WEEKLY WORSHIP FOR APRIL 4/5, 2026 LX641-14 "RESURRECTION OF JESUS (Easter]

 

SHABBAT & SUNDAY WORSHIP MESSAGE

APRIL 4/5, 2026

{LX 641-14}

DECLARATION

For [we are not] ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. { Rom 1:16-17 KJV}

SABBATH MEDITATIONS

"Shabbat Chol HaMoed Pesach"

(The Intermediate Sabbath of Passover)

Exodus 33:12-34:26, Numbers 28:16-25, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Luke 24

“You are to keep the Feast of Matzot. For seven days you are eat matzot, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Aviv, for in the month Aviv you came out from Egypt. (Exo 34:18 TLV)

SUNDAY MESSAGE

"RESURRECTION OF JESUS"

Easter

As Witnessed by John, Luke and Matthew

[Sing to the Lord, lift up your voices]

OPENING PRAYER

O' Lord, Our GOD, You are the Creator. WE are the Created! You are GOD, we are Your people. We are Your children, You are our FATHER whom we are privileged to call ABBA! O' Abba, on this Holy Day, hear our voices of resounding Love and let us BOW deeply and on bended knees and DECLARE that YOU ARE RISEN, Lord Jesus! By the mighty hand of Thy Father, OUR Father, God Almighty, You Jesus are alive and so shall You be FOREVER! Praise You Father, Praise You Lord Jesus, Praise You Holy Spirit, AMEN.

MESSAGE

With all of the global turmoil that embraces war, violence, polarization, hatefulness, and carnage, and just pure EVIL, Our Father in heaven has given us some GOOD NEWS on this SUNDAY Morning; According to reliable resources, validated by the multitudes, THE MAN KNOWN AS JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE MESSIAH, HAS RISEN, HAS RISEN, HAS RISEN!!

SHOUT HALLELUJAH THREE TIMES WITH ME!

Beloved, We begin our reporting this HOLY MORNING by revealing witness testimony recorded in Matthew Chapter 28:

Mat 28:1-7 Now after the Crucifixion and the Sabbath, as the first day of the week (SUNDAY) began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. [where Jesus had been laid] (2) And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, [of the tomb] and sat on it. (3) His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. (4) And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men.

(5) But the angel answered and said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. (6) He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. (7) And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you."

Other accounts of this miracle have begin to pour in from witnesses in the book of John;

Joh 20:2-29 Then [The women] ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him." (3) Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple, and were going to the tomb. (4) So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first. (5) And he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he did not go in. (6) Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there, (7) and the handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded together in a place by itself.

(8) Then the other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went in also; and he saw and believed. For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. Then the disciples went away again to their own homes.

(10) But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb. (11) And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. (12) Then they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him."

(13) Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus. (14) Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, "Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away."

(15) Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to Him, "Rabboni!" (which is to say, Teacher). (16) Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.' "

(17) Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her.

SUMMARY

My goodness! Despite her relaying the Holy Message to them, the very ones who had THE CLOSEST RELATIONSHIP with Jesus for the past THREE years still had difficulty connecting the DOTS that what HE, JESUS told them many times, WAS TRUE. HE IS ALIVE!

The point is this: We are here, over a thousand years later and STILL HAVE DIFFICULTY CONNECTING THE DOTS! I am standing before a wonderful gathering of believers! Those who know Jesus personally and continue to hold-what-they-have until that certain day..they are here! There are a few present who continues to "ride the fence" and not commit. Don't be a fence-rider. Heaven is at stake. Lets continue now;

(18) Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be with you."

(19) When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. (20) So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you."

(21) And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. (22) If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."

(23) Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord." So he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe."

(25) And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace to you!"

Then He said to Thomas, "Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing." (27) And Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!" (28) Jesus said to him, "Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." (29) And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; (30)

but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

Incredible! But truly, truly, it is so! Here we are. Our hearts beat, our lungs fill with air, and we see with our eyes and hear with our ears, and are humbled to tears! What a wondrous gift our Lord has given us through HIS blood, and HIS suffering in this HOLY SACRIFICE, that has changed EVERYTHING! Right now, as your hearts pound inside your chests, BOW YOUR HEADS IN PRAYER!

