We need to have a firm answer to this question as we approach God - who is Jesus? God will not allow a vague answer. Jesus is the Christ, the son of God.

In the feeding of the 5,000 we see Jesus compassion as well as His burden to feed our faith.

Jesus wants us to tell the world about Him! Our God is passionate about sending. He sent His Son and His Son sends us!

Jesus is able to bring life and hope where death and hopeless reside. In this passage, Jesus heals a young girl and an older woman, both of whom were in dire situations. Jesus is right there for us today too!

Jesus goes out of His way to rescue one person in dire circumstances. He can calm our stormy hearts, too.

We all assume that, of the four soils of which Jesus spoke, we are certainly the good soil. The point of the sermon however is to really challenge us to think of how we receive His Word into our way of life.

On this Easter, we want to look at the depth of the forgiveness of God and a call to love Him in tangible ways.

1. What pleases the Lord? How can we please the Lord?

2. What did Jesus do that pleased the Lord? (v10)

3. What was the Lord pleased to do for Jesus? (v10)

We sometimes wonder if Jesus mission really worked. Even John the Baptist wondered about

Jesus. Even in moments of doubt, Jesus is there to bring courage to us.

Luke contrasts two reactions to Jesus. One is a gentile centurion who humbles himself and trusts Jesus can heal a servant by just speaking from a distance. The other is of a town of His countrymen who react to His raising a dead boy to life by fearfully praising God.