Calvary Chapel Birmingham

Verses 41 to 50 of John 8.  No, you are imitating your real father.” They replied, “We aren’t illegitimate children! God himself is our true Father.” Jesus told them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God. I am not here on my own, but he sent me.   Why can’t you understand what I am saying? It’s because you can’t even hear me!   For you are...

Verses 33 to 40 of John 8.  “But we are descendants of Abraham,” they said. “We have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean, ‘You will be set free’?” Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.   A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son is part of the family forever.   So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.   Yes...

Verses 26 to 32 of John 8.  I have much to say about you and much to condemn, but I won’t. For I say only what I have heard from the one who sent me, and he is completely truthful.”   But they still didn’t understand that he was talking about his Father. So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man on the cross, then you will understand that I am he. I do nothing on my own but...

Verses 21 to 25 of John 8.  Later Jesus said to them again, “I am going away. You will search for me but will die in your sin. You cannot come where I am going.” The people asked, “Is he planning to commit suicide? What does he mean, ‘You cannot come where I am going’?” Jesus continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You belong to this world; I do not.   That is why I said that yo...

Verses 13 to 20 of John 8.  The Pharisees replied, “You are making those claims about yourself! Such testimony is not valid.” Jesus told them, “These claims are valid even though I make them about myself. For I know where I came from and where I am going, but you don’t know this about me. You judge me by human standards, but I do not judge anyone. And if I did, my judgment would be correct in...

Verse 12 of John 8.  Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”

Verses 1 to 11 of John 8.  Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives,   but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them. As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd. “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman...

Verses 45 to 53 of John 7  When the Temple guards returned without having arrested Jesus, the leading priests and Pharisees demanded, “Why didn’t you bring him in?” “We have never heard anyone speak like this!” the guards responded. “Have you been led astray, too?” the Pharisees mocked. “Is there a single one of us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him?   This foolish crowd follows him...

Verses 40 to 44 of John 7 When the crowds heard him say this, some of them declared, “Surely this man is the Prophet we’ve been expecting.”   Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others said, “But he can’t be! Will the Messiah come from Galilee?   For the Scriptures clearly state that the Messiah will be born of the royal line of David, in Bethlehem, the village where King David was b...

Verses 37 to 39 of John 7.  On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me!   Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’”   (When he said “living water,” he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in...

Verses 25 to 36 of John chapter 7.  Some of the people who lived in Jerusalem started to ask each other, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?   But here he is, speaking in public, and they say nothing to him. Could our leaders possibly believe that he is the Messiah?   But how could he be? For we know where this man comes from. When the Messiah comes, he will simply appear;...

Verses 18 to 24 of John 7.  Those who speak for themselves want glory only for themselves, but a person who seeks to honor the one who sent him speaks truth, not lies. Moses gave you the law, but none of you obeys it! In fact, you are trying to kill me.” The crowd replied, “You’re demon possessed! Who’s trying to kill you?” Jesus replied, “I did one miracle on the Sabbath, and you were amazed...

Verses 11 to 17 of John 7.    The Jewish leaders tried to find him at the festival and kept asking if anyone had seen him.   There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some argued, “He’s a good man,” but others said, “He’s nothing but a fraud who deceives the people.”   But no one had the courage to speak favorably about him in public, for they were afraid of gett...

Verses 1 to 10 of John 7.  After this, Jesus traveled around Galilee. He wanted to stay out of Judea, where the Jewish leaders were plotting his death.   But soon it was time for the Jewish Festival of Shelters,   and Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, where your followers can see your miracles! You can’t become famous if you hide like this! If you can do such...

Verses 67 to 71 of John chapter 6.  Then Jesus turned to the Twelve and asked, “Are you also going to leave?” Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.   We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God.” Then Jesus said, “I chose the twelve of you, but one is a devil.”   He was speaking of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, one of the...

Verses 60 to 66 of John chapter 6.  Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?” Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, “Does this offend you?   Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again?   The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very...

Verses 44 to 59 of John chapter 6.  For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at the last day I will raise them up.   As it is written in the Scriptures, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.   (Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only I, who was sent from God, have seen him.) “...

Verses 35 to 43 of John chapter 6.  Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.   But you haven’t believed in me even though you have seen me. However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them. For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not...

Verses 28 to 34 of John chapter 6.  They replied, “We want to perform God’s works, too. What should we do?” Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.” They answered, “Show us a miraculous sign if you want us to believe in you. What can you do? After all, our ancestors ate manna while they journeyed through the wilderness! The Scriptures say, ‘...

Verses 22 to 27 of John chapter 6.  The next day the crowd that had stayed on the far shore saw that the disciples had taken the only boat, and they realized Jesus had not gone with them.   Several boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the Lord had blessed the bread and the people had eaten.   So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got...

Verses 14 to 21 of John chapter 6.  When the people saw him do this miraculous sign, they exclaimed, “Surely, he is the Prophet we have been expecting!”   When Jesus saw that they were ready to force him to be their king, he slipped away into the hills by himself. That evening Jesus’ disciples went down to the shore to wait for him.   But as darkness fell and Jesus still hadn’t come...

Verses 7 to 13 of John chapter 6.  Philip replied, “Even if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money to feed them!” Then Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up. “There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?”  “Tell everyone to sit down,” Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered...

Verses 1 to 6 of John chapter 6.  After this, Jesus crossed over to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberias.   A huge crowd kept following him wherever he went, because they saw his miraculous signs as he healed the sick.   Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples around him.   (It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebratio...

Verses 39 to 47 of John 5.  “You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!   Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life. “Your approval means nothing to me,   because I know you don’t have God’s love within you.   For I have come to you in my Father’s name, and you have rejected me. Yet if others come in their own...

Verses 31 to 39 of John chapter 5. “If I were to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be valid. But someone else is also testifying about me, and I assure you that everything he says about me is true.   In fact, you sent investigators to listen to John the Baptist, and his testimony about me was true.   Of course, I have no need of human witnesses, but I say these things so y...