Jesus: the Resurrection and the Life
John 11:1–48 (NKJV) Christ Raises Lazarus 1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom […]
Jesus – the Only Man who spoke like no other
John 7:45–52 (NKJV) The Sanhedrin is Confused Over Christ 45 Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why have you not brought Him?” 46 The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this Man!” 47 Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are you also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or the […]
Some recognised, some doubted, and some wanted to take Jesus
John 7:40–44 (NKJV) Israel is Divided over Christ 40 Therefore many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is the Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and […]
Jesus, the Messiah who has the words of eternal life
John 6:60-71 [1] Rejection by Many Followers 60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?” 61 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, “Does this offend you? 62 What then if you should see the Son of Man […]
Another Witness of Jesus – John the Baptist
John 5:33-35 [1] 33 ‘You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth. 34 Not that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you may be saved. 35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light. Last week, we studied that there […]
The Testimony of Jesus Is Always True
John 5:31-32 [1] 31 ‘If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. 32 There is another who testifies in my favour, and I know that his testimony about me is true. The Jewish leaders began to persecute Jesus because they thought He was breaking the Sabbath law (John 5:16). Jesus started his defence from John […]
Friendship and Revelation
John 5:20-30 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to […]
The Son can do only what he sees his Father doing
John 5:19 [1] 19 Jesus gave them this answer: ‘Very truly I tell you, 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. The reason Jesus did good works on the Sabbath was ‘My Father (God) is always at […]
Repent your persecution. Receive the Gospel. Start a new life.
John 5:16-18 [1] 16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. 17 In his defence Jesus said to them, ‘My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.’ 18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not […]
Jesus changed the game. Start to live now.
John 5:1–9a [1] Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, […]
