Tonight’s text brings us to the fourth phase of Jesus’ six phase trial. He was arrested unjustly in the garden, thanks to Judas’ betrayal He was bound by a crowd of as many as a thousand Roman soldiers and officers from the Jewish high priests. He was taken to the home of Annas, a man...
“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth, I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” (Matthew 10:34 NIV) Comfort we love, comfort we seek. This should not be so in our lives especially as we seek to glorify God. For far too long we’ve become accustomed to...
The last thing that Jesus prayed for his disciples while he was still with them was, “sanctify them by your truth.” We’ve already read through and studied where Jesus had prayed that the Father would keep the disciples in His name and that he would keep them from evil; that he would guard God’s character...
