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…
19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” John 1:19-20 The first eighteen verses of John’s gospel has described Jesus as the eternal Word. The eternal Word became…
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light…
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them,…
5 Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. Colossians 4:5-6 What does it mean to walk wisely?- seeing life from God’s point of view; properly evaluating circumstances and making godly…
2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 4:2 We’ve seen Paul progress in his letter to the Colossians from correct doctrine to correct living. He also confronted the heresies that were infiltrating the church. He started by teaching us who God is and what He has done for us. Then he moved…
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. – Colossians 2:8 To combat the different heresies that had begun to invade the church at Colossae, Paul write this letter to remind them that Jesus is the answer.…