Main point: In Ephesians 4:30 Paul gives us the supreme motivation for why we should not sin, namely, that our sin grieves the Holy Spirit, who has sealed us for the day of redemption.

Main point: In Ephesians 4:29 Paul emphasizes four elements of our speech that glorifies God and ministers grace to others. 

Main point: In Ephesians 4:28 Paul provides three directives for a biblical work ethic. 

Main point: In Ephesians 4:26-27 Paul gives four commands to control anger and use it for righteous purposes. 

Main point: In Ephesians 4:25 Paul provides three components to replace falsehood with truthfulness so that we will glorify God and honestly and lovingly serve one another.

Main point: In Psalm 16, David models three attitudes we must consider and apply to cultivate trust in the Lord’s safeguarding through all life’s circumstances.

Main point: In John 13:1-17 we see four aspects of Christ’s love that reveal our greatest need. 

Main point: In Ephesians 4:22-24 Paul provides three instructions for how to live for Christ and grow to be more like Him.

Main point: In Ephesians 4:20-21 Paul describes four ways arelationship with Christ changes our lives.

Main point: In Ephesians 4:17-19, Paul identifies five characteristics of the unbeliever so that the believer knows how not to live.

Main point: In 1 Chronicles 16:23-36, David gives Asaph and other Levites a Psalm of Thanksgiving. This Psalm prompts the people to praise their God.

Main point: In 1 Chronicles 16:7-22, David gives Asaph and other Levites a Psalm of Thanksgiving. This Psalm prompts the people to praise their God.

Main point: In Ephesians 4:14-16, Paul describes three characteristics of a healthy church.

Main point: In Ephesians 4:11-13, Paul describes three results of Christ’s distribution of spiritual gifts so that we each contribute to the health of the church.

Main point: In John 21:15-25, Jesus teaches us two realities necessary for faithful discipleship.

Main point: In Psalm 19, the psalmist presents three reflections that we must consider to understand and appreciate the incredible value of God’s Word.

Main point: In Ephesians 4:7-10 Paul gives three explanations of how Christ has gifted individual believers for service in the church.

Main point: In Ephesians 4:4-6 Paul lists seven doctrinal commitments that provide the basis of the unity we are to preserve in the church.

Main point: In Ephesians 4:1-3 Paul describes three critical components to preserve the unity of the Spirit.

Main point: In Colossians 1:28-29 Paul presents three features of his own ministry that we must imitate to strengthen the ministry that God has put before us.

Main point: In Ephesians 3:20-21 Paul concludes his prayer by giving three reasons to worship and glorify God.

Main point: In Ephesians 3:17-19 Paul makes three prayer requests for believers to grasp the immense love of Christ and grow to full spiritual maturity.

Main point: In Ephesians 3:14-16 Paul demonstrates three important components of God-centered prayer.

Main point: In Ephesians 3:7-13 Paul reveals three aspects of God’s mystery so that we will be faithful to proclaim it.

Main point: In Ephesians 3:1-6 Paul reveals three aspects of God’s mystery so that we will be grateful for the gospel and faithful in ministry.

Main point: In Ephesians 2:19-22 Paul provides three metaphors to describe the church and why you should be a committed member.

Main point: Ephesians 2:14-18 gives three reasons to look to Jesus alone for peace with one another and peace with God.

Main point: In Ephesians 2:11-13 Paul commands us to remember our desperate situation before God saved us so that we will rejoice in what Christ did for us on the cross.

Main point: In Ephesians 2:10 Paul explains the meaning and method of God’s workmanship so that we will faithfully respond to the measure of God’s call to walk in the good works He has prepared for us.

Main point: In Ephesians 2:7-9 Paul explains why God saves us and how God saves us so that we will be testimonies of His grace.

Main point: In Ephesians 2:4-6 we see three astounding activities God performed on behalf of sinners to make us alive with Christ.

Main point: In 1 Peter 5:5-7, the Apostle Peter teaches four facts regarding humility so that you may experience the blessing and peace of God.

Main point: Ephesians 2:1-3 provides three descriptions of human depravity so that we fully appreciate God’s saving grace in Christ. 

Main point: Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 1:15-23 is a model of how to pray to our sovereign God for other believers. 

Main point: Paul explains three Trinitarian blessings that guarantee our eternal inheritance so that we will live to the praise of God’s glory.

