May 12 HC #47 – John 15:1-11 Abide in me and I in you. A promise from Jesus that He abides with us. He has not abandoned us at all. In fact, He abides in us. He is at no time absent from us. Jesus uses the illustration of a vine to teach... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 11 HC #47 – Matthew 18:15-20 This passage shows us that Jesus is with us in the church. When we gather, Jesus is with us. Even if it is to gather to discipline. Jesus as the head of the church is there. Jesus as the Godhead is there... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 10 HC #47 – John 16:1-14 Jesus teaches in John 16 that He is with us by His Spirit. In fact, Jesus seems to indicate that one of the reasons He must ascend back to the Father is so that He, the Lord Jesus himself, can send the Holy Spirit... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 9 HC #46 – Matthew 28:19-20 This is Matthew’s account of the last moments of Jesus before He ascended into heaven, and we commonly call this part the Great Commission, but notice something about this text. Jesus is giving... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 8 HC #46 – John 16:25-33 Jesus tells his disciples here in John that the hour is coming when He will leave the world. That He came from heaven or from the Father down into the world, and soon He will return. Jesus is not predicting His... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 7 HC #46 – Acts 1:1-11 What do we mean Jesus ascended into heaven? Well, it is really not that complicated, we mean he literally rose up and is now in heaven. This is not a figure of speech to say that Jesus is in heaven because He... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 6 HC #45 – Acts 24:1-23 The third benefit of the resurrection is that we now know that we have a bodily resurrection of our own after death. Jesus is proof that the grave is not the end. He died, and then He rose again. He is called the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 4 HC #45 – I Corinthians 1:18-31 The Resurrection of Jesus Christ has many benefits for us. The Catechism lists three specifically: righteousness, a new life, our own blessed resurrection. I Corinthians 1:30 tells us that Jesus Christ is... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 3 HC#44 – I Corinthians 10:1-13 The Catechism is very concerned that we see our benefit in the work of Christ. And His suffering hell for us has many benefits for us. Not only are we redeemed from the torment of hell, but we can take... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 2 HC#44 – Isaiah 53 Isaiah 53 is one of the Servant Songs that describes what Jesus, the true Servant of the Lord, will endure. Chapter 53 specifically spells out his humiliation and suffering ending in Christ’s death. It tells us... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
