disciples asked him, “why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins or his parents’ sins?” Jesus healed more blindness than any other malady in …
One of the first things I noticed after the operation was that I could feel my heart beat. I know that might sound weird but unbeknownst to me over the years I hadn’t really been feeling my heart beat…I really felt it when they pulled the last drainage tube and …
We are called to be like Jesus. Micah 6:6-8 “With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?” He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk …
