Getting To Know Jesus

Download this Podcast Luke 1:8-10—Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside. The post Zechariah appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast Matthew 1:1—This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham . . . The post Line of Abraham and Line of David appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast John 1:18—No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known. The post The Son Has Made God Known appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast John 1:15–17—John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’” From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. The post John the Baptist’s Testimony appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast John 1:14—The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. The post The Word Became Flesh appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast John 1:9–11—The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. The post The True Light appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast John 1:3–4—Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The post In Him Was Life appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast John 1:1–2—In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. The post In the Beginning appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast Luke 1:1–4—Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. Therefore, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught. The post So That You May Know appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast Colossians 1:15–17—He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. The post Before All Things appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast 1 Corinthians 2:1–5—When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power. The post An Overview of the Year Ahead appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast John 18:33–40—Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?" Pilate replied, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?" Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here." Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice." Pilate asked him, "What is truth?" After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again and told them, "I find no case against him. But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover. Do you want me to release for you the King

Download this Podcast Mark 15:11–15—But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas for them instead. Pilate spoke to them again, "Then what do you wish me to do with the man you call the King of the Jews?" They shouted back, "Crucify him!" Pilate asked them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify him!" So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas for them; and after flogging Jesus, he handed him over to be crucified. The post Crucify Him! appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast Matthew 27:57–61—As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb. The post Joseph of Arimathea appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast Luke 24:50–53—When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God. The post Taken up into Heaven appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast Matthew 27:27–31—Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. "Hail, King of the Jews!" they said. They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him. The post Hail, King of the Jews! appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast Matthew 27:62–65—The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. "Sir," they said, "we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise again.' So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first." "Take a guard," Pilate answered. "Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how." The post After Three Days I Will Rise Again appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast Mark 15:21—A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. The post Simon of Cyrene appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast Mark 15:22–26—They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means "the place of the skull"). Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get. It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. The written notice of the charge against him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS. The post And They Crucified Him appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.

Download this Podcast Mark 16:1–4—When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?" But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. The post The Stone Had Been Rolled Away! appeared first on Getting to Know Jesus.