Category: New Testament

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…

A couple chapters ago Mary (sister of Martha) washed Jesus’ feet with her hair, tears and expensive perfume. Now Jesus washes His disciples feet during the Last Supper. Peter refuses and Jesus explains that he does not understand. Jesus is pointing to the cross where our sins are washed clean by the blood of the…

Jesus said, “And if I am lifted up from the earth will draw all peoples to Myself.” Jesus was lifted up on the cross as the serpent was lifted up on the stick in the wilderness. All that were bitten by the snakes in the wilderness were to look to the bronze serpent for healing….

A feast to honor Jesus with the once dead and now alive Lazarus at the table! And Mary offers a wonderful act of worship for the Lord by anointing His feet with costly oil and washing them with her tears and hair. Many believe, yet many of the religious leaders grow deeper in their rejection…

Jesus wept just before He raised Lazarus from the dead. Why? Well, there are many reasons… but chief of these may be that some witnesses to the event would still not believe who He said He was. What we say about Jesus and who He is affects eternity. Everything hinges on faith in the true…