Tag: John

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day February is traditionally the month for Valentines. This custom of sending a note to your “Valentine” adorned with a red heart, a personal poem, an inscription that declares your love, grew in popularity in England and France…

The King of the Jews

The Jews brought Jesus to Pilate requesting a death sentence. In John 19:16 Pilate said to them, “You take him and crucify him! For I do not find a basis for an accusation against him”. But Pilate knew the Jews…

I Find No Basis for an Accusation

Jesus had been born for this purpose, to give his life for the sin of the world. And, he did willingly lay down his life, but he didn’t take his own life. By not resisting those that cried “Crucify! Crucify!”…

When He The Spirit of Truth Comes

After the triumphal entry into Jerusalem, Jesus turns to a more private setting with his disciples and prepares them for what is ahead. God’s plan was not what might have been in their minds. Jesus talks to them about betrayal…

My Peace I Give To You

Jesus is preparing his disciples for the transition ahead. He will no longer be with them on the earth, but by the Holy Spirit, he will continue to be with them. He says this in John 14:15 “If you love…

His Commandment is Eternal Life

Many miracles have been recorded and many that have testified of the power of God to transform their lives through Jesus Christ, yet some still refuse to believe as it says in John 12:38 “Lord, who has believed our message?”.…

One Man Should Die for the People

Jesus has a close relationship with Mary, Martha, and Lazarus and has had a strong impact on their lives. But when Lazarus gets sick, and Jesus delays coming, his sisters mourn his death as they lay him in the tomb.…

I Am the Good Shepherd

As Jesus faces the crowds, there are those that believe and those that refuse his words. Jesus uses an example they would all be familiar with and talks about the response of sheep to their shepherd. He says in John…

This Man is the Christ!

Jesus is demonstrating the power of God through the miracles he is doing and many recognize him and believe in John 7:31 But from the crowd many believed in him and were saying, “Whenever the Christ comes, he will not…

This is the Work of God That You Believe

Jesus is performing miracles of healing and the people are following him. After he feeds the five thousand, he leaves the area but the crowds seek, and find him. In John 6:26 Jesus replied to them and said, “Truly, truly…

If You Had Known The Gift of God

We all have developed ideas about who God is and how we are to please him, but many of these ideas are based on historic social experience as Jesus said in Mark 7:7 “And they worship me in vain, teaching…