Only in John 18:28-19:16 do we find details of Jesus’ trial before Pilate. We hear Jesus’ opponents making statements about him that are much truer than they understood. Putting these statements together, we have a clear although unintentional declaration of who Jesus is and why he came.
The Lord desires worship in spirit and truth. He calls wayward sinners to repentance and cleansing of their sins through the blood of Jesus.
Although some adults tried to keep children away from Jesus, he welcomed them in Mark 10:13-16 as models of how to enter the kingdom...
This first parable from Matthew provides the key to understanding all the parables and to entering the kingdom of God.
