John 8 – Part 15a
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John 8:30 says many believed on him and then in John 8:31-32 Jesus said to them “if you continue in my word then are you my disciples indeed; and you…
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John 8 – Part 15b
In John 8:28 Jesus says “when you have lifted up the son of man then you shall know that I am (for clarification the word ‘he’ is not in the…
John 9 – Part 16a
Seeing Jesus (1) To set the scene for this chapter I want to go back to John 8:59 where we read that the hardened scholars had become so incensed that…
John 9 – Part 16b
Seeing Jesus (2) What we witness next is Jesus stepping down and making clay from the ground beneath his feet and anointing the eyes of the man born blind. This…
John 9 – Part 16c
Seeing Jesus (3) There is so much to say in this story about people’s reactions to this man’s miracle but I want to focus on the man and his experience…
John 9 – Part 16d
Seeing Jesus (4) We see that the blind man’s parents weren’t prepared to give much support because they were so fearful of being thrown out of the synagogue they abdicated…
John 10 – Part 17a
Jesus continues in John 10:1 by telling a story in answer to the Pharisees question in John 9:40 “Are we blind also?” The story goes like this “if you haven’t…
John 10 – Part 17b
You may be asking at this point, ‘what is the fold, is it heaven or just a safe place for us to hole up when life gets tough?’ I don’t…
John 11 – Part 18a
Here in John 11 we have a story that demonstrates to us in a practical way why Jesus came. It is a story that re-affirms John 10:10 “I am come…
John 11 – Part 18b
When Jesus arrives in Bethany he finds that Lazarus had died and his body placed in a tomb and had been there for four days already. There ensues a conversation…