Main point: Ephesians 1:9-10 provides three reasons the Christian can have absolute confidence in God’s future plans.

Main point: Four elements of the wonderful redemption we have in Jesus Christ should lead us to praise Him.

Main point: Since God has blessed us by predestining us to adoption as His children, we should praise Him for the glory of His grace in Christ.

Main point: In this remarkable prayer, Hannah praises the Lord for His holiness, His omniscience, His sovereignty, and His justice.

Main point: One of the greatest spiritual blessings that God has given to us is that He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless before Him.

Main point: Paul describes three ways God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ and how we should respond.

Main point: Paul begins Ephesians by describing who we are in Christ and how we came to be in Christ.

Main point: This passage presents three essential characteristics of a persevering gospel witness amid a hostile world.

Main point: Peter gives three proofs of the power of God over death and calls us to believe in the resurrected Christ and be saved.

Main point: The book of Philemon is a living lesson on forgiveness. In verses 19-25, Paul ends his appeal with six incentives to exercise forgiveness.

Main point: The book of Philemon is a living lesson on forgiveness. In verses 8-18, Paul makes his appeal to Philemon and describes four actions that forgiveness entails.

Main point: The book of Philemon is a living lesson on forgiveness. In verses 4-7, Paul prays for Philemon and gives praise for his spiritual character and capacity to forgive Onesimus.

Main point: The book of Philemon is a living lesson on forgiveness. Just as Philemon was shown mercy through the grace of Christ, so he must graciously forgive his repentant runaway slave who has returned as a brother in Christ. In the introductory verses of Philemon, we see three aspects of how to serve Christ and relate to each other in the family of God.

Main point: In this passage, we see five scenes of Barnabas and Paul’s missionary work that reveal how Christ’s mission is now our commission.

Main point: The book of Proverbs describes the contrast between pride and humility, the rewards of humility, and how to put off pride and cultivate humility.

Main point: The book of Proverbs describes the sovereignty, wisdom, and love of God. Is God in control? Is His wisdom perfect? Does He love you? Can you trust Him?

Main point: From David’s prayer in Psalm 25, we learn that trust triumphs over trials.

Main point: The book of Proverbs describes the principle, practice, and promise of wise money management so that we can glorify God with our finances and possessions.

Main point: The book of Proverbs describes the dignity, the duty, and the delight of work so that we can glorify God in the workplace.

Main point: The book of Proverbs describes the goal, grace, and guidelines of parenting that glorifies God.

Main point: The book of Proverbs describes the motivation, mission, and means of parenting that glorifies God.

Main point: The book of Proverbs describes the value and virtues of the kind of marriage that glorifies God.

Main Point: Seeking first God’s kingdom frees us from the sin of worry.

Main point: We experience true joy when we are like the shepherds who were attentive, awed, acted on the great news, and adored the Savior.

Main point: The book of Proverbs describes the value, virtues, and venture to form a biblical friendship.

Main point: The book of Proverbs describes the power of speech and how your words can be used to harm or bless others.

Main point: The book of Proverbs describes the power of speech and how your words can be used to harm or bless others.

Main point: God provides the means for us to make wise decisions.

Main point: To live out God’s wisdom for righteous living, you must trust the Lord entirely, exclusively, extensively and trust in His execution of His promise.

Main point: The Psalmist compares the way of the godly and the way of the ungodly and notes the eventual end of each.

Main point: The fear of the Lord leads to divine wisdom for righteous living.

Main point: A child in the womb is made in God’s image and is to be cherished and defended.

Main point: God is glorified when we thank Jesus for our salvation and blessings.

Main point: We conclude our study of Revelation by answering your written questions.

Main point: Christ ends Revelation with five glorious reminders of His character, work, and plan.

Main point: In this passage, Paul shares three requests that we should incorporate into our prayer life to focus our prayers on the glory of God.

Main point: The reality of our Lord’s imminent return calls for four responses on the part of every believer.

Main point: This wonderful text explains seven features of the new Jerusalem that believers will enjoy forever.

Main point: This wonderful text explains six features of the new heaven and the new earth where the redeemed will joyfully dwell forever.

Main point: This powerful text describes the terrifying reality of God’s final verdict and sentence on unrepentant sinners.

Main point: This passage reveals four essential truths about the millennial kingdom of Jesus Christ.

Main Point: This passage provides a four-fold description of the glorious return of Jesus Christ. How will the promise of His return effect your life and service for Christ today?

