5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, 6 and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall...

19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the corne...

14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that...

Unless the Lord builds the house,    those who build it labor in vain.Unless the Lord watches over the city,    the watchman stays awake in vain.

7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

In Luke 23:26–49, this sermon shows that forgiveness isn’t free—it was purchased at the cross. As Jesus is led to Calvary, He calls people to repentance and then displays stunning mercy by praying, “Father, forgive them,” even while He is being...

34 And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And havi...

25 I will restore to you the years    that the swarming locust has eaten,the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter,    my great army, which I sent among you.

38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God i...

10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.

The pride of your heart has deceived you,    you who live in the clefts of the rock,    in your lofty dwelling,who say in your heart,    “Who will bring me down to the ground?”

In Obadiah 15–21, this message frames the passage around two mountains—the pride of sinful humanity that will be brought low, and Mount Zion, where God rescues and restores His people. First, it emphasizes that sin will ...

21 Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion  to rule Mount Esau,    and the kingdom shall be the Lord's.

26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Luke 23:6–25 highlights how Jesus stands trial before Herod and Pilate and is repeatedly declared innocent—yet He is still condemned under the pressure of accusations and a shouting crowd. The message invites us to slow down and see Jesus as th...

James 4:4 - You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.Colossians 3:1-2 - If then you ha...

3 He was despised and rejected by men,    a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;and as one from whom men hide their faces    he was despised, and we esteemed him not.4 Surely he has born...

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a plac...

8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

In Luke 22:63–23:5, we see three scenes after Jesus’ arrest that center on one question: Who is Jesus? As He’s beaten and mocked, His captors taunt Him to “prophesy,” even though Jesus has been speaking God’s truth and predicting these e...

63 Now the men who were holding Jesus in custody were mocking him as they beat him. 64 They also blindfolded him and kept asking him, “Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?” 65 And they said many other things against him, bl...