While continuing to teach on the Temple steps after healing the man born blind, Jesus began a “mini-sermon,” and this time He decided to focus on His true identity and upon those who follow Him. He began by talking about sheep, saying that anyone who enters the sheep pen by

As we saw in our last blog, the religious leaders were always bent on trying to find something in Jesus’ words that they could label as “blasphemy,” and so when Jesus said that He existed before Abraham (some 2,000 years before Jesus came to earth), they found it. They knew

As we wrap up chapter 8 of the John’s Gospel, Jesus had some very important words to say to the crowds who seemed to always be gathered around Him. Although Moses received the Law at Mt. Horeb in about 1,400 BC, the Jews always looked to Abraham as “the father

As we began looking at the 8th chapter of John two weeks ago, we saw a woman accused of adultery being thrown at Jesus’ feet. After Jesus challenged anyone in the crowd who was without sin to cast the first stone, they all dispersed as they realized that none of

This devotional book, which is now at the printers, is unlike any other that you may have already read. Why? It’s because this one was specifically prepared for those who want to enrich their knowledge of the Bible. Each day you will find a clearly focused snapshot of one book

We wrapped up last week with Jesus attending the Feast of Booths in Jerusalem, and in the midst of the 75 ft. candlesticks, He addressed the crowd:   “I am the light of the world; he who follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light

If you remember some of last week’s blog, Jesus knew that he had a “bounty” on His head as the religious leaders in Jerusalem were already plotting to kill Him. After spending time in Galilee, his half-brothers wanted Him to return to Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Booths (or

Following the extensive dialogue between Jesus and the Jews who had gathered to hear Him talk about the manna that fell in the wilderness and Himself being the living bread that had come down out of heaven, Jesus and His disciples returned to Galilee. Jesus was already aware of the

Last week, we discovered that Jesus told the crowd plainly about one important aspect of His identity:  “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall not hunger and he who believes in Me shall never thirst” (John 6:35). If we acknowledge Jesus as the One sent

Following the feeding of the 5,000, the crowd was apparently sincere in asking Jesus what they needed to do in order to “do the works of God.” Here is their question:    “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” (John 6:28). To which Jesus responded: