34 For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. 35 The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand. 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains…
He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less. John 3:30 NLT Everything we have – our position, our power, our wealth, our health, our gifts, our talents, our natural disposition, etc… we have received from God. Our purpose is to exalt Jesus and not ourselves. Therefore
3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 What does it mean to be “Born Again?” How Jesus treated this conversation with Nicodemus is crucial: 1) Jesus is taking extended time with someone seeking the truth; 2) Nicodemus is really…
23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people 25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was…
13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured…
Without the resurrection, the Christian faith has no hope to rest upon. But if God raised Jesus from the dead, nothing else really matters and no one can argue Christianity isn’t true. All Christians doubt their faith from time to time. but the resurrection is at the core of our Christian faith
A celebration of the Last Supper and the New Covenant
In this life, the wine will run out. The world’s joys always fade. Satan tries to convince us that the world’s pleasures will satisfy, and they will for a season. But then the pleasure melt away. The wine of illicit pleasure, drugs, wealth, health, success, friendship, etc…, eventually all the wine will run out, leaving…