John
Jesus’ time with the Samaritans
Many Samaritans from Sychar believed in Jesus after hearing the testimony of the woman at the well, “He told me all that I ever did†(v. 39). There’s a lesson here for believers. When we share our personal testimony of what God done in our lives, God can use our story to help point others …
Revelation by the Sea
In this chapter, John recorded another revelation of Jesus. This story is unique to John’s Gospel. The settling is the Sea of Tiberias (the Roman name for the Sea of Galilee). Throughout his writings, John stressed the fact that Jesus “reveals†himself to people. Reveal equals to manifest …
What’s Your Motive for Following Jesus
The sixth chapter of the Gospel of John is the setting for one of the great discourses of our Lord, “bread of life.†This discourse takes place in the synagogue at Capernaum. The people demanded that Jesus perform a greater sign than Moses (vv. 30-35). They must have felt that the feeding of …
“Why are you baptizing?â€
In John 1:19-23, the religious leaders from Jerusalem asked John “Who are youâ€? In today’s passage, we see them asking another question, “Why are you baptizing?†It is evident that this investigation committee was very concerned about all the people John was baptizing (vv. 24-25)…
Judge Rightly
There is a six-month gap between chapters 6 and 7. Jesus was aware of growing hostility against him. The Jews were seeking to kill him (v. 1). The multitudes who had followed Him before were no longer doing so. The feast of tabernacles was now at hand. Also called the feast of booths, this …
Why the World Hates Christians
Jesus turns from the subject of love to the subject of hate. It doesn’t seem logical that anyone would hate Jesus Christ and His followers, but that is exactly what happened in Jesus’ day, and is still happening today. Much of that hatred comes from religious people. Until the Lord comes back or …
Trouble with the Jewish Leaders
Because of Jesus’ compassion and healing of this blind man, He soon found Himself in trouble with the Jewish leaders (v. 16). His act of deliberately healing the man on the Sabbath Day caused …
Blinded to The Truth
Many Jews falsely believed that the Messiah’ origins would be unknown. The crowds believed that Jesus was only a Galilean carpenter from Nazareth. Since they “knew†His origins, they reasoned He could not be the Messiah. Jesus, however, was more than a Galilean; He was born of …
“He must increase, but I must decreaseâ€
Last time, we read that Jesus and John the Baptist were doing separate baptismal ministries (vv. 21-24). During that time a debate erupted between their disciples over which of them had the greater purifying ability (v. 25). It seems that John’s disciples were jealous of Jesus and …
Contentment in Any Circumstance
It is said that in the United States somebody goes blind every twenty minutes. In this chapter, the Lord encountered a blind man. The question put to Him by the disciples concerning the man’s blindness can help us face the question that all of us have asked at one time or another (v. 1): “Why …