Even though He taught God's truth and healed many people, Jesus was arrested. Clearly, He said some revolutionary things and acted in some startling ways - like pushing things around in the Temple - but His arrest was part of a plot concocted by religious leaders. He was shuffled from Annas, the former high priest, …
Jesus Prayed
Before His arrest, Jesus gathered with His closest followers. After teaching them, He knew what was to come and so He prayed (John 17). He prayed that God would be glorified through Him. He thanked His Father for the privilege of unfolding the Father's will in showing Himself to these closest followers. He prayed that …
Jesus Knew
When Jesus came into Jerusalem, He knew what was to come. He was under no illusions about the hopes of the crowd that greeted Him with shouts of "Hosanna!" and "Blessed is the king of Israel!" (John 12:13). He knew they would turn on Him when He failed to bring the kingdom they so desired. …
Jesus Comes After Sick People
Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Luke 5:31-32) I am glad that Jesus comes after sick people. In Luke 5, Jesus pursues a man with leprosy, a paralyzed man, a social outcast who collects …
Growing Up with Jesus
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. (Luke 2:52) If Jesus grew up, we should be reassured that we too must grow up. Most of us would have no problem with the idea that Jesus grew up, as Luke says, "in stature"; developing from a child to a …
Matthew Erickson 