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BIRTHING SALVATION (16:16-33)
As Jesus faces a lonely struggle on the Cross, He prepares the disciples for the agony and joy they will experience. He warns them they...
Jun 26, 202414 min read
HATED, HUNTED, BUT HELPED (15:17-16:16)
Jesus warns the disciples about the persecution they will suffer from now on. But He also reveals the Holy Spirit will be working with...
Jun 25, 202414 min read
ABIDING IN CHRIST (15:1-7)
Once the disciples are 'in Christ'', joined to Him through the cross and resurrection, they will need to maintain their relationship with...
Jun 24, 20248 min read
FELLOWSHIP WITH THE TRINITY (14:15-31)
Jesus starts to reveal a new dimension to the disciples: knowing the Holy Spirit's advocacy, the Father's love, and Christ's peace How do...
Jun 23, 202416 min read
SEPARATION ANXIETY (13:31-14:14)
Hours before the crucifixion Jesus breaks the news: His departure is now imminent. The disciples are panic-stricken. Jesus uses their...
Jun 22, 202414 min read
UPPER ROOM: GATEWAY TO A NEW LIFE
Just before He is crucified, Jesus describes to the disciples what they will experience when joined to Him in resurrection life. This...
Jun 21, 20246 min read
FAITHFUL LOVE v. AWFUL BETRAYAL (13:1ff)
The next five chapters of John are known as the ‘farewell discourse’. The crucifixion is only hours away (though the disciples probably...
Jun 20, 202412 min read
JESUS' LAST APPEAL TO THE JEWS (12:1ff)
After a banquet in His honour, and extravagant worship from Lazarus's sister, Jesus rides into Jerusalem - to acclaim from the citizens,...
Jun 19, 202419 min read
DEATH DEFEATED! (11:1-57)
Jesus demonstrates His authority over death, by raising Lazarus to life just outside Jerusalem. This puts the last nail in His own...
Jun 19, 202419 min read
OUR WONDERFUL SHEPHERD (10:1-42)
In contrast to the Jewish leaders, Jesus's role is like that of a good shepherd: genuine, protecting, committed, understanding,...
Jun 17, 202421 min read
MESSIANIC MUDPACKS (9:1-41)
Jesus heals a man with congenital blindness - a miracle that marks Him as Messiah. The man's testimony leads to being ostracised, but he...
Jun 16, 202415 min read
SIN'S SLAVES, & SATAN'S BROOD (8:31FF)
Jesus disabuses His Judaean believers about their 'favoured nation' status as Abraham's offspring. Rather, He says. they are children of...
Jun 15, 202414 min read
GRACE UPON GRACE (7:53-8:30)
Jesus shows His amazing grace, in dealing with a trick question from the Pharisees: Should a young woman caught in adultery be stoned to...
Jun 15, 202414 min read
JESUS FORCES THE ISSUE (7:1-71)
Jesus forces the Jews to face the issue of His identity, by hijacking the Feast of Tabernacles. The first Passover mentioned in John's...
Jun 14, 202413 min read
FROM MEGASTAR TO MAD MAN (6:1-71)
Overnight, Jesus's massive following from His Galilean crusade evaporates. His challenging teaching about being 'the Bread of Life' pops...
Jun 12, 202415 min read
JESUS' VOICE CAN RAISE THE DEAD (5:1ff)
Jesus speaks, and a helpless, hopeless long-term paralytic gets up from his sickbed. This 'sign' speaks of His power to call the dead to...
Jun 11, 20246 min read
TRUE FAITH v PROSPERITY GOSPEL? (4:43)
Jesus meets Herod's courtier, desperate about his dying child. The Jews want to see miracles before believing: Jesus asks the man to...
Jun 10, 20246 min read
LIVING WATER IN A DRY PLACE (4:3-42)
Jesus's exhaustion is an opportunity in disguise. He breaks all social norms, to bring the water of spiritual life to a Samaritan woman....
Jun 9, 202416 min read
BLESSINGS AND CURSES (4:5)
The location of Jacob's well is very significant spiritually. It speaks of our destiny - blessing or curse, heaven or hell - being...
Jun 8, 20245 min read
SPLIT-SCREEN REALITY
Being both God and man, Jesus was continually aware of what His Father was doing and saying, as well as of His earthly surroundings....
Jun 7, 20243 min read
Welcome to this blog about the
Apostle John's First Letter
John's letter is the sequel to Jesus's teaching at the Last Supper, about the new life of fellowship with the Father and the Son which the disciples would experience after He'd risen from the dead.
Week by week new posts will be added as we work our way through the letter. The aim is to help you grow into the same experience, and the same joy, that John had!
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