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As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture: “Behold,…

The Purpose Fascination - Discovery - Identity - Authenticity One day, Napoleon was speaking of the Divinity of Christ; when General Bertrand said:— “I can not conceive, sire, how a great man like you can believe that the Supreme Being ever exhibited himself to men under a human form, with a body, a…

The day is coming There are several significant dates in someones life, and that included Jesus. What are some significant things, dates that you have had in your life? What about significant events, dates in Jesus life? How about the disciples, the apostles? Jesus date is coming, but tonight we are…

Maundy Thursday and the scent of grace

Welcome- Prepare hearts and Worship 100% of the time, His little feet. I am looking for a couple of people who would want to be available at the end of service to answer questions and meet any body that has questions. If this is something you might want to participate in please let me know. Call to Worship…

A Different Kind of King and because he is a different kind of king our lives are changed forever John 12:9–19 (ESV) 9 When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 10 So the chief priests…

Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. Jesus returns to the region of Jerusalem Ch 11 leaves off with Jesus in…

Exegetical Point: Homiletic Point: Intro Getting back into John. Picking up where we left off. Reminder: Why Did John write the Gospel of John? Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus…

11:45-12:11 Last week we talked about Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead With one phrase he took what was dead and made him alive. That’s a picture of the gospel message. God makes dead things alive. He gives us, who are spiritually dead, a new life. And he offers it to all who will believe. However,…

Salvation, Day of The story is told of a time when Satan held a strategy session for subverting those who were close to salvation. “What shall we do?” asked Satan. A daring demon stood and shouted, “I have it! I know what we can do! We can tell men that there is no life after death, that they die like…

I AM the Resurrection 17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming,…

Jesus is the King of Kings who reconciles the world to God through His death on the cross

The Triple Threat 1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. One of the key notes of this verse is that this is the Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from the dead in the previous chapter. 2 So they gave a dinner for him there.…

Jesus was wanted by the Romans because of his growing following. Jesus stayed at the home of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. This is where Jesus and his disciples stayed on “the Great Sabbath” and through Passover. The attending rabbi recites a liturgy for the coming Passover derived from Exodus. It’s about…

In John 12:25, Jesus calls his followers to live in an incredibly unusual way as he calls us to hate our lives in this world. Find out what that means as we walk through John 12 together.

Verses 1-2 As we get into chapter 14 we again depart from a strict chronology as Mark often does for the purpose of comparing and contrasting different events in the life of Christ and now move backwards a few days to the Friday before Palm Sunday. We know the timing from John 12 . The reason Mark now…

Setting The Scene for the last few weeks Jesus has been in Ephraim 11 54-57 Jesus has a APB on Him Its now 6 days before His death 1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. most of the rest of John is these last 6 days…

Belief: An opinion of judgment in which a person is fully persuaded. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

I. The Price of Devotion II. The Consequence of Devotion III. The Relationship of Revelation to Devotion

Today we will be studying John 12:1-11 . I encourage you to open your bibles to that passage, or follow along using the Bible Study App, or on the screen behind me. As you open to that passage, let’s review the background to this event, which occurs just before the final week of Jesus before His death…

Intro Prayer 1 Now a man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair, and it was her brother Lazarus who was sick. 3 So the sisters sent a message to him: “Lord, the one you love is sick.”…

John description of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem reveals three distinct types of people in their feelings toward Jesus the messiah. By observing the hearts of those surrounding Jesus, we see how sinful motivations result in the rejection of our savior and we are challenged to observe our own…

Intro This little light of mine I’m going to let it shine... That was the first song I learned to sing as a child in church… I can remember sitting in my first choir rehearsal at Center Baptist Church in Angie, La. and I couldn’t wait until Sunday came to sing that little song. While that song is easy…