Main Point: Hallelujah! God has destroyed the great harlot of Babylon and has rescued His bride, the Church, and made her ready for her eternal marriage to Christ!

Main Point: God’s justice in judging Babylon will be lamented by the world and celebrated by citizens of heaven. What will your response be to this promised event?

Main point: Given what God has done in the gospel (Eph. 1-3) and commanded (Eph 3-6), Paul gives three final exhortations to the church to stand firm in the battle of the Christian life.

Main point: God’s holiness is the foundation for His infinite compassion, grace, patience, and lovingkindness.

Main point: David praises God for every good reason, especially praising His divine greatness over all.

Main point: Christ designed the Church as essential for Christian growth by providing gifted leaders to equip the saints for ministry to one another.

Main point: David expresses his deep longing for God and trust in His provision.

Main Point: According to God’s redemptive plan, He currently makes His wisdom known through the Church. As Christians, we want our perception of and participation in the Church to conform with Christ’s perfect design.

Main Point: Genuine faith endures to the end because it is authored and perfected by Jesus, our Superior Savior.

Main Point: God’s plan of redemption carried out by Jesus Christ provides an eternal perspective that gives hope to troubled hearts.

Main point: God’s Word helps the believer to understand guilt and know how to deal with it biblically through genuine repentance.

Main Point: Jesus is a perfect High Priest who comes from a better lineage, ministers under a better covenant, and offers a better sacrifice. Only through His priestly work can we draw near to God.

Main Point: Jesus is superior to the angels because He is the Son of God and Son of Man.

Main Point: In Revelation 17 we see the true nature of the world, its alluring system of corruption, and its future judgment.

Main Point: Four scenes of the disciples’ walk to Emmaus with the resurrected Christ lead to irrevocable joy in Him.

Main Point: God’s patience ends and His justice is executed in the final seven bowl judgments against sinners during the tribulation period.

Main Point: Using the occasion of the Philippians’ generosity, Paul presents three principles of Christian contentment.

Main Point: Chapter 15 forms a preview of the rapid-fire bowl judgments and provides three reasons for God’s final wrath.

Main Point: In a preview of the bowl judgments (Revelation 16) and the Battle of Armageddon (Revelation 19), this passage describes the final harvest of divine wrath in two agricultural pictures.

Main Point: Three angels deliver messages of the good news of the gospel, the bad news of judgment, the reality of eternal torment in hell for the unbeliever, and the eternal rest and reward in heaven for the faithful believer.

Main Point: When Christ returns and stands on Mount Zion, the 144,000 Jewish believers will stand with Him in triumph.

Main Point: David describes the moral integrity and personal holiness of the person who worships God.

Main Point: Satan will try to prevent Jesus Christ from setting up His earthly kingdom by setting up his own under the Antichrist and the false prophet.

Main Point: John describes Satan’s final assault on God and the remnant of Israel before Christ’s return.

Main Point: The introduction of the seventh trumpet sets in motion the reign of Jesus Christ over the whole earth. The scene unfolds in three stages.

Main Point: God will raise up two powerful witnesses who fearlessly proclaim the gospel during the last three and a half years of the seven-year Tribulation.

Main Point: God, the author of life, created mankind male and female in His image. This provides the foundation for biblical sexual morality and the sanctity of every human life.

Main Point: In an interlude before the seventh trumpet, in the midst of the fury and horror of divine judgment, a mighty angel and a little book provide great encouragement and hope for God’s people.

Main Point: Each of the first four trumpet judgments affect the physical universe in some way; but with the sounding of the fifth and sixth trumpets, the focus will shift from the physical to the spiritual realm when demons arise from the abyss and armies come from the east. Both will serve God’s sovereign purposes.

Main Point: In Psalm 110, David depicts Christ in a fivefold light and shows how the kingship of the Messiah connects with His priesthood.

Main Point: The true meaning of Christmas is opened to us 700 years before the birth of Christ in a passage that describes how the Savior will die in our place to save us from our sins.

Main Point: When Jesus breaks the seventh seal, both the redeemed and the angels are reduced to silence as they see the magnitude of God’s final wrath up to the triumphal return of Christ.

Main Point: God’s divine initiative to save us from our sin causes us to rejoice in God.

Main Point: Revelation 7 is an interlude between the sixth and seventh seals to answer the question, “Will people be saved during the Tribulation?”

