Pastoral Intro Whether you received “the sex talk”, also known as “the birds and the bees” conversation, from parents who lovingly discipled you, or through an awkward, cringey conversation you’d rather forget… or maybe you never received it at all and had to piece things together from things you overheard from immature kids in the […]
When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, a deep anger welled up within Him, and He was deeply troubled. – John 11:33 NLT Maybe you’re like me and have found it a little strange that the Creator God of the universe would show up at a funeral (one He’s
Genesis 1:2 – The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. The world was nothing and then became something. However, Jesus is everything and then became nothing. Philippians 2:7 NIV – rather, He made Himself nothing by taking the
Proverbs 23:29 – Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Who is without fault and has no cause for His lashing? Who loses sleep to stay awake all night to pray in Gethsemane? Proverbs 23:30 – Those who tarry long over wine; those who go to try mixed wine. Psalm 75:8 – For in
Matthew 10:40 – “Whoever receives you receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me.” If you receive the Son of God, you receive the Father as well. Jesus is our legitimate double portion and multiplied inheritance. And so it is when you accept the whole Person of Jesus, you receive the fullness of God. Colossians 2:9 – For in Christ lives all the
Matthew 6:22 – “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.” Watch what unfolds when Jesus becomes the centerpiece of Matthew 6:22. Revelation 1:14 – The hairs of His head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire (torch or lamp). Jesus’
Luke 12:58 – “As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison. 59 I tell you, you will never get out until you
Matthew 14:26 – But when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” and they cried out in fear. The disciples thought Jesus was a spirit hovering over the face of the waters. Genesis 1:2 – The earth was without form and void, and darkness was
Acts 23:2 – And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. 3 Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall!” Paul is being accused and condemned before the council, they strike him in the face, and he curses them. Mark 14:64 – You have
Genesis 6:14 – Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Noah, the carpenter, worked with wood to offer salvation to himself, his family, and his neighbors. Jesus, the Carpenter, worked with wood to offer salvation to the entire earth. Salvation comes through a Man utilizing wood and working with His hands. During the flood, Noah and his family are on a wooden
Romans 13:1 – Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Let every man, including the Man Christ Jesus, be subject to the governing authorities. John 19:10 – So Pilate said to Him, “You will not speak to me? Do You
Luke 9:58 – And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” Jesus, and those with Him (the disciples), have no place to lay Their heads. Luke 2:7 – And she gave birth to her firstborn Son and
Song of Solomon 2:4 – He brought me to the banqueting house, and His banner over me was love. The banner over Jesus’ Bride, that is used to distinguish her, is His thrilled and consistently satisfied affectionate delight toward her. The banner over Jesus, that was used to help distinguish Him, because He was mutilated
Genesis 22:17 – I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your Offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your Offspring shall possess the gate of His enemies. Galatians 3:16 – Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his Offspring. It does
Matthew 7:6 – Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. Jesus is the holy Pearl of Great Price handed over to the dogs and thrown before pigs. They trampled, mistreated, insulted, ridiculed and attacked Him. Philippians 3:2 – Look out for
John 19:18 – There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. Jesus had two metal nails in His hands when He was being crushed by death. Revelation 1:18 – I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and hades. After dealing with the issue of sin, Jesus has two metal keys in
Hebrews 13:2 – Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. In other words, take good loving care of strangers, foreigners, outcasts, and aliens of the world, for by doing so we will have hosted angels in our midst without realizing it. Mark 15:41 – In Galilee these
1 Corinthians 2:7 – But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory. Jesus is the unexpected Hidden Mystery prophesied before the ages to our glory. Colossians 2:2 – and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge
John 1:47 – Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” 48 Nathanael said to Him, “How do You know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” This is the very first time
Genesis 2:2 – And on the seventh day God finished His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all His work that He had done in creation. Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5,
Romans 9:21 – Has the Potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? Jesus, the Potter, became like the clay He created and was treated worse than a vessel prepared for dishonorable use. Psalm 31:12 – I have been forgotten like one who is
Luke 21:1 – Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, 2 and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. The woman who was experiencing the pain of death, had two metal coins in her hands when she gave everything. Mark 15:25 – And it was the third
Acts 13:22 – And when He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, of whom He testified and said, “I have found in David the Son of Jesse a Man after My heart, who will do all My will.” Samuel prophesied in 1 Samuel 13:14 that a Man would rise from David’s lineage whose heart would be
Psalm 83:14 – As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze, 15 so may You pursue them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your hurricane! Just as a forest fire chaotically ravages all life that its heat encounters, so Jesus, the Source of Life, was enveloped by the fiery wrath of God while pinned to a dead tree.
