We gathered after one week to ponder the scriptures we have studied these Saturdays. So of course I will take us completely off course and into something different for this week. No surprise. We will not go as far off as it may seem. I want to talk and challenge us this morning. Asking each…
Behold, the Lamb of God 29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know…
As we discussed last week, the church was expecting the messiah, and there were all kinds of speculations and assumptions. The culture had been waiting generations for the coming Messiah, and what should they expect? We, in our own culture, are waiting as well, and we have our own expectations. The church in Jesus time…
The Testimony of John the Baptist 19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said,…
The Word Became Flesh 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the…
As we begin the Gospel of John, we are immediately faced with the concept that Jesus has been around since the beginning of time. To supplement our Gospel story, an article by Robert Bowman Jr. that gives us some insights into the religious group called the Jehovah’s Witness. As an introduction a summary of the…
Brother, beloved, disciple: John We begin a journey in the summer of 2015 by learning about one of the original and last of the original 12 disciples of Jesus Christ. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome. His life was rich, full and long lasting. John was one of the rare individuals that followed…
This summer we begin a journey through one of the most epic books in the bible, the Gospel of John. This is going to be a grand adventure that will take us deeper within ourselves and closer to Jesus. Don’t pass up this life altering opportunity. Invite a friend, invite a stranger, invite an enemy.…
The message of the New Testament (NT) cannot be separated from that of the Old Testament (OT). The OT promised that God would save his people, beginning with the promise that the seed of the woman would triumph over the seed of the Serpent (Gen. 3:15)A. John the Baptist summoned the people of Israel to…