September 22nd 2020

Jesus’ First Words

We continue our journey into every word spoken by Jesus in the Gospels to help us all KNOW JESUS MORE NOW.

Yesterday, we began taking a deeeeep dive into a really BIG question: Who did Jesus say he is?

We kicked things off with another question: What title did Jesus use most often to refer to himself?

The answer: Son of Man. We then examined lots of verses illustrating what he meant.

Today, we’ll start with another question: What were Jesus’ very first words in the Bible?

September 21st 2020

Jesus On Jesus

We continue our journey into every word spoken by Jesus in the Gospels to help us all KNOW JESUS MORE NOW.

Today, we begin a deeeeep dive into a really BIG question: Who did Jesus say he is?

Let’s kick things off with another question: What title did Jesus use most often to refer to himself?

The answer? Son of Man. In fact, that phrase appears a whopping 82 times in the Gospels.

That title emphasized both Jesus’ humble humanity and his fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy. God’s people had been waiting centuries for these words from Daniel to come to fruition:

In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

(Daniel 7:13-14)

Jesus proclaimed himself as the fulfillment of that prophecy in this rather panoramic collection of verses:

September 20th 2020

Do What Jesus Says

We continue our journey through every word spoken by Jesus in the Gospels to help us all KNOW JESUS MORE NOW.

For the past several weeks we’ve been attempting to answer the question What exactly are Christians supposed to do? by looking at 50 commands straight from the mouth of Jesus.

We began with Jesus’ Big 2 Commands:

Love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.
Love your neighbor as yourself.

As Jesus said, “There is no commandment greater than these” and “all the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:37-40; Mark 12:28-34)

Below is a handy list of the 50 commands we covered that show what it reeeeeally means to love God and others. Print it out. Mediate on it. Marinate in it. Memorize it. And then ask the Holy Spirit to help you DO it.