LENT (Week 5)
LENT WEEK 4: PROMISE OF RENEWED LIFE, THE RESURRECTION
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Charles Martian - The Keeper Series “Murphy Shepherd”
Worst Person
Judas Iscariot – The Betrayer
Barabbas – The Freed Rebel
The Penitent Thief – The Criminal Who Believed
The Woman Caught in Adultery
[John 8:9-11 KJV] 9 And they which heard [it], being convicted by [their own] conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
Zacchaeus the Tax Collector
[Luke 18:9-10 NLT] 9 Then Jesus told this story to some who had great confidence in their own righteousness and scorned everyone else: 10 "Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a despised tax collector.
The Woman Who Anointed Jesus’ Feet - Mary
[John 12:1-7 NLT] 1 Six days before the Passover celebration began, Jesus arrived in Bethany, the home of Lazarus--the man he had raised from the dead. 2 A dinner was prepared in Jesus' honor. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those who ate with him. 3 Then Mary took a twelve-ounce jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard, and she anointed Jesus' feet with it, wiping his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance.
4 But Judas Iscariot, the disciple who would soon betray him, said, 5 “That perfume was worth a year’s wages. It should have been sold and the money given to the poor.” 6 Not that he cared for the poor—he was a thief, and since he was in charge of the disciples’ money, he often stole some for himself. 7 Jesus replied, “Leave her alone. She did this in preparation for my burial.
The man raised from the dead - Lazarus
[John 11:25-27 NLT] 25 Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. 26 Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?" 27 "Yes, Lord," she told him. "I have always believed you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who has come into the world from God."
The disciple Judas
[John 12:4-7 NLT] 4 But Judas Iscariot, the disciple who would soon betray him, said, 5 "That perfume was worth a year's wages. It should have been sold and the money given to the poor." 6 Not that he cared for the poor--he was a thief, and since he was in charge of the disciples' money, he often stole some for himself. 7 Jesus replied, "Leave her alone. She did this in preparation for my burial.
Even the worst individual we can imagine — the one who has done the most despicable act, the one the world has written off — can be completely transformed by the love and mercy of Jesus.
In Him, ashes become beauty, chains become freedom, and shame becomes testimony.