CLOSING PRAYER

OH MY LORD JESUS, we can barely breathe after witnessing the horror of crucifixion, entombment, and now resurrection from the dead to the living! Lord, As you have gave your body in sacrifice for us...in the Father's will, so may we here and now give our bodies as a living sacrifice to YOU Jesus, from this day forward; serving at Your will for all eternity. This is our prayer, this is our commitment to You Lord Jesus, our King, our Savior, Our Light, AMEN.

[THE LORD'S SUPPER]

[Sing a song to the Lord, lift up your voices]

DOXOLOGY

Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him, all creatures here below;

Praise Him above, Ye heav'n-ly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

AMEN

THE CALL

If you have never invited Jesus to be your Lord and savior, or, if you have in the past yet remain unsure of salvation and forgiveness of sin, Please pray with me now: Lord Jesus I need to fill a hole in my life that follows me where ever I go. I am a long-time Sinner and I CONFESS and REPENT of all my sins. I believe that You JESUS are the Lord, that you were hung on a cross and died. I believe that you were raised back to life by God, Your Father, ascended into heaven and presently sit at the right hand of The Almighty. Please come into me, clean me, take me and make me Yours and let me serve from this day forward and forever, Thank-You Jesus, AMEN

If you sincerely prayed with me, your salvation has been assured. {Rom 10:9 KJV} -That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Waste no time in finding like minded folks, to fellowship with, who also know the lord Jesus. Be introduced to a church that preaches the BIBLE. Email me. Begin the journey that you will never tire of; the discovery of the Majesty, Beauty and loving Power of Jesus the Christ. Welcome to the family!

Chaplain Gary

BENEDICTION: Heb 13:20-21 Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord, (21) equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Christ go with you now...until we meet again

Christ go with you now...keep praying on till then

It really doesn't matter what the weather...

Just as long as we all are TOGETHER...

Christ go with you now...Till we meet again!

SUPPORTING SCRIPTURE Rom 1:16-17/Matthew/John/Luke / Heb 13:20-21

SABBATH & SUNDAY WORSHIP MESSAGE

(Published every Friday evening)

CHRIST ETERNAL SENIOR MINISTRIES

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WE ARE CERTAINLY UNDER DIVINE CONTROL --REPUBLISHED/UPDATED FROM 2021

In times of trial and tribulation, Prayer becomes the divine connection to Godly rescues. This is something often overlooked when we are overwhelmed by the chaos that results from events like hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes and this Covid Pestilence. In the latter part of March 2020, we learned of the horrible impact of this invisible virus. Now what?

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.-Rom 8:28

  For Linda and me at CESM [Christ Eternal Senior Ministries] Our Lord not only heard our prayers and pleadings, He granted us remarkable favor by returning to us a method to continue preaching the Good News of JESUS CHRIST to the precious souls that were now protected and sequestered behind doors and walls; all others would have to wait outside. When the doors closed, we prayed. God opened another door for us through the WORD. 

Here is the story:

From one Sunday to the other everything suddenly changed. No longer could we conduct in-person church services and preaching the Gospel was reduced to a double sided printed Sunday sermon.

We prayed, "O Mighty God of mercy, Precious Lord Jesus, open a door to us to a method to continue reaching and preaching to the nearly 50 children of Yours now imprisoned behind these walls. Father, Give us a solution, Amen". That very night as I was paging through a realtor's website on the internet, I saw a photo of a small low-power FM transmitter. The realtor uses this device to play a repeating message to potential clients as they drive by a house for sale. GOD provided the answer to our prayer in that immediate moment. {God has shown me that COINCIDENCE is not real. God is!}

Over the next three weeks, door after door was opened to us pointing out what we needed, where it was located, and how much we already had and did not know it! By Easter Sunday, we had all we needed to deliver LIVE the Gospel of Jesus Christ unhindered right through walls and beyond closed doors directly to the ears of our loyal and precious souls who join us remotely via FM Radio!!

