“Why did Jesus have to Die?” – Exodus 12:1-13 — The Passover.
Exodus 24:1-8 — The Covenant with Israel.
Hebrews 9:18-22 — Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
Hebrews 9:11-14 — Christ entered the most Holy Place once for all by his own blood …
Romans 3:10-18 — There is no one righteous.
Series in Colossians / Series on Prayer (Colossians 4:2)
“The Lord’s Prayer – Our Daily Bread” – Matthew 6:11
Matthew 6:9-13 — The Lord’s Prayer.
Matthew 6:11 – Recognizing God the Father as provider.
Matthew 4:4 — Man should not live by bread alone but by every word that
proceeds from the mouth of God. (Deuteronomy 8:3)
Exodus 16:10-16 — God provided bread in the desert for the Israelites.
John 6:58 — Jesus is the bread that came down from heaven.
Matthew 14:13-21 — Jesus feeds the five thousand.
Joel 2:22-27 — A time of abundance associated with a teacher of
righteousness is prophesied.
Series in Colossians / Series on Prayer (Colossians 4:2)
“Pray Persistently” – 1 Kings 18:41-46
1 Kings 18:41-46; Luke 17:30-37; 18:1-8
Introduction: Simeon the Stylite, a desert monk, a hermit, in the fourth century
(style, in Greek, means pillar). He lived on a platform atop a 60 ft. pole for
over 30 years. His disciples brought him his vegetarian food.
Rationale for the rise of monasticism: When Christians started becoming
complacent and focused on self-fulfillment in the ease of living in the era of
state-sanctioned Christianity, some sought, through self-imposed hardship, to
return to the Christ-centered focus brought by the hardship of persecution
in earlier times.