Main Point: John records what it will be like when the fifth and sixth seals are opened and the wrath of the Lamb comes.

Main Point: The psalmist thanks God for His person, His works, and His everlasting love.

Main Point: John records the opening of the first four seals; and as each seal is opened, one of the four living creatures summons a rider on a horse.

Main Point: John is given a vision into heaven and weeps because he realizes that God’s glorious eternal plan cannot be completed until the scroll is opened. The choirs of heaven sing, “Worthy is the Lamb!” because Jesus alone meets all of the qualifications to take the scroll from the Father’s hand.

Main Point: John is given a vision into heaven and tells us who is on the throne, what is going on around the throne, and what is directed toward the throne.

Main Point: Jesus confronts the church at Laodicea for their lukewarm faith and provides promises for those who repent and passionately follow Him.

Main Point: Psalm 23 draws our eyes back to the compassionate Shepherd of our souls. The truths within this Psalm provide hope and comfort to those experiencing severe trials, suffering illness, or facing the brevity of life.

Main Point: Jesus commends and comforts the faithful church that lives for His glory and is a channel of His grace and truth to others.

Main Point: Jesus is the Great Physician who provides His prognosis of a dying church, the prescription for revival, and the promises for the repentant.

Main Point: Jesus deals with the church in Thyatira that tolerated sin and He shows us how to be faithful to Him.

Main Point: Jesus deals with the compromising church in Pergamum and shows us how to be faithful to His truth.

Main Point: Love is the distinguishing mark of the body of Christ and essential to maintaining unity.

Main Point: The writer of Hebrews provides a stern warning against doubt and the antidote to doubt, so that we will walk in genuine faith.

Main Point: God created Christians for community, saving them into the fellowship of the Church. As the body of Christ, we live together as family, missionaries, and servants.

Main Point: The example of the church at Smyrna instructs us how to trust and follow Christ when persecution and trials come.

Main Point: In four steps Jesus shows the church at Ephesus, and us, how to return to our first love for Christ.

Main Point: A powerful vision of Christ’s present ministry provides great hope and comfort to the suffering church.

Main Point: In verses 4-8 we find three truths of God’s gracious care of His children that assure you of Christ’s love and security even in your darkest trials.

Main Point: Four essential principles are given that govern the great revelation of Jesus Christ written to inspire and motivate us to faithfulness and obedience.

Main Point: Faithfully applying biblical financial principles will glorify God and promote unity in the church family and in the home.

Main Point: God commands children to obey and honor their parents and He commands parents to bring their children up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord so that God is glorified and the family is a blessing to the church and the world.

Main Point: The family is central to God’s revelation of Himself, His plan of salvation, and the Church. Christ-centered families are a means of great blessing to the church and the world.

Main Point: The Bible gives wisdom on whom to marry and how marriage is designed for you to know God better, trust Him more fully, and love Him more deeply.

Main Point: Being single provides the opportunity and freedom to use your gifts in undivided devotion to the Lord.

Main Point: God’s design for womanhood is founded in creation and gives direction for a woman’s role in the Church.

Main Point: Paul describes how men are to live in the family of God.

Main Point: God defines in His Word His perfect plan for womanhood.

Main Point: Biblical manhood is embracing authority, responsibility, and leadership as given and defined by God.

Main Point: What does it mean to be created in the image of God? What does the Bible say about gender? How can we show the love of Christ in a world that rejects God-given gender?

Main Point: Paul gives three reasons to boast only in the cross of Jesus Christ.

Main Point: Paul contrasts man-made religion that relies on self-effort with the grace of God and the work of Christ. He describes three indicators that you are boasting in the flesh instead of glorying in the cross of Christ.

Main Point: Doubt is turned to belief through the power of Jesus' resurrection.

Main Point: Paul describes how there is a greater harvest for those who sow to the Spirit in three areas.

Main Point: Paul explains how church members must be loving, gracious, and helpful to one another, even to those who sin and offend.

Main Point: Paul explains how the fruit of the Spirit can take root in our hearts and be produced in our lives.

Main Point: Paul describes character qualities that the Holy Spirit produces in the life of a believer.

Main Point: Man is fragile and sinful and needs the everlasting God as his only possible hope and home.

Main Point: Paul describes character qualities that the Holy Spirit produces in the life of a believer.

Main Point: Paul describes character qualities that the Holy Spirit produces in the life of a believer.

