Press On

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

Some religious leaders came to Jesus and warned him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.”

Jesus didn’t run and hide. Here’s what he said in response:

May 22nd 2020

The Narrow Door

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

Jesus traveled from town to town, teaching as he made his way again to Jerusalem.

Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?” Here was his response:

May 21st 2020

“I and the Father are one.”

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

It was winter and Jesus was at the Festival of Dedication (or, in Hebrew, Hanukkah) in Jerusalem. He was walking in Solomon’s Colonnade in the temple courts.

Some religious leaders gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense. If you are Messiah, tell us plainly.”

Here’s how Jesus responded:

May 20th 2020

Jesus Frees Us

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

Jesus was teaching on a Sabbath in a synagogue. There was a woman there who had been crippled by an evil spirit for eighteen years. It was so bad that she was completely bent over and couldn’t straighten up at all.

Here’s what happened when Jesus saw her:

May 19th 2020

Repent or Perish

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

Some religious people of Jesus’ day believed that calamities were the result of God’s disfavor. Jesus addressed that notion head-on by discussing two major events: (1) the massacre by the Romans of Galileans who had come to Jerusalem to worship and (2) the collapse of a tower in Siloam that killed eighteen people: