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

The 14th day of Abib (Passover), continued.
February 16, 2022

Note: Click the links below for downloadable PDF files for you to read along.

Jesus' final week according to the four gospels:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QtswqBWQ5vifB2t0KmNQDZF9vJ9hrtdE/view?usp=sharing

Scriptures for reading:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EEpNbKNCB5w-w9pKl-nBynLVzaoMjsQZ/view?usp=sharing

Highlights:

* Jesus was determined to do his Father's will, of course, but he was also very afraid, nervous, and greatly dreading what lay ahead for him. He really was "tempted in every way that we are".

* Jesus was laboring hard on the night before his crucifixion to prepare his disciples for what lay ahead for them, both the good and the bad. And there would be much of both.

* Jesus' heart was so much back home with his Father that it was as if he was trying to block out, mentally, the approaching torture and horrific execution. He absolutely hated the though of what was coming.

* The gospel has always divided people because some people are chosen by God and some are not.

* Those in the Old Testament who loved God loved the prophets He sent because of the benefits brought to them by the truth.

* ... And those in the Old Testament who hated good hated the prophets He sent and blamed them for their troubles.

* ... And those who love God today love and obey the truth when they hear it, and they honor the men who preach it because of the fellowship with Christ it brings them.

* ... And those who hate God hate the truth when they hear it, and they blame the men who preach it for the divisions it causes.

* Saying the words, "in Jesus' name", is not a magic formula that makes things happen.

* Bearing fruit to Good is a requirement for being able to "ask in Jesus' name". And staying alive in Christ, and his words staying alive in us, is another requirement (cf Jn. 15:7).

* Whether we're talking about salvation, "asking in Jesus' name", or anything else, what is required is a holy life, not a ceremony, or a magical formula, with special wording that produces results.

* Jesus' promise of persecution is only for those who live their lives "in Jesus' name", that is, in the Spirit.

* People's reactions to someone walking in the Spirit now is just as if Jesus himself were here because men loved or hated Jesus because he walked in the Spirit.

* It is impossible to hate Jesus and love God. He is the living image of God.

* ... And anyone who hates you, if you are walking in the Spirit, hates Jesus. And it is also true that anyone who loves you, loves Jesus and his Father.

* Before a man receives the Spirit, all that he can truthfully confess is his sin.

* We all need to know ahead of time the cost for obeying Jesus.

* We benefit by knowing ahead of time that if we come to Jesus and walk uprightly before him, many people will misunderstand and hate us, and will try to hurt us. Settle that in your heart, then, and do what you can to prepare to deal with it.

* Jesus was courageous, we know, and full of faith, but he was also one of us. He is the one who said this through David:

"In God have I put my trust. I will not fear what man can do to me!" (Psalm 56:11

And this, too, the the same Psalm:

"What time I am afraid, I will trust in [God]."

* The disciples did not understand that Jesus was about to be killed, and then would be resurrected, and then would ascend to heaven.

* Jesus prayed that you and I would be one THE SAME WAY that he and the Father are one.

* You do not have to be concerned about the Devil. Fear God, and keep His commandments.

* Our fellowship is the greatest testimony that we can give to the world that God sent Jesus.

* Not only will more people believe that Jesus is of God if we are united, but more people will believe that WE are of God if we are united.