Jesus in the Dragon's Lair: Turning 'Snake Land' into a Garden

This sermon traces Mark 8 and 1 Kings 20 to show how Jesus defeats the serpent’s power, miraculously provides for the hungry, and establishes God’s garden even in enemy territory. Contrasting Adam and Ahab’s failures with Christ’s perfect mercy and provision, the message calls believers to receive Jesus’ gifts of His perfect obedience in our place, sacrificial death on the cross, and provision of Himself as the Bread of Life, and then to live as stewards of the garden he plants in the world.