Christ submitted Himself to the Father’s will in both His role as the Son of God and the son of Mary.

Whether you believe it or not, Jesus Is the King of Creation, the Son of God, and the unblemished Passover Lamb—God the Son. As Pilate and the Jews wrestled through their hatred and confusion of this Man called Jesus, His identity remained the same and His words/works continued to prove its validity.

To celebrate the dedication of a child, and the commissioning of her parents, we took a break this Sunday from our study in John to look at Deuteronomy 6. In this chapter, we learn the words of Moses to the people of Israel were meant to protect them from becoming like the canaanites. They were commanded to love God with all their heart, and to teach the Word of God to their sons and son’s sons.

To walk with Jesus requires more than lip service and empty religion. 

The Pharisee’s practiced a love for God they did not truly possess, as they sought to kill the same Savior they claimed to be waiting on. 

When faced with a chance to claim his allegiance to Christ, Peter faltered in the face of adversity. Let us be careful before we point our fingers, to ask the Lord for grace to protect us from denying Him as well.

Jesus willingly, and knowingly, was arrested by Judas and others at the garden of Gethsemane in John 18. Just as God’s plan for redemption began in a garden, it also begins to end in one as well. Follow along with us as we draw near to the Cross, the Tomb, and the glorious Resurrection of Jesus the Nazarene in the coming months.

Jesus prayed for the Father to preserve, protect, progress, and perfect the disciples by His power and for His glory.

Sometimes, bad news makes good news even better! 

In our text this morning, Jesus is preparing to leave the disciples behind and He tells them really bad news. A little while longer, however, and the Good News would come, by the power of the Holy Spirit and through the work of Jesus’s death and resurrection!

When Jesus left this world in the flesh of His humanity, He send the Holy Spirit to carry on Their work. The Spirit came to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgement; to guide the disciples in truth; and to clarify the glory of Jesus Christ.

During Jesus final moments with His disciples, He warned them of the hatred, persecution, and murderous behavior the world would treat them with. They would go on to experience these things because of their faith in Christ. As believers in the 21st century, how much more should we expect the same?