The Best Wine: The Blood of Jesus that Cleans our Sins
John 2:9b –12 (NIVUK) He did not realise where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, ‘Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved […]
Come and See
John 1:44-46 44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, ‘We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.’ 46 ‘Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?’ Nathanael asked. […]
Jesus, the Prophet, the Messiah
John 1:21b ‘Are you the Prophet?’ He answered, ‘No.’ The Prophet Moses has foretold in Deuteronomy 18:15, 18, 19. 15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.” 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you […]
More about “Glory”
See Hebrews 1:3a (NIVUK). “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.” Jesus revealed his glory through the first of the signs (changing water into wine) (John 2:11) Jesus does not accept glory from human beings (John 5:41). Jesus has come […]
Discipleship
Luke 9:18-27 18Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?” 19They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.” 20 “But […]
WHAT REALLY MATTERS
Mark 7:14-19 We studied what really defiles them (Mark 7:20-23) and the background event of this teaching (Mark 7:1-13). The Law teaches not to eat unclean creatures but to eat clean ones (Leviticus 11:1-46). The problem was that the religious leaders focused on the following: To keep this law better, they created more rules to […]
Mere rule creating and mere rule keeping
Mark 7:1-13 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law from Jerusalem gathered round Jesus (Mark 7:1). The Law in the Old Testament teaches “uncleanness and cleanness” in Leviticus 11-15 (relevant message). Based on the law, they even created more rules (the tradition of the elders) to follow (e.g., hand washing) (Mark 7:3-4). […]
Jesus teaches what really defiles them
In the past two weeks, we studied topics related to ‘uncleanness’ (Our guilt of uncleanness Jesus died for, Peter’s vision and its meaning). Mark 7:1-23 is also related to it. Let us study Mark 7:1-23 over the next few weeks. Today, let us briefly study key points only. The Pharisees and teachers of the law […]
Peter’s vision and its meaning
Acts 10:9-16 9 About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. 10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. 11 He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet […]
The importance of ‘listening to’ Jesus
‘Hearing’ is prerequisite of ‘believing’ (Romans 10:17). I. It is God’s will (command) for us to listen to Jesus. See Matthew 17:5. 5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!’ […]
