Teaching (Page 83)

Teaching (Page 83)

Why Jesus Endured the Cross

Psalm 22:21-31 We come to our time in God’s word this morning. I want to invite you to turn in your bibles to the twenty second psalm. We’re gonna finish what we started last week in psalm 22 as we considered what Jesus endured on the cross. And you’ll remember that as we looked at Psalm 22 in preparation for Passion Week, we looked back at that Psalm because Jesus had intentionally directed us there from the cross. He cried…

How Jesus Endured the Cross

Psalm 22:1-21 In anticipation of our time around the Lord’s Table, I thought we could take some time, as I mentioned, to reflect on the cross. And I’d like us to meditate on some themes that we heard in our reading this morning out of Mark’s Gospel, which portrayed the depth of Jesus’ suffering for our sins. So just by way of introduction, go ahead and turn in your Bibles back to Mark’s Gospel, chapter 14, and follow along as…

The Theology of the Messiah’s Growth

Luke 2:49-52 Last week we started reading the story of Jesus as a 12-year-old boy, visiting the temple, and you can find that story at the end of Chapter 2. We’re going to start there reading this morning in Chapter 2, verse 40. Like I said, we’ll just begin by reading the account this morning and refresh ourselves with the truths that are here. It says in verse 40,  “The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the…

The First Words of the Divine Child

Luke 2:39-49 We have been enjoying a rich, rich study of the infancy narratives about Jesus as a baby, and here, we’re going to see this morning, as a little boy. Luke has been preparing us in these narratives, these first two chapters, by setting our expectations about what we’re going to find about who Jesus is because he wants us to properly, rightly receive Jesus and his ministry. That’s been the intent of these first two chapters. Luke has…