Main Point: Paul describes character qualities that the Holy Spirit produces in the life of a believer.

Main Point: Paul describes character qualities that the Holy Spirit produces in the life of a believer. Love is the supreme virtue of Christian living.

Main Point: As a diagnostic tool for the heart, Paul lists sexual, spiritual, and social sins of the flesh that should not characterize a believer.

Main Point: The Christian life is to be lived under the direction and power of the Holy Spirit.

Main Point: Believers are free in Christ from the Law, but true freedom expresses itself in loving and serving others, not in satisfying selfish desires.

Main Point: Paul explains what the believer loses when you turn from God’s grace in Christ to legalistic self-effort.

Main Point: Christmas is a time to celebrate Jesus’ first coming and to eagerly await His second coming.

Paul employs an Old Testament story to illustrate the contrast between the way of law and the way of grace, the way of works and the way of faith, the way of man and the way of God.

Main Point: God’s ultimate purpose for His children is for us to be formed into the likeness of Christ.

Main Point: The great and central basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably His heart is set on us.

Main Point: Paul explains three facts of our spiritual adoption.

Main Point: Paul describes three changes that result from being rightly related to God through faith in Jesus Christ.

Main Point: The Old Testament Law was not given to secure the promise. Instead, the Law reveals our sin and points us to the Savior who obeyed the Law on our behalf and then died in our place so that we might receive the promised blessing.

Main Point: After having shown the Galatian believers from their own experience that they were justified by faith and not by works of the law (Galatians 3:1–5), Paul now defends the doctrine from Scripture.

Main Point: Paul explains the role of the Trinity in the believer's experience of justification and sanctification.

Main Point: Paul defines, defends, and applies salvation by faith in Christ.

Paul confronts Peter’s fear of man, hypocrisy, and legalism and admonishes Peter to get back in alignment with the freedom, faith, and love of the gospel.

Main Point: Paul explains his trip to Jerusalem to offer convincing proof that the apostles are committed to gospel unity.

Paul’s gospel is truly from God.

Main Point: Paul is astonished by the Galatians’ defection from the one true gospel of grace and explains the fate of the false teachers who seek to please men instead of God.

Main Point: Paul takes three steps to teach the Galatian Christians the truth about the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Main Point: Full and lasting joy is found in God’s presence.

Main Point: By means of three principles Jesus teaches and demonstrates that servanthood is essential to Christianity.

Main Point: Jesus commands the universal mission of the Church: make disciples of all nations.

Main Point: All believers are adopted into the family of God and called to walk as His children in community with one another.

Main Point: Our mission, to know Christ and make Him known, is a community project.

Main Point: The resurrection of Jesus is explained through different witnesses so that you may believe and be a faithful witness for Christ.

Main point: Jesus willingly receives the full exercise of the Father’s wrath against the sins of His people so that we can be reconciled to God and live for His glory.

Main point: At Jesus’ Roman trial before Pontius Pilate, Jesus again acknowledges that He is indeed the Messiah, the King of the Jews. Ironically, the guilty insurrectionist Barabbas is released by Pilate in the Passover clemency, while the righteous and innocent Son of God is delivered over to crucifixion. Yet, this is all part of God’s purpose and plan to accomplish His promised salvation.

Main point: Peter’s denial of Christ serves as a sobering reminder of the grievous consequences of self-confidence in spite of the best intentions. On the other hand, it is also an encouragement regarding the forgiveness of God.

Main point: At His unjust trial, Jesus forces the hand of the high priest and the Sanhedrin by admitting He is the Messiah and declaring He will return to judge with perfect justice.

Main point: Even at His betrayal and arrest, Jesus follows God’s sovereign plan and acknowledges that the events are in fulfillment of Scripture. Jesus’ faithfulness stands in contrast to the other people and groups in the passage.

Main point: Jesus’ prayer in the garden of Gethsemane reveals His true humanity and faithfulness to the Father’s will and stands in stark contrast to the disciples’ pride, worry and desertion.

Main point: At the Last Supper Jesus establishes a new covenant in His blood that would do what the old covenant sacrifices could not do - take away sin, cleanse the heart, and promise eternal life to the believer.

Main point: The plot to arrest Jesus is contrasted by a woman who acts out of sacrificial love for Him.

Main point: Jesus teaches about His second coming and the need for watchfulness, faithfulness, and perseverance.

