We have all heard the saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover." What is the saying trying to get us to do? It is wanting us to look beneath the surface. We may see an individual who is upset and just...  Read More

It is essential in our reading not to just look upon the connections and the contexts, but actually analyze what the texts were saying. At the heart of this passage, there is a lesson that is incredib...  Read More

There is a very important connection to the broader context as a whole. Coming out of John 6 and this earlier section in John 7, we have seen a lot of rejection of Jesus and very little belief taking ...  Read More

Jumping right in from the previous section, Jesus now is in Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles. He makes His way up into the temple and begins teaching. This led to the Jewish leaders to marvel at...  Read More

14 Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught. 15 And the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never studied?”16 Jesus answered them and said,...  Read More

Take 15 minutes and praise the Lord for how you have suffered with Him. Turn that mourning into dancing and rejoice in Him. Let today be a time of praise unto the Lord.......  Read More

12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; 13 but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, ...  Read More

I will admit, rejection is hard for me. I was the weird religious kid growing up. Everything had to be very by the book (Bible) and it would bother me when others just did not get it. I had a very sen...  Read More

A major lesson that stands out here is that the life of Jesus, and His timing, was calculated. His life was preserved up until a specific point in time where the fruit was ripe. He was not just dying ...  Read More

There is a major connection in this passage, and I am wondering if you caught it. It has to do with the time of the year. I find it pretty indicative that Jesus' time was not the Feast of Tabernacles....  Read More

Proceeding after nearly all those following Jesus turn away from Him, He makes His way through Galilee. An important note is made that He did not go through Judea because those Jewish leaders were see...  Read More

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him. 2 Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. 3 His brothers therefore said t...  Read More

I challenge all of us to bring ourselves before the Lord with the utmost of sincerity. If you have the ability to physically go to your knees, I challenge you to bow before Him. If there is need to co...  Read More

This is where the boots meet the ground; where the rubber meets the road. Am I heavenly minded or earthly minded? Am I believing or not believing? As I have sat on this passage, I have to admit that I...  Read More

Can you imagine standing in the midst of the twelve, hearing the words of Jesus and watching everyone turn away? As someone who loves truth and longs to grow deeper into it, it astounds me the causes ...  Read More

63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. 64 But there are some of you who do not believe.-John 6:63-64Herein lies the...  Read More

Let's propose this question: why did the people have such a hard time understanding the teaching that Jesus gave? It is for the same reason Nicodemus was missing Jesus' teaching in John 3. They were l...  Read More

Directly following Jesus' teaching on needing to partake of Him, the people who were listening were perplexed and put off by it. By their own admission, they failed to understand what Jesus was saying...  Read More

60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?”61 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, ...  Read More

Take 15 minutes to prayerfully conform your mind to Christ. Ask the Him to be Lord over your thoughts. Ask Him how you can partake of Him throughout your day to day life. Thank Him for inviting you to...  Read More

This is an action step I try to take any time I am studying the Word.I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God,...  Read More

So much theology is influenced by perspective. It was those following Jesus that missed what Jesus was saying simply because they could not fathom the an alternative perspective. In fact, there have b...  Read More

Admittedly, there are many lessons to pull from in this section, but I want to zero in on a specific one. That is the main point that Jesus is making. He is instructing the people to see things from a...  Read More

There are three major connections I want to highlight in this section. The first is the main theme John is getting at throughout His whole epistle. Jesus is better. As Jesus is comparing Himself to th...  Read More