Posts with the category “john”

God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through who...  Read More

I made a very specific note about something that was mentioned in this section in yesterdays devotion. I noted that it was highlighted how Jesus went up on top of a mountain and that the time was draw...  Read More

The whole of chapter 6 brings us into a strong discourse concerning the evidence of Jesus being the Messiah. The section we are currently covering highlights a means in which Jesus is greater than Mos...  Read More

After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2 Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were diseased.  3...  Read More

If you answered honestly that you are not fully convinced then I encourage you to pray that the Lord would reveal Himself to you. Pray for strength to put your full trust in the Lord and that your fai...  Read More

8Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!-Psalm 34:8We are invited to participate with the Lord in belief. One of the things that astounds me is that Jesus promise...  Read More

There is a very strong call to action found in this passage, but you have to look for it a little bit.24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlas...  Read More

Jesus spells out this lesson very clearly in the text. The Son is not operating on His authority. He is operating on the authority of the Father. We have all heard the saying that goes, "The apple doe...  Read More

Whenever we have sections that are divided up in the center of the narrative, we must look back to that immediate context. As we have looked at this passage, we see the reality that Jesus is simply do...  Read More

Directly following the last account we went through, Jesus responds to the angry Jewish leaders who are accusing Jesus of breaking the Sabbath. What we ultimately see is a clashing on different unders...  Read More

17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said ...  Read More

Do you believe that Jesus is truly supreme? Is He truly Lord over your life? Have your surrendered both victory and failure to Him? These are things that we ought to pray through. Seeing the supremacy...  Read More

There have been moments in my life where I have ineffectively ministered to people because I simply took the populous understanding on certain matters. I did not have an understanding or depth of insi...  Read More

As a pastor, I often read a lot of people's takes on different theological issues and the sort. It can be quite easy to get caught up in the weeds of theology and be largely informed by the popular co...  Read More

The primary lesson given here to the original audience is in regard to the supremacy of Jesus. Not only did Jesus accomplish in this man's life what he had been searching after for a considerable amou...  Read More

Throughout these devotions, we have spent a lot of time drawing connections to water in various capacities and how Jesus exceeds and even replaces those things. His baptism was better than John's. The...  Read More

The account for this week follows a continued thematic narrative of how Jesus is truly better. To begin, Jesus is back in Jerusalem for one of the feasts. Which one is not specified. The narrative zer...  Read More

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay...  Read More

There is a passage in Mark 9 where a father of a demon possessed son seeks Jesus out to restore his son. Jesus answers him saying, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." Th...  Read More

I left off yesterday's devotion stating that we need to know the promises of God that we may believe those promises. Recently, I have started a new bible study method called "Color Study". In short, w...  Read More

Faith. Faith is truly the key that accesses all that Jesus has for us. I have often said that what you do or do not believe about the Lord shows up in our lives. I hold fast to this statement. This is...  Read More

Given the surrounding context as well as the connection between the miracles at Cana, the primary lesson here seems to be a challenge of faith. Many of those in the day of this writing, like in the mo...  Read More

Considering the location of this particular miracle, it should draw us back to a certain point, specifically the wedding at Cana in John 2. Seeing as how John highlighted the location in both this acc...  Read More

This week's passage covers the continuation of Jesus' travels and working of miracles. It begins with his departure from the Samaritan region, leaving Judea, and heads back to Galilee. John makes a sp...  Read More

43 Now after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee. 44 For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. 45 So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans receiv...  Read More

Take a look at your life in reflection of what we have talked about. What areas are you trying to take from to satisfy you in your life? Prayerfully bring these before the Lord and consider how He can...  Read More

We live in a world of wells. Where the world was when Jesus spoke this was in a time where water was often a scarcity. So the idea of having a well that would never run dry and you'd never thirst agai...  Read More

As I read through this passage, a few things capture my attention. Among other lessons one that hits me particularly hard is how the one who drinks the living water will never thirst again. Evidently,...  Read More

There are two huge lessons that I want to focus on that ultimately come down to being one lesson. Jesus offers a living water that springs up within the individual so that they will never thirst again...  Read More

There are two major connections I want to draw attention to: the comparison between this narrative and what happens with Nicodemus in chapter 3, and the types and shadows found in Genesis 24 that this...  Read More

In this section, we have a pretty amazing narrative of Jesus' approach to His own ministry and the early beginnings of it spreading. It is relatively popular as well. What is a little less popular is ...  Read More

Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John 2 (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples), 3 He left Judea and depart...  Read More

Take 15 minutes today and sincerely ask the Lord what needs to decrease in your own life that He may increase. Reflect upon areas that you have surrendered to the Lord in the past that He may take pri...  Read More

As I wrote yesterday's devotion, it really challenged me to prayerfully think and bring these things before the Lord. I do not want any area of my life to be self-forwarding, but to be Christ-forwardi...  Read More

"He must increase, but I must decrease."-John 3:30As I ponder this lesson, I think of three different categories of life I want to approach this from. I have found at many times, in many ways, that on...  Read More

Other than the already forementioned lesson that Jesus is better is the lesson surrounding the promotion of Jesus over the promotion of self. If we look at history, specifically Israel history, we wil...  Read More

All throughout this section, there are competing themes that highlight how Jesus is better. Beginning the section off, there is a dispute between John's disciples and the Jews about ritual purificatio...  Read More

The section that we are going through this week engages with several very important biblical themes that point to who Jesus is, who John is, and how we as believers should hold such hearts of humility...  Read More

22 After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them and baptized. 23 Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much wate...  Read More

There are many things that we can pray for within John 3 but I have one subject that I really want us to focus on. Take 15 minutes (set a timer) and pray for the unsaved that you know. Pray for their ...  Read More