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au·thor·i·ty noun 1. the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience. In Luke's writings today we will see that Jesus has BOTH the Power and Right to do these things... Our scriptures today will cover the final week of Jesus life prior to the cross… PASSION WEEK! I want us to…

03 Easter 2022 – Questioning HIS authority (Power, Authority Hypocrisy) Matthew 21:23 – 22:46 In these Scriptures, Jesus declares Who HE is, who they are, and why a Saviour is needed. They had now drawn nigh to Jerusalem ( 21:1 ), Jesus had entered riding upon the colt of an ass, the people had welcomed…

Joel and Mary Nadel, Covenant Church From: The Holy Bible and J.C. Ryle’s “Expository Comments on the Gospels - Mark” House Rules: Phones, Respect, Stay on the Text Review In Jerusalem, the night before the Lord’s trial and crucifixion Preaching, teaching, performing miracles for three years Now He is…

Joel and Mary Nadel, Covenant United Reformed Church From: The Holy Bible and J.C. Ryle’s “Expository Comments on the Gospels - Mark” House Rules: Phones, Respect, Stay on the Text Review Begin with the start of Jesus’ earthly ministry Message: “Repent and believe the Gospel” - the Gospel was Jesus life…

Good Friday reflection

As I talked about during the announcements I hope that you take the opportunity to write on the whiteboard to answer the question that Jesus posed to the disciples today. “Who do you say that I am?” On the one hand the answer seems so simple and perhaps easy. Give the answer that Peter gave. You are…

The Arrest of Jesus Introduction: You ever felt like giving up? I mean just felt like maybe, this is not worth it. You do your best and life seems to get more difficult. You want to do God’s Will and there always seems to be some challenge along the way. Let me assure you today that God’s Will is filled…

The rejected servant knew human sorrow and suffering, but his suffering had purpose, because he bore punishment for our sins to bring us peace.

Short meditation on Darkness, light and revelation

Passion Week or Holy Week His passion for people led Him to endure the cross. This week begins with Palm Sunday, the Sunday before the crucifixion. On Palm Sunday, many were shouting Hosanna! by Friday, many were shouting Crucify Him. Many people figured out Jesus was not who they thought He was. They…

Your response to the cross is shaped by the things that rule your heart.

Big Idea: Jesus gave His life as a ransom for you. Follow Him.

Good Friday Tenabrae Service Welcome Tenebrae, Over the course of the service these (7) candles will be extinguished. The house lights will dim a bit at the same time. At the end there will be darkness and the solitary ring of a hammer. That concludes the service. Please don’t talk following the service…

INTRODUCTION: Rudy Giuliani was a mayor in New York City. Before taking over, the city was in a lot of trouble. The crime rate was on the rise and because of that, people were afraid to be in the city. When he took over, his sole purpose was to clean up the city. Stop and frisk cut down on violent crime.…

1st Person sermon of the experience of seeing Jesus' Triumphant Entry after growing up in a religious context that continually prepared you for the long awaited king's arrival.

This is the third time, and final time, we hear Jesus’ passion prediction. This is also the third time that Jesus has had the opportunity to explain the life of discipleship following his passion prediction. If we take a look at his first passion prediction we see the encounter between Jesus and Peter…

Christ’s Victory Accomplished Through Suffering (3:18a) An extremely challenging passage. This morning we step into a passage that might be considered an odd choice for an Easter Sunday service. The first will consider the statement in 1 Peter 3:18 , “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous…

RECOGNITION - Does the Passion move us? Every time we pass by a crucifix in our homes, in church, in Catholic schools, it’s a reminder to us of Christ’s Passion. But does it remind us? There is an old expression, “familiarity breeds contempt”. Perhaps that’s a bit strong, but it certainly does breed…

Earths greatest tragedy and God's greatest triumph

We’re going to study the first three hours of Jesus’ crucifixion. We’re also going to meet two people who get saved by this Gospel that we talk about so much. We could say that one man had a divine disruption to his life. The other man had a God Intersection. One that he was not looking forward to—but changed the last moments of his life and certainly his eternal life. Who are these two men, and why do you care?

We left our story from last Sunday when Pilate found out that Jesus is a Galilean. So Pilate sends Jesus to King Herod because Galilee is Herod’s jurisdiction. Herod also finds Jesus innocent and sends Him back to Pilate. 
Now Pilate has an even bigger problem on his hands. 
From a political perspective, Pilate’s been formally warned by Rome about his administrative style. 
Needless to say, another uprising from the Jews would not look good on Pilate’s record. Then all of a sudden, Pilate had an

Parallel Passages: Matthew 27:32–66; Luke 23:26–56; John 19:16–42 ​ Penal Substitutionary Atonement 1. Penalty paid 2. Substitute provided 3. Sins forgiven Romans 4:5 – “And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness” ​ I. Message…