"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of... Continue Reading →
Honor Jesus?
‘that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.’ John 5;23 (NIV) Do we ask why we should honor Jesus Christ? Are there some who question whether or not it is necessary? Are there people out there... Continue Reading →
Seeing God
Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. John 5:19 (NIV) What if we were to say that faith in God is looking at Him with the... Continue Reading →
Supposed To Do
So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted him. Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working." John 5:16-17 (NIV) As we set ourselves to the task of pleasing God we build up the framework and the parameters. ... Continue Reading →
Who Told You?
and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat." But he replied, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.' " John 5:10-11 (NIV) The person who senses a faint desire to turn... Continue Reading →
Do We Want?
When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?" John 5:6 (NIV) Jesus comes across this man by the pool in Bethesda. He sees that the man has been crippled for 38 years. Obviously His heart... Continue Reading →
What Will It Take?
"Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders," Jesus told him, "you will never believe." John 4:48 (NIV) A man is driven in his desperation and his love for his child. He comes to Jesus for help. He journeys to where he will find Jesus. He begs the Teacher for healing. Jesus hears the man´s... Continue Reading →
When We Know
They said to the woman, "We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world." John 4:42 (NIV) When is it that we really know who Jesus Is? People came to see Jesus from the Samaritan... Continue Reading →
Reap!
Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. John 4:36 (NIV) What is all this talk of reaping? Jesus briefly mentions this subject of a crop, a reaper and a sower. But where does He lead... Continue Reading →
What Food?
"My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.’ John 4:34 (NIV) They offer Jesus some food. He´s got to be hungry. But He doesn´t accept it. Instead Christ tells them that He is fed by Something they don´t seem aware of. He says He... Continue Reading →
