When the Greeks approached and asked Jesus to come to them, He replied that He couldn't do it then since His hour had come. He then taught about the seed that must die to bear much fruit — of course He was speaking of Himself, not agriculture.
Jesus' disciples and the pilgrims coming to Jerusalem for the when when He did made sure He had a grand entrance singing the prophetic 118th Psalm. He enemies hated Him all the more for it.
At a dinner party, not long before Jesus' death, the generous hearts of some of Jesus' disciples were revealed, but so was Judas' greed.
After Lazarus was raised to so publicly and so near to Jerusalem, the leaders decided that Jesus had to go. There had already been several impromptu attempts to kill Jesus. Now it become official policy.
Jesus demonstrates His power over life and death in compassion for His friends.
Jesus not only conquers death and tribulations for us, He shares in their grief with us too.
In a cemetery, in face of a recent death, Jesus proclaims not just the fact of the resurrection, but Himself as the power of resurrection and life. And He is believed. Just as we should believe today.
The story of Lazarus being raised from the dead begin with him really dying. Our study of John 11 begins with his illness and death and the reactions to it.
Jesus gave the people plenty of reason to believe in Him. But for those who rejected Him and even charged Him with blasphemy, Jesus directs them to the irrefutable miracles He was doing as reason enough to believe.
The clearer Jesus taught the truth of who He was and what He was doing, the more His enemies hated it.
Our study begins with the author and setting of this little letter and why trials should be considered joy.
Jesus speaks of His tender care for His followers calling on the great Shepherd imagery that is constant throughout all the scriptures.
The Jews sang this song at the Passover. It prophecies the Messiah coming into God's temple. The leaders of the people objected when the crowds sang it enthusiastically during the triumphal entry. We take a look at then entirety of this psalm.
This pair psalms tell of the great, unfailing faithfulness of God, and then through much of the same history, so great, unfailing unfaithfulness of men.
Asaph struggled mightily with a terrible amount of discontentment and grief at the success of others, people he was sure more wicked than himself. Read of his journey to find faith and contentment again with God.
A psalm of Moses about the nature of man and our sin before a just and holy God.
A song of the blessedness of forgiveness and being counted as righteous. This is the psalm Paul quotes to teach us how the gospel works.
This prophetic psalm speaks of the King God appoints as the Messiah and His Son. All are admonished to do homage to Him before His wrath comes.
The Psalms start by telling us how to have a blessed live before God, and contrasts that life with the end of the wicked.
A study of our Great Shepherd's marvelous provision for His sheep.
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