Many Disciples Turn Away after Jesus’ Teaching There are many times, as in the following passage, when Jesus said some difficult and challenging things which resulted in some turning away. John 6: 52 – 68 The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?” Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless… (more…)
Jesus is the “True Bread from Heaven” John 6: 29 – 40 In the dialog between Jesus and the people who had come looking for more miracles, Jesus admonished them to “Labor for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.” Then they said to Him, “What should we… (more…)
What should motivate us to seek Jesus Christ? As Jesus continued to move through out the land of Galilee He did many miracles. Thousands came to Him and in one situation, (recorded in all of the gospels), He took 5 barley loaves and 2 fish and fed 5000 men plus women and children, and there were 12 baskets of food… (more…)
Dear Friends and Family, Prior to understanding and believing in Jesus, I, like so many, did not really understand what Jesus truly taught about the critical issues of life and death and judgment. I was raised by a godly Christian mother and a non-believing father. For much of my early years I even thought I was a Christian because I… (more…)
In the Apostle John’s documenting of Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman, Jesus demonstrates His spiritual word of knowledge about her marital history. Further He confirms to her that He, in fact, is the Messiah, the Christ, whom God, through the Old Testament prophets, said would come. John 4:16 - 26 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here,” The… (more…)
Jesus Offers Pardon from Judgment From the amazing things that Jesus said, which we have looked at so far, we learned that He is the Only Begotten Son of God, who came to mankind (through a miraculous birth). His purpose was to demonstrate the love of God the Father for the world by offering himself as a sacrifice for the… (more…)
At this time of year it is good to know who Jesus is and what He did and said. The apostle John wrote his gospel for this very reason. John 20: 30 – 31 For those who know Him we can be reminded of what He has done in our hearts and lives. For those who do not know of… (more…)
All of us who read the Bible will recall how Jesus early in His ministry went up to Jerusalem and entered the Synagogue courts to find people there who were making a market place (profiteering) out of the house of God. This was His response and what He said: John 2:15 – 21 When He had made a whip of… (more…)
Many of us have seen a person or a cartoon of some wild eyed person standing on a street corner in ‘Metropolis’ USA wearing sandwich boards saying “Repent – Judgment is coming”. The gospel of Matthew records that Jesus preached a similar message with a big difference. After Jesus Christ’s experience in the dessert, Matthew records the beginning of Christ’s… (more…)
In the account of Jesus early ministry in Mathew 4 as we shared in last weeks posting, Satan was allowed to challenge Jesus while He was starving from 40 days of fasting. We read that Jesus turned to God’s word to answer Satan’s temptations. In answer to the challenges from Satan to prove His deity (‘If you are the Son… (more…)