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A Word to the Fearful
A Word to the Fearful – John’s Gospel, chapter 20 verses 19 to 23 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you!’ 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. 21 Again Jesus said, ‘Peace be with you! As the…
A Gift for Jesus
A Gift for Jesus – John’s Gospel chapter 20 verses 1 to 18 Let’s imagine – pretend you can see back through time and see the friends of Jesus, who loved and followed him. It’s Saturday night and they are so unhappy and sad because Jesus, the best Man who ever lived, had been killed by bad men the day before. They had cried and cried and cried till they had no more tears. “He’s Gone!“ “What gift can I…
The Resurrection Changes Everything
The Resurrection Changes Everything – John’s Gospel chapter 20 verses 1 to 18 The Christian faith stands or falls on the reality of the resurrection. John Stott Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, ‘They have taken the Lord out…
The Death of Death
The Death of Death – John’s Gospel chapter 19, verses 38 to 42 Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. 39 He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about thirty-five kilograms. 40 Taking Jesus’ body, the two of…
God Revealed!
God Revealed! – Psalm 19 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.3 They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them.4 Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.5 It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to…
Mission Minded Christ
Mission Minded Christ – Mark’s Gospel chapter 3 verses 7 to 19 7 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed. 8 When they heard all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. 9 Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him. 10 For he had…
My Rock, My Fortress
God’s Triumphant and Faithful King Psalm 18 “Holding out for a hero” – This is a royal Psalm of King David, but on further, “to his descendants for ever.” The king’s praises I love you, Lord, my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 3 I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved…
The Cross: That Scripture Might Be Fulfilled
The Cross: That Scripture Might Be Fulfilled – John’s Gospel chapter 19 verses 16 to 37 The King condemned on the Cross 16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others – one on each side and Jesus in the middle. 19 Pilate had a notice…
The Sovereign King on Trial
The Sovereign King on Trial – John’s Gospel chapter 18 verse 28 to chapter 19 verse 15 The King Who is Rejected Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor’s headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover. 29 So Pilate went outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” 30 They answered him, “If this…
Failure & Faithfulness
Failure & Faithfulness – John’s Gospel chapter 18, verses 12 to 27 “I’ve failed”. Then this passage is for you. John shines the light on two men and two trials. Jesus & Peter. Jesus is faithful under the greatest pressure, Peter fails under the slightest pressure. Jesus’ Submission So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him. 13 First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who…
Still in Control
Still in Control – John’s Gospel chapter 18 verses 1 to 11 Betrayal leaves us powerless, helpless with no control. Here Jesus is about to be betrayed by a friend, yet He shows Himself to be still in control Jesus is the sovereign Lord who controls His arrest When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it. 2 Now…
My Lord and My God
My Lord and My God – John’s Gospel chapter 20, verses 24 to 31 What unbelief actually looks like 24 Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side,…