❖ Video ❖ Audio Passover 2020 Isaiah 53:4-12 Andy Nagahara A.  The road to the cross 1. Jesus who bears our sickness (4) 4 Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.   2. Jesus who bears our mistakes (5) 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. 3. Why we make mistakes (6) 6 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Our Attitude Toward Human Authority Mark 12:13-17 Mari Ikeda A.  Three different attitudes toward Rome (13-14) 13 Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words. 14 They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not?  1. We should not pay taxes 2. We have no choice but to pay taxes 3. We…

❖ Video ❖ Audio The Farmers Who Were Entrusted with Life (the World) Mark 11:27-12:12 Mari Ikeda A.  Unable to face their sin, they were unable to face God (27-33) 27 They arrived again in Jerusalem, and while Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders came to him. 28 “By what authority are you doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave you authority to do this?” 29 Jesus replied, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things. 30 John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or of…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Did God Create Viruses? Genesis 1:27-31, Matthew 6:19-21, Isaiah 55:2 Andy Nagahara A.  A simple question So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Bearing Fruit in Jesus Mark 11:12-25 Mari Ikeda A.  Things that anger Jesus 1. Things that don’t bear fruit (12-14, Micah 7:1-2) 12 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14 Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it. 1 What misery is mine! I am like one who gathers summer…