Season Good Friday 
The Hand of the Lord Who Was Pierced
Friday April 18, 2025 Text: Isaiah 52:13-53 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Good Friday Passages: Isaiah 52:13-53
What have you done with your hands today? Have you used them to serve others or to serve yourself? Have you raised them in the praise of the Lord or lowered them into sin? Throughout our Lenten series we have discussed the hand of the Lord who did many things. His hands give, create, heal,
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A Tree To Make Bitter Waters Sweet
Friday March 29, 2024 Text: Psalm 22:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Good Friday Passages: Psalm 22:1-11
At Marah the Israelites found water but they could not drink it because it was bitter. The Lord showed Moses a particular tree. This wasn’t just any tree, but one in particular which God chose. Moses cut it down and when he put it in the water, the water became sweet. Today God has shown
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And God Wept
Friday April 7, 2023 Text: John 11:32-37 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Good Friday Passages: John 11:32-37
Love caused Jesus to weep at the tomb of Lazarus. Love sent Him to that tomb to give life. In love God weeps over our sin. In love God came to give us life.
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Do You Not Even Fear God?
Friday April 15, 2022 Text: Luke 23:39-41 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Good Friday Passages: Luke 23:39-41
Barasheth Bara Elohym – In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. He created ALL the heavens, all the vastness of space. Light can travel 186,000 miles in a second. In a year light can travel 5.8 trillion miles. That is a number that is too big even to mean anything. If I
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Return To The Cross
Friday April 2, 2021 Text: Hebrews 4:14-16 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Good Friday / Lent Passages: Hebrews 4:14-16
What does this mean? “He passed through the heavens?” Perhaps the writer is referring to the fact that Jesus ascended, and thus passed through the heavens. If so, it would be a reference to his glory. Some Christian cults would have you believe that Jesus moved from one part heaven to another, signifying a new
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They Shall Look On Him
Friday April 10, 2020 Text: Zechariah 12:10 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Good Friday Passages: Zechariah 12:10
A service of meditation
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Jesus, Remember Me
Saturday April 20, 2019 Text: Luke 23:39-43 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Good Friday Passages: Luke 23:39-43
All through Lent we have been discussing what things are important for us to remember. But far more important than what we remember is that Jesus remembers us. That is our theme this Friday. Not that we remember anything, but that Jesus would remember us.
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Sin-Bearer to Sin-Bearer: Day of Atonement to Atonement
Friday March 30, 2018 Text: Isaiah 52:13–53; John 19:17–30 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Good Friday Passages: Isaiah 52:13–53; John 19:17–30
The bible has many different words for the work of Christ: Atonement – Reconciliation – Redemption – Justification – Salvation – Forgiveness – Sacrifice – Sanctification – Vicarious Almost all of these deal with the result of what Jesus did, especially the result of what it means for us. This is mostly
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This Is The Payment for Our Sins
Friday April 14, 2017 Text: John 19:17-30 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Good Friday
This is the payment for OUR SIN This is the PAYMENT for our sin We are going to keep it short today because there is only one thing we need to know and think about, Jesus died for our sins. I think it was about a week ago. I was tired. I was about
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