Family Chapel

As He concludes His public ministry, Jesus declares that the time has come for Him to be glorified. Some see Jesus as a threat to their personal glory. Others project their own expectations of glory onto Jesus. However, the way in which Jesus is glorified subverts all expectations. Jesus is glorified through His sacrificial death on the cross which secures the path for salvation. We share in the glory of Christ by rightly recognizing His glory in faith and walking as His disciples.

Jesus declares himself to be the resurrection and the life. Jesus weeps with those who weep in the passing of his beloved friend Lazarus. He sees and knows our grief and sorrows. He then raises Lazarus from the dead to display his full power and sovereignty even over death itself. Therefore, we can have complete comfort and trust in Him.

Jesus is our true shepherd. Jesus shepherds his sheep by providing protection through the dangers of life, by providing entrance into a flourishing life, and by laying down his own life for his sheep.

Jesus is the great "I Am". As such, he is fully God. In Jesus, the eternal God has stepped into humanity to secure true freedom from sin for His people. Whom Jesus has set free is free indeed!

As the light of the world, Jesus grants us true sight. Jesus reveals the Father, so that we can rightly understand who God is. Jesus exposes our sin, and thus lovingly invites us to confess and to repent of our sins. Jesus leads us out of darkness, so that we have the hope that one day all will be bright and darkness will be no more. When we encounter the light of the world, we will say: "I once was blind, but now I see."

As Jesus continues his public ministry, the crowds are confused as to who Jesus is. This confusion stems from an underlying sense of disappointment, fear, hatred, and pride. In the face of such confusion, Jesus extends a clear invitation to believe in Him as the promised Messiah who has come to secure true life by pouring out the Spirit through laying down His own life.

We are continuing our study back in the gospel of John with John 6:1-71. John describes the miraculous signs of Jesus feeding the 5000 and him walking on water. In the past, God through Moses (the first redeemer) controlled the waters by dividing the seas and feeding the Israelites with miraculous provisions of bread. But the one who is greater than Moses has come. Jesus is the bread of life, the true bread from heaven given by the Father. Those who may find eternal life and ultimate satisfaction must fully partake and believe in the Son, the true bread from heaven.

Mary Magdalene is an important witness to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Through her eyes, we see that Jesus is the great Savior who delivers His people out of darkness, Jesus is the great Teacher who invites His people into discipleship, and Jesus is the great King who commissions His people to tell the world about His victory.

One of the profound realities of the gospel is that we will receive new, glorified resurrection bodies. We will not inhabit eternity as floating spirits, but we will have real flesh and blood and bones. Part of that physical reality means that we will retain our ethnic identities. How should the resurrection shape our understanding of what it means to be Asian American?

If I’ve died to my sin, then why does sin seem to still have mastery over me? One of the greatest struggles for all Christians is not necessarily external but within. We believe we are saved but yet struggle with sin, which at times leads to doubts, frustrating cycles, or bouts with apathy. How do we navigate the reality of this struggle and find victory?