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Episode Synopsis
In this episode, published on April 13, 2022, Pastors Kevin Wilson and Ethan Callison will be journeying through Holy Week looking at Luke 20:41-22:6 where Jesus pronounces woe on the religious leaders.
Link to reading plan: https://fcclife.org/podcast-reading-plan
HOLY WEEK BIBLE READING GUIDE
Easter is not a day - it is a season, and a way of life.
This year, consider beginning your Easter preparation an entire week before so you experience Jesus' last week on earth as a man. These seven days are called Holy Week because without the crucifixion, there would have been no Resurrection Sunday. Had Christ not hung on the cross, taken on our sings, and defeated Satan's power, his rising again would not have been as meaningful. We wouldn't be singing hymns about it. The New Testament probably wouldn't have been written. And no one would have eternal life.
Struggling with celebrating Easter this year? Read this!
Through Scripture, you can "walk in his shoes." We know how the story ends, but try not to jump ahead in your mind and heart. Put yourself in the moment of each day, and take the place of the disciples, of Jesus, of the Roman soldiers, and if you dare, of Judas. Live it as it unfolds.
Here is a guideline for your reflections. We are using the Gospel of Luke, but you can also find similar passages in the other Gospels (Matthew and Mark, and some of them in John). If you don't have a Bible handy, simple click on the links we have provided.
WEDNESDAY
Read who Jesus said he was and the reactions in Luke 20:41-47 & Luke 22:1-6.
Reflection: It is sometimes hard to be a disciple of the truth and the way. Sometimes we want Jesus to do what we want or act the way we feel he should. Think on this and how that led Judas astray.
THURSDAY
(Maundy Thursday - the Day of the Last Supper)
Read Luke 22:7-46. Here is some background: Maundy is an old English word for washing, so it reminds us how Jesus lowered himself - literally and figuratively - to wash his disciple's feet. Then they celebrated Passover, recalling when God, through Moses, delivered their ancestors out of slavery in Egypt. The night before, they put the blood of a lamb on the door mantle so the angel of death would pass them by. This foreshadows how Jesus will deliver us from the slavery of sin through his death on the cross as the Lamb of God. Finally, follow them into the garden where Jesus prayed for strength to endure what was to come and was then arrested.
Reflection: Jesus told us when we break bread (eat a meal) to remember Him. Do you say "grace" before you eat? Think of the disciples. His disciples couldn't keep awake even one hour to pray with Him. Tonight see if you can spend one hour praying with Jesus. Scripture tells us he prays for us unceasingly.
FRIDAY
(Good Friday)
Today, sometime between 12:00 noon and 3:00 pm stop for a few moments to reflect on Jesus' death on the cross. Read Luke 22:47-23:48 and John 19:1-37.
Link to reading plan: https://fcclife.org/podcast-reading-plan
HOLY WEEK BIBLE READING GUIDE
Easter is not a day - it is a season, and a way of life.
This year, consider beginning your Easter preparation an entire week before so you experience Jesus' last week on earth as a man. These seven days are called Holy Week because without the crucifixion, there would have been no Resurrection Sunday. Had Christ not hung on the cross, taken on our sings, and defeated Satan's power, his rising again would not have been as meaningful. We wouldn't be singing hymns about it. The New Testament probably wouldn't have been written. And no one would have eternal life.
Struggling with celebrating Easter this year? Read this!
Through Scripture, you can "walk in his shoes." We know how the story ends, but try not to jump ahead in your mind and heart. Put yourself in the moment of each day, and take the place of the disciples, of Jesus, of the Roman soldiers, and if you dare, of Judas. Live it as it unfolds.
Here is a guideline for your reflections. We are using the Gospel of Luke, but you can also find similar passages in the other Gospels (Matthew and Mark, and some of them in John). If you don't have a Bible handy, simple click on the links we have provided.
WEDNESDAY
Read who Jesus said he was and the reactions in Luke 20:41-47 & Luke 22:1-6.
Reflection: It is sometimes hard to be a disciple of the truth and the way. Sometimes we want Jesus to do what we want or act the way we feel he should. Think on this and how that led Judas astray.
THURSDAY
(Maundy Thursday - the Day of the Last Supper)
Read Luke 22:7-46. Here is some background: Maundy is an old English word for washing, so it reminds us how Jesus lowered himself - literally and figuratively - to wash his disciple's feet. Then they celebrated Passover, recalling when God, through Moses, delivered their ancestors out of slavery in Egypt. The night before, they put the blood of a lamb on the door mantle so the angel of death would pass them by. This foreshadows how Jesus will deliver us from the slavery of sin through his death on the cross as the Lamb of God. Finally, follow them into the garden where Jesus prayed for strength to endure what was to come and was then arrested.
Reflection: Jesus told us when we break bread (eat a meal) to remember Him. Do you say "grace" before you eat? Think of the disciples. His disciples couldn't keep awake even one hour to pray with Him. Tonight see if you can spend one hour praying with Jesus. Scripture tells us he prays for us unceasingly.
FRIDAY
(Good Friday)
Today, sometime between 12:00 noon and 3:00 pm stop for a few moments to reflect on Jesus' death on the cross. Read Luke 22:47-23:48 and John 19:1-37.
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