Main point: Jesus continues to describe the end times, specifically focusing on the future tribulation.

Main point: In response to a comment from His disciples about the beauty of the temple, Jesus predicts its destruction and delivers a discourse describing the signs (and nonsigns) of the end times.

Main point: Jesus cautions His disciples about false religious leaders and their character traits and points out a case study of one of their victims.

Main point: After having been asked several significant questions by religious leaders in one day, Jesus asks the question of the day: “Who do you say that I am?”

Main point: Jesus answers a scribe’s question regarding the greatest commandment and teaches us the most important priorities for our lives.

Main point: The Sadducees seek to discredit Jesus with a question about multiple marriages in the resurrection. Jesus responds by rebuking their ignorance of the Scriptures and the power of God. Resurrection life for God’s children will be wonderful beyond words!

Main point: Christ’s resurrection gives us H.O.P.E. and changes our lives today in four ways.

Main Point: When representatives from two ends of the political spectrum seek to trap Jesus with a question about paying taxes to Caesar, the Lord responds with divine wisdom and answers the question: What is the Christian’s responsibility to God and to governing authorities?

Main Point: Jesus tells a parable that graphically depicts what the religious leaders will do to Him. However, the Son who was rejected becomes the chief cornerstone of the church.

Main Point: Christ's authority is divine and supreme. Genuine Christians live under His authority, obey His Word and represent Him wherever you are.

Main Point: God reveals four intended results of suffering so that we might rejoice in the midst of them.

Main Point: God entrusts His gospel message to be delivered through us, His messengers.

Main Point: Jesus will no longer be physically present with the disciples for provision, direction, protection, correction, and instruction. He teaches them, and us, how to pray effectively.

Main Point: Jesus is revealed as the Messiah, the Fount of Living Water, through His encounter with the Samaritan woman.

Main Point: David remembers God’s help and deliverance in the past and calls on the Lord to deliver him once again from his troubles.

Main Point: The cursing of the fig tree and cleansing of the temple represent God’s judgment against fruitless faith.

Main Point: Jesus enters Jerusalem in control of every detail of His divine destiny so that you will know and worship Him as Savior and King.

Main Point: Jesus turns blindness to sight so that you will see and follow Christ.

Main Point: Jesus tells us He will pay the ransom so that we are free to serve others with joyful humility for God’s glory.

Main Point: Jesus makes specific and accurate predictions concerning His suffering, death and resurrection so that we will worship Him as the Messiah.

Main Point: God calls us to remember in order to fuel our faith in Him.

Main Point: Jesus explains the truth about riches, redemption and rewards so that you will find your greatest treasure in Him.

Main Point: Jesus demonstrates how to love the lost by sharing the truth of the gospel with them.

Main Point: Jesus teaches His disciples to stay focused and committed in four areas so that God is glorified in each believer and in His church.

Main Point: Jesus explains His coming suffering and death, but his disciples respond with incomprehension and pride. Jesus answers by teaching them, and us, that the true character of greatness is humbly serving others for the glory of God.

Main Point: Jesus teaches His disciples that all things are possible for God and calls us to a humble, dependent, praying faith in our great Father.

Main point: Jesus provides a preview of the Son of Man coming in glory and proves that suffering and resurrection, the cross and exaltation are linked in Christ’s life and in ours.

Main point: Jesus explains the cost of following Him. If you lose your life for Jesus and the gospel, you gain true life and glorify Him. But if you live for self, you lose your life and He is ashamed of you.

Main point: Jesus asks, “Who do you say that I am?” Your answer has implications for this life and the next.

Main point: By healing a blind man, Jesus vividly illustrates how He removes spiritual blindness and gives us eyes of faith to see Christ clearly.

Main Point: Jesus calls His disciples, and calls you, to understand who He is and how He alone should satisfy your soul.

Main point: Paul presents six facets of biblical discipleship which equip us to faithfully and effectively carry out the Great Commission.

Main point: Paul presents six facets of biblical discipleship which equip us to faithfully and effectively carry out the Great Commission.

Main point: As a preview of the glories of His future messianic kingdom, Jesus heals a deaf Gentile man so he can hear God’s truth and shout for joy.

Main point: Christ’s salvation ministry to the entire world is previewed as a Gentile woman from Tyre comes to saving faith in the Lord Jesus.

Main point: Jesus explains that the heart of the human problem is the problem of the sinful human heart. Only Christ can cleanse your sinful heart.

