John 12 – Part 19a
In John 12 I want to draw your attention to a few points rather than connect the narrative as before. As we begin chapter 12 we find that Jesus has…
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In John 12 I want to draw your attention to a few points rather than connect the narrative as before. As we begin chapter 12 we find that Jesus has…
In John 12:12-19 we encounter a very familiar story, the account of Jesus making a triumphal entry on a donkey’s colt, a colt that had never been ridden before. Bethany…
Following on from the previous chapter where we introduced the concept of “God in the midst”, the idea that we have to seek and find the spiritual man ‘God the…
Betrayal Judas was a man chosen by Jesus to be part of the twelve men that He called disciples, he was a man who obviously showed promise, rising to the…
We finished chapter 13 on a note of despair but with an observation that the only way of being able to fulfil Peter’s words of “laying down a life” was…
Whenever Jesus uses the words “I am” he is revealing and aligning himself to God. In essence he is saying “we are one.”As we move through this chapter to John…
We finished chapter 14 by saying that the completeness of God is interested in the insignificance of me who will come and make his home in us. Let’s begin to…
In John 15:3 Jesus begins to piece the picture together by saying “you have already been pruned” or in the KJV “you are already clean” “because of the word or…
This chapter is a continuation of the previous chapter where Jesus is still preparing His disciples for life on earth without Him and He starts with some stark words. If…
The How In John 16:7-8 and John 16:13 and also in John 15:26-27 Jesus tells his disciples, who He is preparing for life on earth without him, about a Helper,…