A Community of Faith, A Lighthouse for Christ
Last week we looked at the third sign – healing a disabled man. This precipitated a clash with the Jewish leaders regarding the authority of Jesus. Jesus then listed all the witnesses to His authority – the last one is particularly interesting – Moses (John 5: 45-57). Remember Moses as we look at sign #4 … Read more
Last session we saw a Samaritan woman encounter Jesus, come to a pretty good understanding of who He was, and evangelize her town to hear Jesus. Jesus worked through this woman to spark a great revival – no miracles required! This session, Jesus returns to Israel and performs the next two signs (miracles) recorded to … Read more
The final week of Jesus Christ’s earthly ministry, which we often call The Passion Week, was a week of conflict, teaching, and suffering that would change the world forever. Fully one third of the gospel of Mark is devoted to the events of those seven days, that’s how important this week is for disciples of … Read more
Last session we saw a great Jewish scholar and teacher mystified about who Jesus was. Tonight we’ll see an uneducated foreign woman with a shameful past come to a more complete understanding of Jesus than Nicodemus. Through her efforts, many foreigners come to believe in Jesus, even as few Jews really came to believe. Encounter … Read more
We conclude our series on prayer with a third prayer of Jesus – the urgent prayer of our Savior in the garden of Gethsemane. As He faces the imminent physical and spiritual horror of the cross and bearing God’s wrath for the sin of the world, we see agonized prayer in the face of temptation, … Read more
This week we examine the last portion of Christ’s “High Priestly Prayer” found in John 17. In this portion, we see Jesus pray for us as 21st century believers. What we see is an extraordinary request for our unity with Him and with one another, that through our unity the whole world would come to … Read more
After the wedding at Cana, Jesus went to Jerusalem for Passover, the first during His public ministry. There was a temple cleansing – more prophetic in nature than the condemning cleansing that occurs before His crucifixion. The Jews ask for miracles to demonstrate His prophetic bona fides and He instead refers cryptically to His resurrection. … Read more