Is there someone you dislike simply because they had the nerve to point something out to you? This sermon begins with our instinctive resistance to confrontation and leads to the upper room, where Jesus says: I am the true vine (John 15). Read alongside Ezekiel, the image of the vine turns out to be not a threat but an exposure of what we really rest our hope on, and it shows that fruit in our lives is God’s work, not our own effort. Listen if you want to understand why Jesus came at all.
Why Did Jesus Come?
The Last Supper: A Meal Like No Other
The Last Supper was a special meal that Jesus shared with his disciples just before his death. That supper was filled with emotion and symbolic gestures. Many important words were spoken then. Jesus was preparing his disciples for his departure. He wanted to help them find their way in a world where, although he would no longer be physically present, he would still be with them.
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