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There are many famous walls in the world which visually represent the division of hostility between countries, people groups and even religions. Today we are going to look at the work God did in his son Jesus to tear down the wall of hostility between all peoples and how this is on display not only before a watching world but also in the heavenly realms.

Don’t waste your life by being ineffective and bearing no fruit.

How can you be effective and productive? Grow in godly living.

Why can you be effective and productive? Because of the gracious promises of God in Christ.

Matthew isn’t so much concerned with presenting the evidence for the resurrection but instead the implications of Jesus rising back to life. Jesus’ last words provide a clarity, a challenge and a comfort.

We all hate a cover-up But what if Jesus’ resurrection was a scam? Matthew outlines two attempts to cover-up the fact that Jesus really did rise from the grave and shows us what the right response looks like.

Jesus hangs on the cross as humanity mock “save yourself, if you can”. Yet in Jesus, God was saving those very ones who mocked him. Jesus could have saved himself, but didn’t, because we can’t.

Why did Jesus go to the Garden of Gethsemane?? Nate helps us understand how the obedience of Jesus reminds us to pray through all seasons of life and to not give up in the midst of even the most extreme circumstances.