Our car is now the Sunday morning pulpit providing three 45-minute full church services to three facilities. Two by direct broadcast, one indirect. The entire services are broadcast from inside the car. Here you see us set up in the parking lot at one Assisted Living Facility. The old survey tripod was collecting dust in the garage, along with the mast that used to be a tree saw that broke years ago. The antenna and the FM Transmitter in the car were complements of AMAZON.

Microphone, headphones and sermon is clamped to the steering wheel.

The inexpensive audio mixer came through Best Buy. I already had the laptop and the 300 watt inverter on the floor board.

In the back seat rests the FM Transmitter, the 1/2 watt unit does the job for us. The fellows who build this device are up North and really, by the grace of God,  arranged for all the pieces to fall into place so that we could go LIVE on Easter Sunday. The First LIVE BROADCAST was at Pine Level Baptist Church carrying a LIVE Service to cars parked in the church lot --properly distanced- with Pastor Brian at the Pulpit. It was WONDERFUL.

From that day to today, and into the immediate future, our tiny SERMON in a SUITCASE Ministery continues each week as we Preach and share the Good News of Jesus to those Senior Light Bearers as the church comes to them every Lord's Day on Sunday. Everything we need we carry with us. For the exception of the mast and tripod, it all fits in this carrier that GOD arranged for us to have.

We even gained a few more facilities to serve during this year long COVID lock-down. Just before they allowed us to return to in person preaching, we went from three to five Assisted living facilities, delivering a weekly live service and arranging a method of administering the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper each week.  Linda and I, along with a super team of Med Techs and Nurses at these locations learned that the Lord will show the way.  Sometimes totally unexpected. Praise You Lord, Praise You Jesus, AMEN

No matter what you face, always go to prayer FIRST, and constantly plead. Prayer works!  None of this progress would have been possible absent prayer.  PRAYER WORKS through HIS divine will to accomplish HIS plan and deliver HIS word.  PRAYER WORKS!

THANK-YOU ALMIGHTY GOD, YOUR WILL BE DONE!

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WEEKLY WORSHIP FOR MARCH 28/29, 2026, LX640-13, "PALM SUNDAY WEEK"

 

SHABBAT & SUNDAY WORSHIP MESSAGE

MARCH 28/29, 2026

{LX 640-13}

DECLARATION

For [we are not] ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. { Rom 1:16-17 KJV}

SABBATH MEDITATIONS

"TZAV" (Command)

Leviticus 6:1-8:36, Ezekiel 36:16-36, 1Corinthians 15:1-58

So he is to lift up from it his handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, with some of its oil and all the frankincense which is on the grain offering, and burn it up as smoke on the altar for a soothing aroma, as its memorial portion to Adonai. Then what is left from it Aaron and his sons are to eat. It is to be eaten as matzah in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting. (Lev 6:8-9 TLV)

SUNDAY MESSAGE

"PALM SUNDAY WEEK"

John Chapters 12-14

[Sing to the Lord, lift up your voices]

OPENING PRAYER

O Mighty God, let us never, ever become indifferent to this season and its global and celestial events. We do not celebrate, we commemorate as we recall with bitter anguish, the death of our King, our Savior, the Messiah by crucifixion...and then...we witness the fulfillment of the WORD and a resurrection as the sun rises on the LORD'S DAY, Sunday, the first day of the New covenant. Give us attentive ears, focused eyes and open souls in which to absorb and embrace the awesomeness of HIS will, Our GOD, Jesus the CHRIST, AMEN

MESSAGE

Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. (Joh 12:1)

So they made Him a supper there, and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him. (Joh 12:2)

Mary then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. (Joh 12:3)

But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, said, (Joh 12:4)

"Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?" (Joh 12:5)

Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it. (Joh 12:6)

Therefore Jesus said, "Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial. (Joh 12:7)

"For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me." (Joh 12:8)

The large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He raised from the dead. (Joh 12:9)

But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also; (Joh 12:10)

because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus. (Joh 12:11)

On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, (Joh 12:12) Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written, (Joh 12:14)

"FEAR NOT, DAUGHTER OF ZION; BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING, SEATED ON A DONKEY'S COLT." (Joh 12:15)

The crowd took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, "Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, even the King of Israel." (Joh 12:13) In the Hebrew they met Him, shouting, “‘Hoshia-na! Baruch ha-ba b’shem Adonai! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ The King of Israel!” (Joh 12:13 TLV)

C.I. Scofield once wrote this sobering realization; "Celebrated by an unthinking multitude whose real belief is expressed thusly; And the crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee."{Mat 21:11}, but there was no welcome from the official representatives of the nation, [Jesus] was soon to hear the multitude shout: "Crucify him."

