Just as King Jesus would not fit into any other system, even the Old Covenant, Here here Jesus cannot fit into the Sabbath, but rather, even the Sabbath is made by and for its Lord… King Jesus.

Jesus, his teaching, his work and his reign fits inside nothing else… no larger narrative.. no greater agenda or idol in all of eternal history. All of Judiasm was about Jesus. all the Old Testament….all of human history.. all the universe and all time is about the Triune God’s plan in Jesus’s Kingdom. And with that Kingdom came all new ceremonies, ordinances and commands.

Regular, proactive fasting is fitting and helpful for us to train our minds and hearts to love and long for our Savior who is physically away from us right now. It is his call and desire for his Church and you.

The mission of Christ means the establishment of strong, healthy church families and we believe God has placed this ambition on the shoulders of Cross City Church for His children in Ohio.

The baby Jesus came to provide us with the perfect King who would rule and reign us and all things perfectly!

Jesus is the hope of sinners. We rejoice because though his righteousness is desperately needed by all of us, it's also given freely to the worst of us. His mercy never runs out and he's faithful to forgive the sins of his people. As Christ alone can make us clean from sin and righteous in the sight of God, we need to continue to confess our sins to him, seek his mercy, and embrace his lordship.

The birth of Jesus was the most remarkable birth in the history of the world. Fulfilling every prophecy and bringing hope and salvation to the world, Jesus’ birth was God’s announcement that where we fail, he succeeds.

If we are to glorify the Father, we must glorify the Son because the Father is actively seeking, advancing and enforcing the glory of Jesus who gives us life through his words.

Here Jesus is being challenged in his teaching and the way his disciples are conducting themselves. He responds by establishing himself and his teaching as the new norm and highlights the role of fasting in this new norm.

What a friend we have in Jesus… the friend of sinners who was not ashamed to sit with us, now lets go find his sinners and freshly amazed, sit with them and tell of the One who sat with and for us.

Jesus looks straight in the eyes of the leaders of Israel and tells them that He is the “Son of all Mankind”, holding a position with full divine nature by which he can forgive sins.