45 Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him, 46 but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. John 11:45-46 Jesus always causes a decision. The same question that faced the Jewish leaders is the question each of us…
In so much of John’s Gospel the question of the identity of Jesus is paramount.Is he a man? Is he the prophet? Is he the messiah? Is he the Son of God? Now, following Jesus’ miracle of giving sight to the man born blind, we find again a discussion of who Jesus is. There are…
3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 What does it mean to be “Born Again?” How Jesus treated this conversation with Nicodemus is crucial: 1) Jesus is taking extended time with someone seeking the truth; 2) Nicodemus is really…
19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” John 1:19-20 The first eighteen verses of John’s gospel has described Jesus as the eternal Word. The eternal Word became…
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 There are a lot of very smart people telling us what truth is, and some of them will be right. The trick is, we don’t know who. Politicians have an angle, pundits…
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” John 14:6-7 John wrote to encourage his readers to resist the false teachers who were…
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. But I say, walk…