John 4:1-26 (ESVST) Chapter 4 Jesus and the Woman of Samaria 1 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3 he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. In our last message, John had just explained to his disciples why he must decrease and why Jesus must ...
In our last message. John the Baptist was explaining to his disciples who were concerned that Jesus and his disciples were baptizing and people were joining them. I suppose they were concerned about the competition John 3:30-36 (ESVST) He must increase, but I must decrease.” 31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way ...
If I were to give this passage a title, I would call it “Who’s the boss?”. In this passage John the Baptist makes it very clear to us and to everyone else, who between him and Jesus is the boss. Who between him and Jesus is in charge. Let’s look at it. John 3:22-30 (ESVST) 22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained ...
In our last message on this passage, we left Jesus saying to Nicodemus that just like Moses lifted up a bronze serpent so that those that looked up to it could live, so must the Son of Man also be lifted up so that those who believe in him should have eternal life. We then now continue with verse 16. 16 “ For God so loved the world, that he ...
We left the last time the conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus where Jesus was telling Nicodemus that unless he is born from above, that is, unless he is born of water and spirit, he will not enter the kingdom of God. Seeing that Nicodemus is confused, Jesus then said to him, do not wonder for spiritual things are difficult to understand if you are still in the flesh. Flesh gives ...
We left our previous message in verse 3 after Jesus told Nicodemus that unless one is born from above, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. I am sure this was very confusing to Nicodemus and you can expect. 4 Nicodemus said to him, “ How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother ‘s womb and be born?” 5 ...
It is very good to see how time flies when you’re having fun. I mean just a week or so ago we undertook the journey to go through the bible verse by verse and we started with the Gospel of John. Now, we are already starting Chapter 3. I admit that we could go even deeper into some of these verses but, I don’t want to complicate God’s word with ...
In our last message, we saw Jesus at the wedding in Cana in Galilee on invitation. We also saw him change water into wine. At the end of the wedding they all left for Capernaum and stayed there for a few days. In today’s passage we now see him in Jerusalem for the Passover. John 2:13-25 (ESVST) 13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up ...
In Today’s message we find our Lord Jesus still in Galilee. Chapter 1 ended with the calling of Nathaniel as a disciple. The outline of this passage is basically three things, 1. the mother’s request, 2. the miracle and 3. the confirmation of the miracle. 1. The Mother’s request John 2:1-12 (ESVST) 1 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus ...
Today’s message is John 1:35-51. Here we see Jesus starting to call his disciples. I think just from the beginning I must say this, the account of how the first disciples were called differs from Matthew to John. I know that Matthew, Mark, John and Luke, all had different purposes of writing their gospels and based on that purpose, they chose to write about the events during Jesus’s time that ...