These things [even] His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him. (Joh 12:16)

So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him. (Joh 12:17)

For this reason also the people went and met Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign. (Joh 12:18)

So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him." (Joh 12:19)

Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. (Joh 13:1)

During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him, (Joh 13:2)

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God, (Joh 13:3)

got up from supper, and laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself. (Joh 13:4)

Then He poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. (Joh 13:5)

So He came to Simon Peter. He said to Him, "Lord, do You wash my feet?" (Joh 13:6)

Jesus answered and said to him, "What I do you do not realize now, but you will understand hereafter." (Joh 13:7)

Peter said to Him, "Never shall You wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me." (Joh 13:8)

Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head." (Joh 13:9)

Jesus said to him, "He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you." (Joh 13:10)

For He knew the one who was betraying Him; for this reason He said, "Not all of you are clean." (Joh 13:11)

So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? (Joh 13:12)

"You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am. (Joh 13:13)

"If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one anther's feet. (Joh 13:14)

"For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you. (Joh 13:15)

"Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him. (Joh 13:16)

"If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. (Joh 13:17)

"I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.' (Joh 13:18)

SUMMARY

"From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He. (Joh 13:19)

"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me." (Joh 13:20)

When Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit, and testified and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray Me." (Joh 13:21)

The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know of which one He was speaking. (Joh 13:22)

There was reclining on Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved. (Joh 13:23)

So Simon Peter gestured to him, and said to him, "Tell us who it is of whom He is speaking." (Joh 13:24)

He, leaning back thus on Jesus' bosom, said to Him, "Lord, who is it?" (Joh 13:25)

Jesus then answered, "That is the one for whom I shall dip the morsel and give it to him." So when He had dipped the morsel, He took and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. (Joh 13:26)

After the morsel, Satan then entered into him. Therefore Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly." (Joh 13:27)

Now no one of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him. (Joh 13:28)

For some were supposing, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, "Buy the things we have need of for the feast"; or else, that he should give something to the poor. (Joh 13:29)

So after receiving the morsel he went out immediately; and it was night. (Joh 13:30)

Therefore when he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; (Joh 13:31)

if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately. (Joh 13:32)

"Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, now I also say to you, 'Where I am going, you cannot come.' (Joh 13:33)

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. (Joh 13:34)

"By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." (Joh 13:35)

The hour was late. As they departed from Jerusalem walking to the Garden of Gethsemane. Along the way, Jesus warns; "All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written: 'I WILL STRIKE THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP OF THE FLOCK WILL BE SCATTERED.' But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee." (Mat 26:31-32)

Having said these words, the apostles still could not connect the dots and realize the horror that was about to unfold. It would be through this horrible event and the events of the past three years of His ministry...that the brilliant LIGHT of Almighty God's mercy and love would finally shine throughout the whole earth! On this Holy PALM SUNDAY, Let us pray...

CLOSING PRAYER

O' Lord Jesus, our hearts are filled with dread over that which you will suffer in the hours ahead. Your Father, our Father guides the events from His throne in heaven. Being born of a woman, and living in the fleshly tent, being fully God and Fully Human, opens the flood gates of emotion that is uniquely human. We worship You, love, fear, follow and obey You because You loved us first. To YOU, the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, we earnestly pray for Your return, Lord Jesus, AMEN

[THE LORD'S SUPPER]

[Sing a song to the Lord, lift up your voices]

DOXOLOGY

Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him, all creatures here below;

Praise Him above, Ye heaven-ly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

