This week we will be looking at the sixth sign Jesus performed in the book of John. This sixth sign continues the events at the festival of tabernacles and plays off the imagery of light associated with the festival. The story begins when the disciples ask if a man’s blindness was caused by his own …
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It is time to get back on track. It is time to continue this series of the 7 signs of Jesus in the Book of John with sign number 5. Just as a refresher, the first 4 signs were: Sign 1: Water to wine (John 2:1-11) Sign 2: A Nobleman’s Son healed (John 4:43-54) Sign …
The feeding of the five thousand—the fourth sign of the Gospel—is the only miracle which appears in all four Gospels is found in John 6:1-15. When Jesus withdraws to a mountainside with his disciples, a large crowd follows him. There Jesus feeds over five thousand men (plus women and children?) with five barley loaves and …
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Have you ever been accused for working when you should not be? It happens, sometimes you might cut a lunch break short to help someone. You were injured and you should be resting but you decide to do some work helping another person out instead. It is not so much being wrong but seeing a …
Signs are everywhere. Especially road construction locations. Road Closed, Detour, Do Not Enter. We see these signs and we may get the thought that this is taking me away from how I want to go, or how this is slowing you do from getting to your destination, or even maybe you just do not travel …
I am going to begin a series “The 7 Signs” found in the Book of John. After spending last year going through the parables of Jesus, which only one is in the Book of John, I wanted to spend some time in this wonderful gospel. The Book of John is different from the other three …
It is not often that changes can be made, but able to remain the same. That is what I believe is happening at this time in this ministry. A decision was made for a domain provider change and with that a name change. When I completed the last of the Parables of Jesus, which lasted …
This final section of Jesus' Olivet discourse is also our final parable which involves evaluation or judgment. Jesus spoke in the previous two parables about judgment coming on the unprepared. In this last parable he focused on all the nations. When the Son of Man comes in his glory reminds us of Daniel 7:13-14 and …
In this weeks’ parable, number 45, found in Matthew 25:14 – 30, and in the final account of the judgment (parable 46 Matthew 25:31-46), Jesus gave his disciples some practical direction about how-to live-in readiness for his return. This parable of the talents (or bags of gold in some translations) illustrates the tragedy of wasted …
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