John 1:43-51: Jesus was a cool dude

February 25, 2008

Today’s Bible Study: John 1:43-51
Baptism should always mark the beginning of your ministry.  It is a death to the old life and the life of a new life. Jesus began his ministry with his baptism, and immediately people began to follow Him.
Jesus’s first two disciples were originally followers of John the Baptist.  Even though they [...]

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John 1:35-42 Life changes when you meet Jesus

February 12, 2008

Today’s Reading: John 1:35-42
It is two days after John the Baptist was questioned by the Priests, Levites, and Pharisees and the day after he first saw Jesus.
To be honest, I don’t know if these are literally “the next day” or if they are John (the author’s) way of saying “The next thing that happened.” [...]

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John 1:29-34: Baptism and the Holy Spirit

February 5, 2008

Today’s Reading John 1:29-34
The day after John the Baptist was questioned by the Priests, Levites, and Pharisees, John saw Jesus coming and recognized Him immediately.
John recognized Jesus in the womb, and he recognized Jesus immediately when he saw him later. It’s interesting that before the siting in John 1:31, John did not know who [...]

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John 1:24-28: “I baptize with water”

January 31, 2008

Todays bible reading: John 1:24-28
In John 1, there are 2 groups of religious leaders questioning John the Baptist. The first group, which we read about in the last post, were the Priests and Levites. They asked “Who are you?”
The second group of religious leaders questioning John the Baptist were the Pharisees. [...]

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John 1: 19-23 Who are you John the Baptist?

January 29, 2008

Today’s Bible Reading John 1: 19-23
During the life of John the Baptist, and right after his death, many people thought that he was the Messiah.  The Apostle John (the author of the gospel) recognized this and intertwined the story of John with the history of Jesus to counteract the idea that John the Baptist was [...]

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John 1:14-18, The Word Became Flesh

January 23, 2008

Today’s Reading John 1: 14-18
v. 14 The Word became Flesh–Jesus (who is God v.1) became human and walked on the earth.
The glory of the One and Only Jesus put on the likeness of man and took off the Glory of God. One and Only can also be translated as Only Begotten
v. 15 John the [...]

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John 1:10-13, Children of God

January 17, 2008

Bible Study Reading John 1:10-13
V. 11–The Jews are God’s chosen people. In spite of God speaking to them through prophets and telling them to watch for the Savior, the Jews did not recognize Jesus as the promised Messiah.
Do you ever think about what it would have been like to live in Jesus’ day? What [...]

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John 1:5-9 Light, Darkness, and true Messiah

January 15, 2008

Bible Study Reading: John 1:5-9
John 1: 4 says “In him was life and that life was the light of men.”
I’ll be honest, I’m not sure what that means, “the light of men.”
Verse 5 shows an interesting battle between light and darkness. Since we know that Jesus is life and light, darkness must be [...]

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John 1: 1-4 In the beginning Jesus

January 10, 2008

Today’s Reading: John 1:1-4
The key message in the book of John is that Jesus is the son of God and that eternal life is only found through believing in Him.
Why is eternal life so important?
Death did not enter the world until sin entered the world. It was not God’s ideal for humans to [...]

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Introduction to The Gospel of John

January 3, 2008

When a new believer or a non-believer want to start reading the Bible, I’ve always heard, “Start with the book of John.”
I am neither a new believer nor a non-believer. I have been a follower of Christ for at least 21 of my 25 years. I honestly cannot remember a time when I [...]

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