Jesus is giving his last instructions to His followers. We get a window into his deepest thoughts as we get to witness His longest prayer in the Bible. He has come to accomplish the will of the Father and now HIs hour has come. 

Psalm 22 was written a thousand years before Christ was born but in this Psalm, we get a striking prophecy about the crucifixion of Jesus in detail. This Psalm follows the entire cycle of Jesus's death and subsequent victory through His resurrection and deliverance. 

Jesus gives His followers a new commandment to love one another. The newness of this command is found in that He tells them that they are to love one another as He has loved them. The example of love that we are to have is the self-giving sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. 

If you are at home and are looking for a sermon and worship we would love for you to tune in with us at Westgate. In our sermon, we will continue in our study of the Gospel of John. Our passage will come from John 14:16-26 and we are asking the question, "Who is the Holy Spirit?"

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In our reading today Jesus does something shocking by washing the feet of His disciples. This task was reserved for the lowest of His society. Jesus reminds us that we are to be humble servants.

In today's reading, Jesus makes His Triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The crowds will cry out Hosanna which means "save us today"! 

In today's reading Mary of Bethany gives Jesus an extravagant gift by anointing him with nard ointment. Jesus's death was at hand and she gave the greatest gift she had to show honor to Jesus. 

In this Psalm, we learn we have a champion that ascended the hill of God on our behalf. Because of this we can enter into God's throne room because our champion, Jesus, is the great High Priest who intercedes for us. 

Jesus displays the glory of God by raising Lazarus from the dead. John 11 is the last of the seven signs of John's Gospel. 

Jesus claims to be equal with God. He shows that His great works and signs point to this reality. We also tackle the difficulty of Jesus's quotation of Psalm 82 in this passage. 

In our reading today Jesus speaks to us to give us assurance. Assurance that if we are in Him nothing can take us away from His love. He knows us and we know Him and we listen to the words of our shepherd. Our assurance is based on the bedrock of the gospel and His promises to us.