Posts Tagged ‘Life In Jesus’ Name – The Gospel of John’

The Gospel of John began with a prologue. An amazing summary statement foreshadowing what was to come, John 1:1-18. The Gospel of John ends with an epilogue that ties up loose ends, carries the story up past its conclusion, and sets up what was going to happen next. Pastor Matt Mitchell preaching on John 21:1-25…

The title for this message just jumped off the page at me because Jesus says it three times in this one short passage. Verse 19, verse 21, and again in verse 26. “Peace Be With You!” Pastor Matt Mitchell preaching on John 20:19-31 Full manuscript available on Pastor Matt’s blog You can listen here or “Right-Click”…

Jesus was dead and buried. For the last several weeks, we’ve been reading how our Lord Jesus was betrayed in the darkness, arrested in the darkness, interrogated, denied, slapped around, drug around from court to court, mocked, scourged, shamed, and executed.   Pastor Matt Mitchell preaching on John 20:1-18 Full manuscript available on Pastor Matt’s blog You can…

The title of this message comes from the mouth of Pontius Pilate in chapter 19, verse 14. We’re going to see that he didn’t really mean it. Pilate didn’t really believe that Jesus was the king or he wouldn’t have sent Jesus to the Cross! But you and I know that Jesus is the King…

In John 18, we’re in the night before the Cross. Jesus has met with His disciples, washed their feet, given them the Farewell Teachings, and prayed the Real Lord’s Prayer, His great prayer of consecration. Praying for His glory to be restored (and one day seen), for protection for His disciples, and for their unity…

The Lord Jesus was praying for you. On the night before He went to the Cross, our Lord Jesus Christ prayed the most profound and heartfelt prayer consecrating Himself to do His Father’s will to fulfill His Father’s mission, sanctifying Himself to suffer and die for us. And we’ve been listening in to His prayer.…