Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. And he had to pass through Samaria. So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, nearContinue reading “John 4: 1-9….Is this a set-up?”
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John 3: 31-35…..Who is the speaker here?
He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all. He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony. Whoever receives his testimony sets his sealContinue reading “John 3: 31-35…..Who is the speaker here?”
John 3: 22-30…..The ‘to-be- announced’ Christ has arrived.
After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized (for John had not yet been put in prison).Now a discussion arose between some ofContinue reading “John 3: 22-30…..The ‘to-be- announced’ Christ has arrived.”
John 3: 16-21….Well known – but well understood??
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is notContinue reading “John 3: 16-21….Well known – but well understood??”
John 3: 9-15…..Build on what you know already!
Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. If IContinue reading “John 3: 9-15…..Build on what you know already!”
John 3: 5-8….A deep answer.
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be bornContinue reading “John 3: 5-8….A deep answer.”
John 3: 1-4…..A senior notices the ‘young, country Rabbi’.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him,Continue reading “John 3: 1-4…..A senior notices the ‘young, country Rabbi’.”
John 2: 23-25…..Jesus knows what is in Man..
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what wasContinue reading “John 2: 23-25…..Jesus knows what is in Man..”
Amos 6: 8-14…..Listen very carefully!
The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, declares the LORD, the God of hosts:“I abhor the pride of Jacoband hate his strongholds,and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.”And if ten men remain in one house, they shall die. And when one’s relative, the one who anoints him for burial,Continue reading “Amos 6: 8-14…..Listen very carefully!”
Amos 6: 1-7…..You think that you have it all!
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria,the notable men of the first of the nations,to whom the house of Israel comes!Pass over to Calneh, and see,and from there go to Hamath the great;then go down to Gath of the Philistines.Are you better thanContinue reading “Amos 6: 1-7…..You think that you have it all!”
As I read it! 