Main point: Jesus confronts legalistic adherence to human tradition and reveals our need for internal saving faith in Him.

Main point: Christ’s private intercession and powerful intervention transforms the disciples’ hearts from fear to faith in the Son of God.

Main point: With creative power and compassionate provision, Jesus meets the needs of those who follow Him.

Main point: The path of true discipleship is one of self-denial and sacrificial submission to Christ.

Main point: Jesus sends His disciples into ministry and provides a plan for us to follow.

Main point: The response of Christ’s hometown demonstrates the deadly nature of unbelief so that you will examine your own heart for true faith and you will be prepared for rejection when you minister to others.

Main point: In this passage, we are reminded of two truths about God’s Word which ground us in Scripture so that we go nowhere else for growth, guarding, guidance, and guarantee until the Lord returns.

Main point: Jesus demonstrates His authority over death by raising a little girl back to life. He provides a preview of the victory that will be achieved in His own resurrection and for all who believe and obey Him.

Main point: Jesus heals a woman who suffered from a hemorrhage and illustrates how you can be cleansed from your sin.

Main point: Jesus demonstrates His authority over Satan’s forces of darkness by healing the Gerasene demoniac. Christ transforms your heart so that you will bear testimony to the grace and truth of God.

Main point: Jesus demonstrates that He has authority over the wind and the sea so that you will trust Him in the midst of the storm.

Main point: Jesus explains how the kingdom of God grows so that you will have confidence in God and in sharing the gospel.

Main point: Fruitful hearers obey the Word of God and proclaim the gospel to others.

Main point: True believers produce spiritual fruit.

Main point: Jesus Christ leaves His hearers with only three options. We can discount Him as delusional, denounce Him as demonic, or declare Him to be divine.

Main point: Mark explains how Jesus chose twelve common men to be His disciples and carry on His work so that you understand His choice of you.

Main point: As the Son of God, Christ is unmistakably in command and control of His mission.

Main point: Christ uncompromisingly stands for truth and love against tradition and legalism.

Main point: God’s purpose for the Sabbath day was to give His people a weekly rest, but the Pharisees had turned a divine blessing into a dreaded burden of rule keeping. In Mark 2:23- 28, Jesus announces He is Lord of the Sabbath and calls us to enter into His eternal rest.

Main point: Jesus uses three illustrations to contrast dead, legalistic, mournful religious form with the living liberty of the joy of grace that is found in His presence.

Main point: God’s grace and forgiveness do not come to the self-righteous, but to sinners and outcasts who respond in faith to Christ’s call.

Main point: Jesus demonstrates His authority to forgive when He heals a paralyzed man with the words, “Your sins are forgiven.” He still forgives all who come to Him in genuine faith.

Main point: The compassionate Savior trades places with an outcast leper so that we see His loving sacrifice to redeem us and lead us to be compassionate toward others.

Main point: Jesus demonstrates that He is the compassionate yet powerful Servant King. He casts out demons and heals diseases to validate that He is the Savior who came to rescue souls from sin and Satan. He wants you to trust and obey Him as He alone is the Servant King who possesses the power to impart eternal life and fit us for resurrected glory in heaven.

Main point: Mark has already highlighted Christ’s authority over Satan, sin, and sinners in verses 12–20. In verses 21–28 Mark continues that theme, specifically focusing on the authority of Jesus’ teaching, the authority of His judgement over demons, and His divine authority demonstrated in miraculous power. He calls you to submit to the authority of His Word, to trust in Him for salvation from judgment and to be transformed into His likeness by His power.

Main point: Jesus displayed His authority over Satan in the wilderness and declared His authority over sin in the gospel. In verses 16-20, Mark shows that Christ exercises His kingdom authority in His sovereign call to ordinary sinful men who will be transformed and empowered for extraordinary kingdom purposes. The Servant King continues to call ordinary people like you and me and transform us for His kingdom purposes.

Main point: After conquering the tempter in the wilderness, Jesus begins His ministry in Galilee as a preacher, heralding the Good News that God’s kingdom had come in the person of the Servant King. Jesus calls you to repentance from sin and faith in Him so that you will enter His eternal kingdom and joyfully tell others the good news of the gospel.

Main point: Christ’s victory over Satan demonstrates His righteousness and authority and shows us how to overcome temptation.

Introduction to Pastor John Marc Wiemann's series on Marriage.