AMEN

THE CALL

If you have never invited Jesus to be your Lord and savior, or, if you have in the past yet remain unsure of salvation and forgiveness of sin, Please pray with me now: Lord Jesus I need to fill a hole in my life that follows me where ever I go. I am a long-time Sinner and I CONFESS and REPENT of all my sins. I believe that You JESUS are the Lord, that you were hung on a cross and died. I believe that you were raised back to life by God, Your Father, ascended into heaven and presently sit at the right hand of The Almighty. Please come into me, clean me, take me and make me Yours and let me serve from this day forward and forever, Thank-You Jesus, AMEN

If you sincerely prayed with me, your salvation has been assured. {Rom 10:9 KJV} -That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Waste no time in finding like minded folks, to fellowship with, who also know the lord Jesus. Be introduced to a church that preaches the BIBLE. Email me. Begin the journey that you will never tire of; the discovery of the Majesty, Beauty and loving Power of Jesus the Christ. Welcome to the family!

Chaplain Gary

BENEDICTION: (Jud 1:24-25) Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.

Christ go with you now...until we meet again

Christ go with you now...keep praying on till then

It really doesn't matter what the weather...

Just as long as we all are TOGETHER...

Christ go with you now...Till we meet again!

SUPPORTING SCRIPTURE Rom 1:16-17/ John Chapters 12-14/ Jude 24-25

SABBATH & SUNDAY WORSHIP MESSAGE

(Published every Friday evening)

CHRIST ETERNAL SENIOR MINISTRIES

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WEEKLY WORSHIP FOR MARCH 21/22, 2026, LX639-12,"THE PLOT TO KILL JESUS"

  

SHABBAT & SUNDAY WORSHIP MESSAGE

MARCH 21/22, 2026

{LX 639-12}

DECLARATION

For [we are not] ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. { Rom 1:16-17 KJV}

SABBATH MEDITATIONS

"VAYIKRA" (And He Called)

Leviticus 1:1-5:26, Isaiah 43:21-44, Hebrews 9:1-28

(Lev 1:1-3 TLV) Now Adonai called to Moses and spoke to him out of the Tent of Meeting, saying: (2) “Speak to Bnei-Yisrael, and tell them: When anyone of you brings an offering to Adonai, you may present your offering of livestock, from the herd or from the flock. (3) “If his sacrifice is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present a male without blemish. He is to offer it at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, so that he may be accepted before Adonai.

SUNDAY MESSAGE

"PLOT TO KILL JESUS"

John Chapters 11-12

[Sing to the Lord, lift up your voices]

OPENING PRAYER

O' Father of all creation let Your Holy Light fill this place today, the Lord's day. Grant us open eyes, ears, and souls to receive, absorb, and place into practice, the message You have prepared for us. Guide this preacher in truth in the deliverance of Your Word to this precious congregation; believers gathered in fellowship and longing to receive Your Light in the name of Jesus the Christ, our King and Saviour, AMEN

MESSAGE

In the aftermath of raising Lazarus to life from the grave, many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what [Jesus] had done, believed in Him. {Joh 11:45} But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done. Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and were saying, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many signs. "If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation." {(Joh 11:46, 47, 48}

It is in this series of verses that we see clearly the motivation of the Temple leadership. Serving GOD was not the priority. It was more of a business arrangement, a memorandum of understanding between the Lord's Priests and the Pagan lusts for power of the ROMANS.

A Thousand years before Jesus ministry began, graft, lust, and indifference raised its ugly sin-laden head in a place called Shiloh. In this tiny town, the senior priest named Eli turned a blind eye to the sinful conduct of his sons, also priests. His boys were fleecing the flock!

(1Sa 2:12-14) Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they did not know the LORD (13) and the custom of the priests with the people. When any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest's servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand. (14) Then he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. Thus they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.

(1Sa 2:22-25) Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting. (23) He said to them, "Why do you do such things, the evil things that I hear from all these people? (24) "No, my sons; for the report is not good which I hear the LORD'S people circulating.

(25) "If one man sins against another, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?" But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for the LORD desired to put them to death.

Jesus had clearly seen with His own eyes, the corruption of the Temple. The "Priestly" leadership was deeply engaged in a well coordinated "FLEECING OF THE FLOCK". The money changers, sellers of animals for sacrifice, converting Temple money from outside money {for a fee} then requiring the worshipers to convert their money from the temple coins, back to money {and another fee} for use outside the temple. So many were lining their pockets on the backs of true believers. Jesus saw this in person;

(Joh 2:14-16) And [Jesus] found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business.

