Category: New Testament

The disciples were instructed to go back to Galilee and there they would meet with Jesus. Seven decided to go fishing and experienced a familiar miracle after fishing all night and finding nothing. Then Jesus restores Peter and gives him an assignment, an assignment we all as believers have a role in… Map courtesy of…

The tomb is empty, the sacrifice of the Lamb has been accepted, we are forgiven!

Jesus is mocked, scorn, scourged and crucified without a legal trail from Rome or the Jewish leaders. Yet it was not Rome or the Jews that placed Jesus on the cross, Jesus went willingly to fulfill the will of the Father. The sin-debt of the world was paid! And you can benefit if you simply…

Jesus is a King, but not of this world. Yet the Jewish leaders try to convince the Roman leaders that Jesus is a threat to all of Jerusalem. Pastor Carl navigates through the arrest in the garden to the choice of a thief over the Savior.

On the way to the garden, Jesus prays out loud for his disciples to hear. He is praying for them and those who would follow – you and me! Be encouraged and challenged from this prayer from the Lord.

Jesus tells His disciples, “In the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Understanding what the Lord is calling to needs to move us to prayer for the power of the Holy Spirit to equip us, encourage us, and give us a bigger vision of the task…

Jesus said, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit.” As He takes his disciples with Him on a walk to the garden, Jesus shares the last few things on His heart with them. Mainly we cannot do the works of God in…

The disciples were troubled, Jesus say “Let not your heart be troubled”… believe in God. Jesus was about to leave, but He would go and prepare a place and come back to receive all who believe. Jesus also went so He could send the comparable Helper – The Holy Spirit. Trusting and following Jesus is…