(REFLECTIONS ON John 4:43-54) From His interaction with the Samaritan woman that showed Jesus crossing ethnic distance, we are then led to Jesus’ second sign, the healing of a royal official’s son, which shows Jesus crossing physical distance. This sign shows us not just a physical healing, but more importantly that Jesus has authority over life […]

(REFLECTIONS ON John 4:31-42) At the beginning of John 4, we read of Jesus being wearied from His journey and thus was sitting by the well in Samaria. The place where He should not be, culturally, is the place that He bridged the Jews and Samaritans together, showing that He is the way not for just […]

(REFLECTIONS ON John 4:1-30) As Jesus was passing through Samaria, Scripture tell us that “being wearied from His journey,” Jesus was sitting by Jacob’s well. That Jesus and His disciples passed through Samaria is odd because a typical Jew would have gone around Samaria to go from Judea to Galilee instead of passing through. This is […]

(REFLECTIONS ON John 3:1-21) There are levels to this game is a phrase meaning that something simple may actually go deeper than we initially realize. It is a phrase often used by people that are viewed as more advanced, skilled, experienced, or strategic than others — and we may not even realize how deep it goes. […]

(REFLECTIONS ON John 2:13-25) 16b “Take these things away; stop making My Father’s house a place of business.” In the Old Testament (Ref. Deuteronomy 16:16), God commanded all Israelite males to appear before the Lord in Jerusalem (the place which He chooses) three times a year. One of those times was for the Passover (Feast of […]

(REFLECTIONS ON John 2:1-12) The first miracle of Jesus, turning water to wine, a miracle where people discuss why Jesus called His mom “Woman,” saying “My hour has not yet come,” and discuss the Jewish custom of purification. There are even jokes told that the participants of the banquet were already so drunk, that they didn’t […]

(REFLECTIONS ON John 1:43-51) When Nathanael heard from Philip that they had found the Messiah—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph, Nathanael responded, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” What did this mean? What was wrong with Nazareth, and what was wrong with the Messiah coming out of Nazareth? Nazareth was a small, rural […]

(REFLECTIONS ON John 1:29-42) When John the Baptist saw Jesus in verse 29 he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” However, afterwards in verse 31 he said, “And I did not recognize Him, but so that He would be revealed to Israel, I came baptizing in water.” How […]

(REFLECTIONS ON John 1:19-28) When John the Baptist, the one God called to baptize with a baptism of repentance appeared in the wilderness, the Jews sent priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” Was this just out of curiosity? No, it was actually an official investigation of this man, John […]