When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers' money and overturned the tables. And He said to those who sold doves, "Take these things away! Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!"

(Joh 11:49) But one of the Priestly leaders, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to [those gathered], "You know nothing at all,

(Joh 11:50) nor do you take into account that it is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish."

(Joh 11:51) Now he did not say this on his own initiative, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

(Joh 11:52) and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

(Joh 11:53) So from that day on they planned together to kill Him.

(Joh 11:54) Therefore Jesus no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

(Joh 11:55) Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover to purify themselves.

(Joh 11:56) So they were seeking for Jesus, and were saying to one another as they stood in the temple, "What do you think; that He will not come to the feast at all?"

(Joh 11:57) Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might seize Him.

(Joh 12:1) Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

(Joh 12:2) So they made Him a supper there, and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

(Joh 12:3) Mary then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

(Joh 12:4) But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, *said,

(Joh 12:5) "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?"

(Joh 12:6) Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.

(Joh 12:7) Therefore Jesus said, "Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial.

(Joh 12:8) "For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."

(Joh 12:9) The large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He raised from the dead.

(Joh 12:10) But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also;

(Joh 12:11) because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.

SUMMARY

The last several months have been troubling for our Lord. As our Chief Shepherd He sees how our shallow faith can often become the best friend of Satan. The devil hates to do a lot of heavy lifting and he will always look for the easiest method with which to accomplish his evil. Simply creating doubt is all it takes to prevent advancing the Gospel message from taking root. In that process, the Devil hardly breaks a sweat.

Today, we have made it so easy for him to influence the masses. From the comfort of the devil's recliner, all he needs is the Big Screen TV remote in one hand, and the latest I-Phone in the other. Between Utube, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Snap Chat,and reruns of Andy of Mayberry, all the prince of darkness has to do is point, click or TEXT! Immediately thousands are eagerly buying what he is selling. Millions of God's creation are at grave risk of Eternal Death in the Fires of Hell! Absent of the Lord! Forever. We need to pray.

CLOSING PRAYER

O' Awesome and mighty author of eternity, our God, our Savior, we cast our broken hearts before Your throne and beg for mercy for those who remain on the fence regarding the Gospel truth of Your Word. We are totally helpless without Your grace. We pray Lord to reach us, teach us, show us and grow us that we might be filled with all we need to share the Light with others who remain in darkness, and do so before it is too late. At the very moment of need, O' Lord, fill us with YOU Lord Jesus, AMEN.

[THE LORD'S SUPPER]

[Sing a song to the Lord, lift up your voices]

DOXOLOGY

Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him, all creatures here below;

Praise Him above, Ye heav'n-ly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

AMEN

THE CALL

If you have never invited Jesus to be your Lord and savior, or, if you have in the past yet remain unsure of salvation and forgiveness of sin, Please pray with me now: Lord Jesus I need to fill a hole in my life that follows me where ever I go. I am a long-time Sinner and I CONFESS and REPENT of all my sins. I believe that You JESUS are the Lord, that you were hung on a cross and died. I believe that you were raised back to life by God, Your Father, ascended into heaven and presently sit at the right hand of The Almighty. Please come into me, clean me, take me and make me Yours and let me serve from this day forward and forever, Thank-You Jesus, AMEN

If you sincerely prayed with me, your salvation has been assured. {Rom 10:9 KJV} -That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Waste no time in finding like minded folks, to fellowship with, who also know the lord Jesus. Be introduced to a church that preaches the BIBLE. Email me. Begin the journey that you will never tire of; the discovery of the Majesty, Beauty and loving Power of Jesus the Christ. Welcome to the family!

Chaplain Gary

BENEDICTION: (Jud 1:24-25) Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.

Christ go with you now...until we meet again

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Just as long as we all are TOGETHER...

Christ go with you now...Till we meet again!

SUPPORTING SCRIPTURE Rom 1:16-17/ John Chapters 11-12/ 1Sam 2:12-25/ Jude 24-25

SABBATH & SUNDAY WORSHIP MESSAGE

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