The prayer of the week is based on Psalm 103:1-5 You are to be blessed O LORD with all my mind, my emotions, my will. All, all that is within me, is to bless Your Holy name. O bless the LORD, O my soul. Your benefits are not to be forgotten: You are […]
Who? Jesus What? Teaching the Passover crowd through a parable Where? In the temple in Jerusalem When? The week of His crucifixion Why? To illustrate truth about God the Father and Himself How did the people respond to this parable? With understanding and this can be ascertained by their response – “May it never be!” […]
Jesus was asked the following questions, which He did not answer at that time: “Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?” (Luke 20:2) From where was the right, the power, the authority of Jesus? Jesus taught as One having authority. […]
Jesus had been confronted by the chief priests and the scribes along with the elders in the temple. There was a crowd around Jesus who had been listening to Him teach. These confrontational men asked Jesus “Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave […]
Jesus went to the temple to teach on the days following His entry into Jerusalem riding on a donkey. (NASB) Luke 20:1-2 “ON ONE of the days while He was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders confronted Him, 2 and they […]
Jesus went into Jerusalem to the shouts of acclamation of the Passover crowds. (Luke 19:37-38) He wept over Jerusalem because it had not recognized the time of God’s visitation, Jesus, Himself! He warned of the fall of Jerusalem. (Luke 19:41-44) When Jesus entered Jerusalem, He went to the temple and drove out […]
(NASB) Luke 19:45 “Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling.” This same incident was described by Matthew and Mark in this way: (NASB) Matthew 21:12 “And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of […]
The prayer of the week is based on Philippians 2:5-11 Father in heaven, You sent Your Son and He came to earth as a baby, what graciousness to empty Himself taking on the role of a servant, sent to serve. He humbled Himself and became obedient by going to the cross…dying there for me. Thank […]
Why did Jesus weep as He neared Jerusalem on the back of a donkey? He knew what would happen there in the future, beyond His own death and resurrection and ascension into heaven. (NASB) Luke 19:41-44 “When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, ‘If you had known […]
Anticipation builds as the crowd waits for the star of the show to come center stage. How exciting! A Very Important Person is heralded as he/she comes on stage. Shouts and clapping, joy and happiness abound. If this happens when a music star performs – just imagine what it must have been […]