Preaching (54)
  1. The Kingdom and reign of God in Jesus is marked by lowliness, by humility, by the setting aside of one’s rights, by laying down one’s life, by dying, and specifically, by Jesus dying.
  2. Even in the ignorance and arrogance of the disciples, Jesus is choosing to go to the cross for them.
  3. Jesus is the Savior. He is not a coach, not a great example or teacher, and not a dispenser of spiritual favors in exchange and in proportion to the purity and abundance of one’s faith.
  4. The people of God have experienced millennia of the gap, waiting and longing for restoration, so naturally they are astonished when they get a glimpse of the Kingdom.
  5. Our lingering sinful nature does not defeat or negate the work of Jesus. In Him, we are perfectly righteous, despite the sin which clings so closely.
  6. He should not be there. He could not be there. But there Jesus was. It must be a ghost, so they cried out. “For they all saw Him and were terrified.”
  7. This reading also shows us the heart and character of Jesus. He has compassion for the people. He sees their needs and provides for them.
  8. John prepared the way for Jesus with his preaching and subsequent arrest and death. But then the plot flips and we find hope in the fact that Jesus prepares the way for John (and for us).
  9. Whatever the obstacle, whatever the response, whatever the lack of faith, whatever the personal rejection... Jesus kept on.
  10. Bearing fruit is what branches do. They do not bear fruit by themselves, but they do bear fruit.
  11. He knows the plight we find ourselves in and that there is no one who is righteous and no one else who is coming to save. Jesus says, “I know My own,” and He truly does love us.
  12. He lives. He eats. Maybe our new formal greeting on Easter should be: “Alleluia, Christ is eating! He is eating indeed, Alleluia!”
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