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‘Keep Watch’: What Does it Mean for Me?

Jesus told his disciples that he is like a man who leaves his house to go away, and he put a servant at the door to keep watch.

During Jesus’ trial before the Sanhedrin, many witnesses testified against him – but they all contradicted each other.

In the story of the Passover, the chief priests and the teachers of the law ended up in a situation of gross hypocrisy.

Jesus spoke about the end of the world and his return in glory. He gave his disciples a very important warning.

The greatest manifestation of love is the Cross… if you have believed in Jesus, you will not perish, but have everlasting life.

The value of the perfume and the jar was more than a year’s wages. But she didn’t care. She broke it to pour the perfume on Christ’s head.

I once had someone tell me that God will only help you if you’ve done everything you can do to help yourself. Really? Is that how it works?

In not answering the leaders of the Sanhedrin directly, Jesus was showing them how little authority they had compared to his.

We all owe debts, and the greatest debt we owe is to our king, God himself. It is a debt that we can never repay…

Jesus wanted to expose the rule-keepers false assumptions, to show him that commandment-keeping was not the way to inherit eternal life.