In his narration of Jesus’ arrest in John 18:1-27, John alternated between scenes focused on Jesus who acted in complete control, and Peter who was losing control of himself. We will likely be able to find ourselves in the story in couple of different ways, once because of our similar need and another time because of Jesus’ provision for our need.
Jesus’ scathing denunciation of the religious leaders exposed their hypocrisy and challenges us to let his light shine on ours.
We need to look again at the familiar story of Jesus’ birth to see the many connections with past promises and their coming fulfillment.
As Paul headed towards Jerusalem, he took with him fruit from his ministry among the nations.
