FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD TEMPTATION By Mark E. Hardgrove, PhD Text: Luke 4:1-13, NKJV 1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they...
THE FIRST MIRACLE: JOY! By Mark E. Hardgrove, PhD, DMin Text: John 2:1-11, NKJV 1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. 3 And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus...
THE FIRST WORDS OF JESUS By Mark E. Hardgrove, PhD Text: Luke 2:41-52, NKJV 41 His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. 42 And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. 43 When they had finished the days, as they...
