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Jesus performs a miracle recorded in all four Gospels— multiplying bread and fish to feed more than five thousand people. He wants to do more than feed people with natural bread, but as before, they miss what he is really doing. We have seen this before in this Gospel. Jesus says or does something in the natural realm as a way of pointing to the spiritual realm, and the people don’t receive it. |...

Sermon Series: Psalms Sermon Scripture: Psalms 126

After claiming equality with God as well as the authority to judge the living and the dead, Jesus now reveals whom and what bears witness to these to these facts: God the Father himself, John the Baptist, Jesus' own miraculous works, and the Scriptures. | John 5:30-46

The Son is the Giver of Life and the Judge of all.  Whoever hears him and trusts in him is released from condemnation and is come into eternal life. | John 5:24-29

Having been accused by the Jewish leaders of violating the Sabbath, Jesus explained that the Sabbath was established for human beings and, like his Father, he was not required to keep the Sabbath, effectively claiming he was equal to God. This enraged the Jewish leaders even more, causing the Jews to look for a means to kill him. Rather than stand down, Jesus launched into a detailed explanation i...

Jesus Christ heals a man who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. He works sovereignly to rebuild his body and then challenges him toward holiness. He uses this to demonstrate his deity both through the miracle itself and the day on which it is performed—the Sabbath. | John 5:1-17

Despite the warm welcome he receives in Galilee, Jesus knows the people do not truly believe in who he is. Yet, Jesus heals a dying boy with a word, over distance, immediately. Such is the character of our Savior. Grace and power. Mercy and might. | John 4:43-54

Jesus purposely went out of his way to speak to a Samaritan woman, ignoring three social prohibitions of the day. He used well water to open the conversation, shrewdly and carefully steered the discussion to spiritual matters, gently revealed her sin nature and her need for a savior, and then declared to her that he – Jesus – was the promised Messiah, the savior. The Samaritan woman believed in Je...

In the second half of John 3, the apostle records a moment of jealousy from the disciples of John the Baptist toward Jesus and His growing ministry. John the Baptist uses this moment to exalt Jesus as the sole focal point of true ministry, and that Jesus is the true focal point because He came from heaven above and is therefore superior over all. | John 3:22-36

John continues his prologue to his gospel by asserting that Jesus, the Word, is the light and life of mankind. He goes on to say that Jesus, as the light, came into the world that He created and it did not know Him nor receive Him. And John ends this paragraph on the first gospel call of the book by saying that all who receive Jesus will be given the right to become children of God. Come study thi...

We live in a world that wages war against our souls. With all of its problems and passions, it is easy for believers to become like the world and forego the higher calling set before us. As we enter a new year fraught with new ways for the enemy to temp us, we must remember who we are in Christ and where our true citizenship lies. | 1 Peter 2:11-12

Let’s try to settle this Christmas question once for all, “What did Mary know?” The role God formed Mary to play in the birth narrative of Christ is fascinating and critical to our understanding of who Jesus is. While Mary certainly is a flawed sinner like the rest of us, she is used mightily of God and displays great faith in Him. What did she know about Jesus that strengthened her to submit to G...

John 3:16 is by far the most widely known verse from the Bible. In some circles, it may be the verse that exclusively defines Christianity. John 3:16 has certainly earned its popularity. It is a great grace of God to have such glorious divine truth condensed down into just 25 words in the original Greek texts. However, what should this verse be used for in the church? Is it possible to misundersta...

Nicodemus responds to Jesus’ teaching of the new birth by questioning how it can be possible. The response? Jesus is how. Jesus answers the question by explaining more of Himself to Nicodemus. Jesus is how sinner can become born again. Belief in Him is how eternal life is brought to the spiritually dead. Not only does Jesus tell Nicodemus this plainly, He shows it to him from the Old Testament. |...

This passage is one of the most important in our Bibles. In it Jesus engages in a conversation with a Pharisee named Nicodemus, and He discusses the concept of the new birth. We have often heard the title “born-again-Christian”, and from this passage we get that language. What does it mean to be born again? How does one become born again? What are the consequence of never undergoing the new birth?...

In Psalm 53, David laments that there is no one who does good. All are sinful. Because of this, David mourns as God’s people are treated cruelly. Yet, as we look at it in light of the New Testament, we begin to see a deeper meaning culminating in. verse 6—that Salvation would come out of Zion!

John 2:23-25 is an often overlooked portion of John’s gospel. This transitionary passage is an enigmatic bridge that connects two well known stories of Jesus’ life. But if we fail to wrestle with it, we will miss the depth of what John said before it and what he will say after it. This passage gives us insight into Jesus that we get no where else in the Bible. 

After Jesus’ first miracle, He begins to minister in public. His first act that John records is traditionally called “the cleansing of the temple.” In this scene of Jesus’ life, we see Him state plainly what God requires from His creatures: right worship. In the Old Covenant, right worship centered around the temple. In the New Covenant, which Jesus was ushering in, He is the temple wherein we wor...

Taking an in-depth look at Jesus’ first miracle, we can see the profound significance of turning water into wine. John records this as Jesus’ first miracle and thus His public introduction as the Messiah. In this miracle Jesus reveals Himself as God who has power over nature and the power to save. Jesus is able to meet immediate yet minuscule needs while also building toward His chief goal, and tu...

The idea that outward signs convey spiritual realities is regularly taught in the Bible. The ordinances in the New Testament are established by Jesus Christ and are observed in obedience to His command. They are rites that commemorate the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. Ordinances are performed as expressions of loving obedience to Christ and underscore various aspects of the Christian’...

Perhaps Jesus’ most famous miracle is turning the water into wine at a wedding celebration in the town of Cana. Yet, we often are satisfied with an abbreviated understanding of this miracle. But if John only includes seven of Jesus’ miracles, why include this one? Especially since Matthew, Mark, and Luke do not record it. There must be more here for the people of God than is typically reported in...

In this passage, Jesus is recruiting His disciples. But if we don’t slow down and ponder these verses, we will miss the depth present in them. John isn’t merely recording Jesus’ recruiting trip, he is teaching us about Jesus. He is teaching us more of who Jesus is and what He does. This passage will encourage our  evangelism and will deepen our worship of Christ the Lord. | John 1:35-51

As the apostle John begins the narrative of Jesus’ life, the first character he introduces us to is John the Baptist. John the Baptist is going to serve as the first witness to the watching world as to who Jesus is. John the Baptist’s ministry is pointing to Jesus and essentially fulfilled once Jesus arrives on the scene and is identified as God’s Chosen One to save all who will believe in Him. |...

The magnitude of God becoming man is ultimately indescribable. How can the infinite become finite? But without this perplexing phenomenon being true, humanity has no hope of redemption. The incarnation of Jesus, this most magnificent of realities, is something we must study, embrace, and worship God for. What greater example of His love and grace to rebellious humanity do we have than this? Only t...

John continues his prologue to his gospel by asserting that Jesus, the Word, is the light and life of mankind. He goes on to say that Jesus, as the light, came into the world that He created and it did not know Him nor receive Him. And John ends this paragraph on the first gospel call of the book by saying that all who receive Jesus will be given the right to become children of God. Come study thi...