(REFLECTIONS ON John 6:60-71) “I am the bread of life,” Jesus said. This caused many to stumble, meaning to be offended, shocked, and even disgusted. To eat His flesh and to drink His blood, for a people that do not eat blood, for the life is in the blood, how could this be what Jesus is […]
(REFLECTIONS ON John 6:22-59) In the Gospel of John, Jesus frequently challenges those He is speaking with by taking the physical and material things of this world and speaking spiritual truth into them. Yes, we live in the world, and so we are familiar with the things of this world. Yet, it is for the kingdom […]
(REFLECTIONS ON John 6:1-21) In today’s Scripture, as a large crowd followed Jesus, He asked Philip a question, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these may eat?” Interestingly, the author of the Gospel of John, which he often does, provides us with some spiritual insight. He writes, 6 This He (Jesus) was saying to […]
(REFLECTIONS ON John 5:31-47) In the context of John 5, we must keep in mind that Jesus is responding to the Jews accusing Him of healing on the Sabbath. It is in the context of these accusations that Jesus responds in courtroom fashion to the legitimacy of His actions and calling God His Father. In doing […]
(REFLECTIONS ON John 5:17-30) Although the Jews were mainly concerned with Jesus’ healing on the Sabbath in John 5, Jesus was concerned with greater things, that is the work of His Father. It reminds us that our faith is dealing with greater matters than we often times “use” it for. Our life of faith should take […]
(REFLECTIONS ON John 5:1-12) 10 So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet.” As Jesus continued to move, to work, to do the Father’s will, He continued to show the rules according to the kingdom of God in […]
(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 3:22-36) John the Baptist came to prepare the way of the Lord. His baptism was one of repentance, and preparation for the kingdom of God, and of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, to be revealed to the world. However, as we see in today’s Scripture, Jesus also was baptizing, and although John’s baptism continued, […]