1 Samuel 18:10 – The next day a harmful spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he raved within his house while David was playing the lyre, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand. 11 And Saul hurled the spear, for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.”
Genesis 1:28 – And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” The words ‘subdue’ and ‘dominion’ both mean: to rule, dominate,
Psalm 19:1 – The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork. Matthew 2:9 – And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the Child was. The heavens were literally preaching, “Jesus, the Glory of God, is right here!” Genesis 1:1 –
John 4:6 – Jacob’s well was there; so Jesus, wearied as He was from His journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8 (For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) Jesus was exhausted, as from heavy labor, thirsty, and His closest friends had
Psalm 56:8 – You have kept count of My tossings; put My tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book? It’s prophesied that Jesus’ tears would be stored inside of an eternal text. Hebrews 5:7 – In the days of His flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to Him who
1 Corinthians 7:12 – To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. Paul spoke on his own authority. John 12:49 – “For I have not spoken on My own authority, but the
Psalm 56:7 – For their crime will they escape? In wrath cast down the peoples, O God! The Holy Spirit is highlighting david calling out to God to slaughter the enemies he hates. Luke 23:34 – And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” The Holy Spirit is highlighting Jesus calling out to God
Nehemiah 6:2 – Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come and let us meet together at Hakkephirim in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to do me harm. 3 And I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you? 4 And they sent to me four times in this way,
2 Kings 6:4 – They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees. 5 As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh no, my lord!” he cried out. “It was borrowed!” 6 The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place,
Acts 5:1 – But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2 and with his wife’s knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has satan filled your heart to lie to the
2 Corinthians 12:7 – So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. The apostle was given a thorn in his
Isaiah 2:2 – It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it. This Mountain is the dwelling place of God, It’s
1 Samuel 28:13 – The king said to her, “Do not be afraid. What do you see?” And the woman said to saul, “I see a god coming up out of the earth.” 14 He said to her, “What is his appearance?” And she said, “An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped in
Deuteronomy 23:12 – “You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out to it. 13 And you shall have a trowel with your tools, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig a hole with it and turn back and cover up your excrement. 14 Because the LORD your God walks
Hebrews 12:5 – And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord nor be weary when reproved by Him. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves and chastises every son whom He receives.” The word ‘discipline’ means: to correct, punish, or chastise. Isaiah 53:5 –
2 Kings 2:23 – He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” 24 And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name
There are exactly 929 chapters in the Old Testament. Which means that the 930th chapter of the Bible (Matthew 1) is the very first chapter of the New Testament. Check out how many years Adam lived: Genesis 5:5 – Adam lived 930 years, and then he died So in this example, Matthew chapter 1 is like a figurative
Genesis 6:5 – The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him to His heart. 7 So the LORD said, “I
Colossians 1:24 – Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, that is, the church Remember all the afflictions that Jesus had to experience while going through the crucifixion? There was a specific agony
Isaiah 19:23 – In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians 24 In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing in the midst of the
Hebrews 9:4 – This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. Watch what happens when we put these three items in this order: 1. Jesus is the Bread sent from heaven to earth2. Jesus lives a perfect life and fulfills the law3. Jesus,
Have you ever heard it said that Abraham was a friend of God because of his obedience? Are you obedient enough to be God’s friend?
Amos 9:11 – “In that day I will raise up the Booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old, 12 that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by My name,” declares
Original Author: Jacob Rose Matthew 14:1-12 – At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus, 2 and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.” 3 For Herod had seized John
John 2:6-10 ESV – “Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to
