Jesus' Final Week According to All Four Gospels - Part One

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Jesus' final week according to the four gospels:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1suumulcq56xYK_4wvnNtns_uc4I2WZ6Y/view?usp=sharing

Scriptures for reading:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HXQIVycY9S1-mzsdAq9Olz0ZKqYjnBLw/view?usp=sharing

Highlights:

* Jews began each new day at evening

* Israel's leaders, guardians of the holy law of God, had decreed that it was an unforgivable crime against God for anyone to believe that Jesus was the Messiah.

* People trembled at being excommunicated by these men, for to be excommunicated means to be cut off from communion with God and His chosen people.

* But as it was, their excommunication was excommunication from a religion that they and others had devised.

* They had already excommunicated Jesus, and he still enjoyed his communion with God; so, their excommunication meant nothing in heaven.

* Nobody wants to be reviled and excluded. It's a bad feeling.

* But in this world, for a child of God, to be liked and welcomed into men's company comes at a terrible price: the price of silence.

* God's children are good people, and for the most part, the world likes them -- as long as they do not confess ALL that they know.

* "The world" in Israel hated Jesus, not because Jesus was a murderer or a thief, nor because he disobeyed the law, but because he preached God's righteousness to Israel, and that exposed their sinfulness and vanity.

* The Son of God was not sent to earth to be good. He was sent to earth to do something he could not do in heaven. That "something" included dying for our sins and sending down the Spirit to us.

* God's over-arching purpose for sending His Son was to make God known -- His thoughts and His feelings. It was to create a connection between man and God that had never existed before.

* We're not "beseeching" anybody "in Christ's stead" if we are not telling them the whole truth.

* To tell God's people that the baptism of the holy Ghost is good is a lie if you know how good it really is, and do not tell them.

* The world will stop at nothing to keep the truth suppressed, to keep it from being heard. But the holy Ghost cannot be stopped by anything of earth from speaking it.

* We who have been given the light are alone in this world. We are strangers here, and we are blessed to have each other. We need each other's love and help.

* You have no friend who is not walking in the light of God. No such friend exists for a child of God.

* It is the nature of every person born into this life to oppose the work of Christ, even when we try to do good. And our human nature opposes his Spirit every moment with all that it is.

* Be friendly; be kind; be good. But above all things, be like Jesus and remember the purpose for which God has called you!

* You will be fooled if you judge by appearances.

* Whoever has the mind of Christ is your friend!

* Stick close to him, and be refreshed.
* Nurture that relationship, and be strengthened.
* Feast on Christ with him, and come to the knowledge of God.
* Grow with him into the fullness of the stature of Christ, and be saved.

Scriptures referenced in this video:
(Scriptures are from the PJV version, found online at https://goingtojesus.com/gtj_translat...

Exodus 13:3-5
Leviticus 23:5
1Corinthians 5:7-8
Genesis 1:5, 8
John 9:15, 18-23
Luke 6:22
John 7:7
Luke 16:15
Romans 14:17-18
John 17:3
John 18:37
Psalm 71:16
Galatians 6:14
1Corinthians 10:17
Psalm 87:4
2Corinthians 5:20
Psalm 145:10-12
Psalm 22:30-31
Acts 1:8
Ephesians 6:18-20
Romans 8:26
1Corinthians 15:33
Isaiah 11:3-4
Deuteronomy 12:2-5, 7
1Timothy 5:22