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| Christ Presented to the People, Stage 3 by Rembrandt |
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| Christ Presented to the People, Stage 8 by Rembrandt |
Today is Palm Sunday and the beginning of the Holy Week where Jesus was crucified and resurrected from the dead...The most important week in Jesus' life and ministry! This message was shared with Chase Oaks during services this weekend by Greg Holmes, and it is too good not to share...
Rembrandt made quite a few changes in the two pieces of art above. In the final image, Rembrandt cropped some off the top. He changed a few of the details. But, most notably, he removed the crowd in the foreground - a puzzling decision. The image is still called Christ Presented to the People, but now there are no people. When Greg first came across these etchings, he was looking at them side by side. He asked himself, "Where are the people?" "Who are Pilate and Jesus looking at?" Then, Greg remembered his mouth just falling open. They were looking at at us...We are the people! It wasn't just that crowd 2,000 years ago that has to make a decision about Jesus. We have to make a decision about Him, too! I have to admit...This was the part of his sermon that gave me what I like to call Godbumps! To view the sermon based study, please visit Christ Presented to the People.
Starting today on Palm Sunday and ending on Easter Sunday, these readings are designed to focus our attention on Jesus and His love to the uttermost (John 13:1). These meditations are all excerpted from the preaching and ministry of John Piper. To download, please visit Love to the Uttermost: Devotional Readings for Holy Week.
This Easter, we encourage you to start a new tradition with Easter Dinner! Please visit A Holy Experience for more information. Thank you to our Brother and Sister in Christ, Chris and Christina, for introducing the Seder tradition to our LifeGroup family...It's an annual event that we look forward to every year!
"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." Hebrews 6:19
Shayna
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