Then Pilate said to Him, “Are You not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have power to crucify You, and power to release You?” Jesus answered, “You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. …
GETTING RID OF JESUS
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk. And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about …
THE RETURN
He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately. Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. So he called ten of …
WHERE THE HEART ABIDES
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where …
IF YOU WANT TO BE PERFECT
Matthew 19:16-26 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” The story of the rich young ruler is about a man who seemed …
I SURRENDER ALL
Then Peter answered and said to Him, “see, we have left all and followed You. Therefore what shall we have?” (Matthew 19:27). This narrative is about a rich young ruler, a man who wanted to follow Jesus and maintain his wealth and status, but Jesus …
PREPARING GOD’S HOUSE Pt. 2
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in …
THE FATHER’S GIFT
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there …
EMBRACE THE CHANGE
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord (2 Corinthians 3:18). Paul draws an appropriately graphic illustration from …
PREPARING GOD’S HOUSE
Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house (1 Chronicles 29:3). We are under the command of the Lord …