Cazenovia Park Baptist Church in Buffalo, NY
Mark
The disciples fall and flee, but the Savior stands and stays.
The night before He died, Jesus eats one last time with His disciples, and He establishes a new “tradition” for the family of God, one that fulfills and replaces the Passover feast.
Who are the real followers of Christ? In this passage, one of the insiders shows himself to be an outsider, and one of the outsiders shows herself to be an insider.
The disciples asked Jesus about some troubling words He spoke about the temple in Jerusalem. He answers with words for them, and for us, concerning the end of the age.
The disciples asked Jesus about some troubling words He spoke about the temple in Jerusalem. He answers with words for them, and for us, concerning the end of the age.
Jesus tells the crowd to beware of the religion of the scribes…but He calls us to pay attention to the religion of a poor widow.
How can David call his own son Lord? What is it that the religious authorities in Jesus’ time misunderstood about Him?
The Gospel gives shape to what our love for the Lord, and for our neighbor, will look like.
How can I be accepted by a holy God? Is there a standard of goodness that I need to achieve? Can I be “good enough?”
Our joy and God’s glory are connected. We have been made to be most happy when we are delighting ourselves in Him. So, when Jesus gives the most important command, to love the Lord, God is commanding our happiness. Will we trust Him and obey?