Colossians 3: 23-24

23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

Mark 8: 35-38

35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.36 What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?37 Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels.”

Mark 15:27-32

27 They crucified two robbers with him, one on his right and one on his left. 29 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, 30 come down from the cross and save yourself!” 31 In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can't save himself! 32 Let this Christ, this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

“He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.” – Matthew 28:6

Palm Sunday has just passed. The day that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on top of a donkey as the people praised Him as the King of the Jews.  They thought He had come to remove them from the control of the Romans like Moses had freed them from the Egyptians. How fitting would it be as they prepare to celebrate the Feast of Passover that they would receive a new king to lead them out of slavery once again?  Little did they know He was really there to free them from sin. Read more...