The Joy of Jesus These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. (John 15:11) There was a time when people were much more concerned with knowing they were right with God or being confident they were going to heaven. In our present age, people seem…
In My Father’s House In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go…
Love to the End Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. (John 13:1) Gathering with His disciples for a final Passover meal, Jesus knew that…
The Good Shepherd I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. (John 10:11) It was a beautiful declaration, and Jesus said it so plainly there could be no mistake what He meant. Jesus Christ fulfills the ideal of shepherd-like care for the people of God as illustrated in the Old…
The Unusual Work of Jesus When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed,…
Free Indeed They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will be made free’?” Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a…
Rivers of Living Water On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” (John 7:37-38) This describes what Jesus did on…
Bread from Heaven And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. (John 6:11) At the height of His ministry in Galilee, Jesus spoke to huge crowds that came to hear…
His Mighty Power That you may know…what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 1:19-20) In this passage from Ephesians,…
When Jesus Takes the Lead Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. (John 5:8-9) The remains of the Pool of Bethesda (John 5:1-9) are in Jerusalem today, just north of the Temple Mount. Excavations have discovered that it had…
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.” (John 4:34) In John 4, Jesus was traveling with His disciples from Jerusalem to Galilee. Normally, Jews traveling that route would avoid the land of the Samaritans, a people they generally didn’t like and didn’t get…
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16) John 3:16 has long been celebrated as a powerful and brief declaration of the gospel. Of the 31,373 verses in the Bible, it may be the most popular single…