Posts with the category “the-word-made-flesh”

“Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”John 14:13Jesus makes two statements here that are often misunderstood. He says that those who believe in Him...  Read More

“No one comes to the Father except through me.”John 14:6Jesus does not soften His words here. He does not leave room for interpretation. He does not try to make the statement more palatable. He speaks...  Read More

“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”John 14:6Thomas asks a very honest question. “We don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?” And...  Read More

“Let not your hearts be troubled… In my Father’s house are many rooms.”John 14:1-2Right after Jesus tells Peter that he is going to fail, He comforts him.That is striking.He doesn’t tell Peter to try ...  Read More

“Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”John 13:37Peter doesn’t just express confusion, he follows it up with confidence. Bold confidence. He looks at Jesus and essential...  Read More

“Simon Peter said to him, ‘Lord, where are you going?’”John 13:36Jesus had just given one of the most important commands the disciples would ever receive. Love one another as I have loved you. You wou...  Read More

“By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.”1 John 3:16When Jesus commands His disciples to love one another as He has loved them, He...  Read More

“For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body.”Ephesians 5:29-30There is a phrase that has become common in o...  Read More

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.”John 13:34Jesus waits until Judas leaves the room before giving this command, a...  Read More

“Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.”Jesus washed every set of feet in that room. He washed Peter’s fee...  Read More

“Jesus said to him, ‘The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean.’”John 13:10Peter was confused by what Jesus was doing. It did not make sense that the L...  Read More

“Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.”John 13:1John slows the camera down on this night because this night reveals the heart of Jesus more clearly than any other. With...  Read More

“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life i...  Read More

“And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, ‘Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!’”John 12:14-15In the ancient world, how a ki...  Read More

“So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!’”John 12:12-13The crowd is electric. Palm...  Read More

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.”Romans 12:1Mary shows us affecti...  Read More

“But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, said, ‘Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?’ He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was...  Read More

“So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at the table. Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed t...  Read More

“Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.”John 12:1John is intentional. He always is. He tells us this moment takes place ...  Read More

“Jesus said, ‘Take away the stone.’ Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, ‘Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Did I not tell you ...  Read More

“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?’ She ...  Read More

“Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.”John 11:5-6John makes something painfully clear. Jesus ...  Read More

“He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. And many came to him. And they said, ‘John did no sign, but everything that John said ...  Read More

“I and the Father are one.” The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, ‘I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?’ The Jews...  Read More

“So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, ‘How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.’ Jesus answered them, ‘I told you, and you do not believe. The works t...  Read More

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees,...  Read More

“For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out… And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them int...  Read More

As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or ...  Read More

"Jesus stood up and said to her, Woman, where are they. Has no one condemned you. She said, No one, Lord. And Jesus said, Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on sin no more."John 8:10-11These a...  Read More

And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her. And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. But when ...  Read More

The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law...  Read More

"They went each to his own house, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them."John 8:1-2The qu...  Read More

*Taken from the sermon, “What Christians should believe about the Bible” in reference to John 7:53-8:11"So shall My word be that goes out from My mouth. It shall not return to Me empty, but it shall a...  Read More

*Taken from the sermon, “What Christians should believe about the Bible” in reference to John 7:53-8:11"The sum of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous rules endures forever."Psalm 119:...  Read More

*Taken from the sermon, “What Christians should believe about the Bible” in reference to John 7:53-8:11"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, a...  Read More

Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, “Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” They replied, “Are you from Galil...  Read More

The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” The officers answered, “No one ever spoke like this man!” The Pharisees answered them, “Have y...  Read More

On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will f...  Read More

Jesus then said, “I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me. You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.”John 7:32–34The tension around Jesu...  Read More

Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom they seek to kill? And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know th...  Read More