Scripture: John 21:18-25 Follow Jesus Regardless of the Consequences “This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God. And after saying this he said to him, ‘Follow me.’” (v19) “Then Jesus told his disciples, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross…
Scripture: John 20:11-18 I. You no longer need to weep on Easter because you know the love of Jesus. A. Outside of the events surrounding Jesus’ death and resurrection, there is only one other place in the Bible where Mary Magdalene is mentioned: Luke 8:2. That verse says that seven demons had gone out of Mary…
Scripture: Matthew 27: 45-50 I. Jesus was abandoned to pay for your sins. A. We see what happens at the cross in vs. 45: “Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.” God had promised that there would be a judgment on Israel for her sins in…
Scripture: Matthew 8: 23-27 I. You don’t have to be afraid because Jesus is God. A. When Jesus steps into the boat with His disciples in Matthew 8:23, He does not particularly look like God. He looks very human. He sleeps through a storm because of exhaustion (vs. 24). But in their terror from the…
Matthew 14:22-33 Pray Like Jesus Jesus prayed alone “After he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray.” (v23) Jesus prayed together with other believers in God “ He took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray.” (v28) Walk Like Jesus…
February 28, 2021 Scripture: John 2:1-12 I. Jesus has to do with dying for our sins to erase our shame. A. We see the setting for Jesus’ first miracle in John 2:1-2. There is a wedding at Cana in Galilee. A problem arises at the wedding which Mary mentions to Jesus in verse 3. She…
Matthew 6:25-34 Food “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?” (v25) “Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot…
Scripture: John 5:1-15 I. Only Jesus can make you well. A. In the midst of the joy of a Jewish feast, there are some very sad people mentioned in verse 3: the blind, lame and paralyzed. One of the sad and hopeless people is described in vs. 5. He is a man who had been an…
Scripture: Matthew 22:41-46 I. The Messiah is the Son of David. A. At the close of Matthew 22, the Pharisees (vs. 41) are gathered around Jesus. Jesus asks them an academic question in vs. 42: “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” Jesus is directing the religious leaders to the real…
