Who is Jesus? That’s the question we’re asking this Advent, using Matthew 1 to guide us. Who is Jesus? It’s the most important question that we can ever ask. Today as we ask the question Who is Jesus? We find the answer that Jesus Is The Son Of Abraham (Matthew 1:1) Who is Abraham’s famous son? That would be Isaac. With Abraham and Isaac we see Jesus… the Son of Abraham and our Son of Sacrifice.

We continue our theme “Who is Jesus?” on these four Advent Sundays using Matthew 1 to guide us. Who is Jesus? It’s the most important question that we can ever ask. Today we learn that Jesus is the Son of David. Christ is our King!

The Reading of the Day is Mark 14:53-72. Jesus faces a farce of a trial before the high priest and the Council. Despite a parade of accusers, no two witnesses can manage to make their testimonies agree. Frustrated, the high priest asks, “Are you the Christ?” (Mark 14:61). Jesus’ response, “I am” (v. 62), enrages the high priest, who tears his clothing. Meanwhile, Peter faces his challengers in the courtyard. When bystanders accuse Peter of being a follower of the Nazarene, he denies Jesus three times, just as was foretold.

Our Bible Reading of the Day is Matthew 26:36-56.  Knowing His final hours are drawing close, Jesus goes with His disciples to Gethsemane. Taking Peter, James, and John deeper into the garden, Jesus goes off alone three times to pray. His prayer reflects His willingness to fulfill the Father’s plan despite the suffering that lies ahead. The armed mob arrives to arrest Jesus, whom Judas betrays with a kiss. Peter brashly tries to defend Jesus with a sword but only manages to injure the high priest’s servant. Jesus allows Himself to be taken by the armed mob to fulfill the Scripture. 

: The Reading of the Day is from Luke 22:7-23. Jesus sends Peter and John to prepare the Passover for Himself and the others. They follow a man carrying water to a home with a furnished upper room, where they prepare the Passover meal. During the meal, Jesus institutes what we now call the Lord’s Supper. Through the bread and wine, Jesus lovingly gives them, and us, His very body and blood. 

The Reading of the Day is from Mark 12:41-44. Jesus sits in the temple, observing people depositing money into the offering box. But one offering stands out: a widow brings two small copper coins. Jesus commends this offering to His disciples because He knows her offering is everything she has to live on.

The Reading of the Day is from John 12:1-8. In the week before His crucifixion, Jesus goes to dinner in Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had just raised from the dead. Martha serves as Jesus and Lazarus recline at table. Meanwhile, Mary anoints Jesus’ feet with expensive ointment while wiping them with her hair, preparing Him for burial. When Judas voices his objections, Jesus tells him to leave her alone and points to His upcoming death.

Our Bible Reading of the Day is Luke 9-17. The disciples try to prevent the people from bringing their children to Jesus. Jesus rebukes the disciples and draws the children near to Himself, using a child as an example of how believers receive the kingdom of God.

Our Bible Reading of the Day is John 11:1-44. Mary and Martha’s brother, Lazarus, falls seriously ill. When word of his illness comes to Jesus, He delays two days, assuring His disciples the disease would not lead to death but to God’s glory. Despite death threats, Jesus reassures the disciples when deciding to return to Judea. They set out for Bethany, arriving four days after Lazarus is placed in the tomb. Jesus tells Martha that He is the resurrection and the life, as she boldly confesses, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God” (John 11:27). Deeply moved by their grief, Jesus calls Lazarus back to life.

Our Bible Reading of the Day is John 9:1-41. When Jesus encounters a man born blind, His disciples wrongly assume the man’s sin or his parents’ sin is the cause of the blindness. Jesus corrects their assumption, telling them the man’s blindness was so the works of God might be displayed in him. Sight restored, the man and then his parents find themselves before the Pharisees, who try to claim the man was never blind. When the man asserts the truth of his healing, the Pharisees cast him out. Encountering Jesus once again, the man confesses his faith in the Son of Man.