This message introduces Jesus as the light of the world, who has come into the darkness of the current world and we are called to walk in his light by believing in Him Luke 2:35 English Standard Version (ESV) 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many…
This message begins by asking why there was no place for His Birth, then shows that even in His work there was no place, but the essence of His message is that there is room in His heart for all who will come. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him…
This message calls us to consider the uniqueness of Christ’s conception and birth. He became the Founder of a New Creation. Just as the Holy Spirit was active in the original Creation, so He was active in the Conception of Jesus, The Son of God, The Holy One. He was set aside as Holy so…
How does Jesus respond to those who everyone else despises? How can our love reflect and show this love? Jesus and Zacchaeus 19 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see…
This message shows that Jesus hears everyone, but in fact responds in different ways. He is willing to receive those who come humbly, but will allow some to turn away and others will oppose, because they refuse to humble themselves. On the other hand, He is willing to receive the most unlikely. 16 But Jesus…
We can see that as Jesus starts His ministry on earth, He provides us with an example of how we should go about our ministry to spread the gospel. Jesus Begins His Ministry 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the…
In this passage, we can see that as Jesus starts His ministry he makes a declaration about Himself and what He says, how he says it and the events surrounding it make it clear that He is he the promised Messiah Jesus Begins His Ministry 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit…
What we learn about Life after Death from this story of Jesus, illustrated by a famous sermon and a famous dream. 22 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side.[a] The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes…
Alex Donnelly from Peru. The Resurrection 24 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men…
Jesus words to the penitent thief on the cross teach us much about what a Christian is, what a Christians destiny is, and the confidence Christians can have by the grace of God Luke 23 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus Before Pilate 23 Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate.…