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For Life and Salvation, God Gave His Son 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Even Death…

1 Peter 3:18-22

There are crosses everywhere. You don’t have to look hard to find one. They are perched high atop churches. They are on billboards. They are on t-shirts. They are around people’s necks. They’re even tattooed on people’s bodies. For most, the cross is so common, that they have never stopped to think about…

Jesus Christ foretold his death on the cross “See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third…

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They handed Him over Arrested with no resistance Beaten beyond recognition Made no defence Was handed over 16 So he then handed Him over to them to be crucified. (expand on some of what He endured already) The Passion of the Christ passage 17 They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own…

Setting the stage for final act Surrendered Jesus surrendered Himself Succumb The crowd, the questioning Suffered The scourging, the ridiculing Sacrificed Went to the cross as a criminal that there was no guilt found in. Went to the cross willingly for our sins to fulfill His purpose. Take a few minutes…

Jesus The King Have you ever expected something, didn’t get it and then got mad that your expectation wasn’t met? Only to find out the thing you wanted was short sighted and what you actually got was even better. Here’s an example from my own life. In 2015, I graduated with my Bachelor’s in Biblical…

Introduction Happy Easter! Welcome! Easter is the day that we remember the resurrection of Jesus. We will certainly do that today, but we are going to look at a passage from the Bible that I have never used on Easter. I hope it makes sense why we are doing this, so hang around until the end and hopefully…

ILLUST: Basketball nets - spoils for the victory READ: Mark 12:1-11 - Parable of the Vine-grower Jesus summarizes the battle, the war being waged, through a simple parable of God’s love for the world In the parable, the vine-growers assumed killing the son would rid them of having to deal with the vineyard…

1 Corinthians 11:23-26 THE MESSAGE IN THE MEAL Intro : For 2,000 years, the church of Jesus has been celebrating the Lord’s Supper service. In some churches, it is an elaborate and ornate affair that dominates the entire service. In other churches, it is observed at the end of a worship service. Some…

Can you imagine someone wearing a necklace with an electric chair on it? Have you ever seen a bumper sticker with a guillotine? And yet, as the thought for today said, we see crosses everywhere. We forget that in Jesus’ day, a cross was not a fashion statement. Our reading for today reminds us that following…

Finishing The Mission The reason Jesus came to earth to accomplish the task the Father has set before Him there are — things John wants to convey to us through his rendering Jesus was crucified for sin He died as the King of the Jews/ whole world Prophecy was fulfilled Jesus died Read John 19 17-37 ,…

Introduction Today we continue our series From the Cross, through the Tomb, as we look at a few things. The first message was titled “The Perseverance of Jesus” (From the Garden to the Cross) Jesus Persevered in the Garden Through the Unanswered Prayer He Prayed to His Father Through the Unwilling Apostles…

Introduction As we began this series two weeks ago, I’d preached an overview concerning the Tabernacle. In doing so, it was important to go back prior to the giving of it, to the things that led up to it. (The Plan) It was a Conditional Covenant ( Ex. 19-20 , etc.) After the Promise ( Gen. 12:1-3 ) After…

Finding our lives. You hear people say that they need to get to a place of solitude for the reason of finding themselves. We’ve heard people say that they need to get away from toxic relationships, with the goal of finding them self. You can read books on finding yourself, discovering yourself. By ways…

Welcome Prayer Introduction: Last week we looked at Acts 10:1-35 and saw how God opened Peter’s thinking to understand that the Gospel wasn’t just for the Jews, and, we applied it to ask ourselves who, in our lives, do we treat like Peter and the early Church treated the Gentiles. Additionally, we pondered…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture Prayer Intro Good morning, Gateway Chapel! If we haven’t met before, my name is Chris, and I’m the pastor of Gateway Chapel, the church that gathers here in this building. We are a church on mission to plant churches and make disciples who hear, love, and obey Jesus.…

denial can be equivocated to dying out of our own will and desires. denial can be viewed as good or bad depending on the context used. the good: 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save…

Remembrance As we gather this evening it is for the purpose to remember what Jesus Christ did… As we gather together we remember Him as we come to the Lord’s table, an sacrament instituted by the Lord Himself… The night that He would be betrayed… Jesus did something unique with His followers The Bread……

Intro Continued prayer for Israel and their safety and peace. That war is not worse than it must be. But that is is not short of what it needs to be. It is not outside of God’s control. He has made it clear that He knows how and when the final answer to rebelion to Him will come. But it is hard to see…

Good Morning, I am so glad that you are here with us today because today we get to finish what we started last week in our message about knowing Jesus. Last week we began this 2 part message on knowing Jesus, and started with the person of Christ. He was fully God as well as fully man. Today, I want…

Introduction We began this series prior to Missions Conference, and we’ll continue it today. This series is titled ‘From the Cross Through the Tomb’, and we’re looking at what Jesus experienced in the last 18 or so hours of His natural life before He was crucified and gave up the Ghost. The first message…

The crucifixion and the death Handed over to be crucified (19:16) Jews were still not happy (19:21) The witnesses (19:25) The command (19:26-27) The death (19:28-30) (Transition) now with Jesus giving up His spirit, comes to our passage this evening. The confirmation of His death and the handling of…