Sunday is the best day of the week because we celebrate the risen Christ of the cross in the local church, the dearest place on earth.

Modesty is humility expressed in dress.

It was humanly impossible for the disciples to free themselves from their selfish pursuit of self-exaltation, just as it's impossible for us to free ourselves from the very same sins.

Apart from the cross, condemnation is normal. Without Jesus, we all deserve to be condemned and punished for sin. But here's the good news: 'There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus'.

Pride is when sinful human beings aspire to the status and position of God and refuse to acknowledge their dependence upon Him.

We cannot free ourselves from pride and selfish ambition; a divine rescue is absolutely necessary.

Unless you see yourself standing there with the shrieking crowd, full of hostility and hatred for the holy and innocent Lamb of God, you don’t really understand the nature and depth of your sin or the necessity of the cross.