Last week we went through chapter 15 which centers on the “Vine and Branches” metaphor. Jesus explains that He is the source of all spiritual life, urging His followers to “abide” (remain) in Him to produce lasting fruit. He transitions their status from servants to friends, and commands them to love one another just as He has loved them.
Last week we went through chapter 14 which records Jesus comforting His disciples before His death, assuring them that He is going to prepare a place for them in the Father’s house and that He is the way, the truth, and the life. He teaches that knowing Him means knowing the Father, promises that those who love Him will keep His commandments, and assures them that the Holy Spirit—the Advocate—will come to teach, guide, and remind them of His words. Jesus also gives His followers peace that is different from the world’s peace, encouraging them not to be troubled or afraid as He prepares them for His departure
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Last week we went through chapter 11 where Lazarus fell sick and his sisters sent for Jesus. He did not come immediately when they called even though he wasn’t far off. Lazarus died and they buried him and both sisters let Jesus know how they felt about his absence in this calamity. He declared to Martha that he is the resurrection, and the life; and that her brother would live again. A crowd of unbelieving Jews came to help them mourn and they all went to the tomb. Jesus had them roll the stone away, said a short prayer, and called for Lazarus to come forth….and he did.
Last week we went through chapter 10 where Jesus put forth a parable about a sheepfold and a shepherd. He then drew the parallels to himself and his sheep. He said that he was “the door” meaning he is the way into eternal life. Then he said that he was the good shepherd of the sheep because he will lay his life down for them. He also revealed that he had power to take his life back up again. He then explained to the religious leaders their part in the parable, they were the thieves and robbers that tried to…
Last week we went through chapter 9 where Jesus healed a mind that was born blind. He healed him in an usual way by anointing his eyes with clay made from spitting in the dirt. He sent him to the pool of Siloam to wash and he came back seeing. The people in his neighborhood were astonished and brought him to the Pharisees. When he told the Pharisees how that Jesus healed him, they refused to believe and were made spiritually blind. Truth has the power to give sight or take it away.
Last week we went through chapter 8 where Jesus was teaching in the temple when the Pharisees brought to trap him a woman taken in the act of adultery. They tried to push the Lord to either offend the law of Moses or the law of Rome. He paid them no attention and wrote on the ground. When they pressed him, he turned the tables on them by saying “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her”. They were convicted by their own consciences and left. Jesus sent the woman away commanding her to “go, and sin no more”. The he turned to the crowd and said
Last week we went through the seventh chapter which was all about Jesus’s time in Jerusalem during the feast of tabernacles week. He went up secretly because there was a plot by the religious leaders to take him into custody and destroy him because he healed a man on the sabbath day. Right in the middle of the week, he went up to the temple to teach openly, and the crowd started a stir over him. When people started believing him and confessing out loud that he was the Christ, the Pharisees sent
Last week we went through the last half of chapter 6. Jesus was explaining to the crowd that he had previously fed the day before, that he was the Bread of Life that came down from heaven. He told them that he was the way to eternal life, through eating his flesh and drinking his blood. They did not understand that this was a spiritual message and choked on it. They got upset and frustrated and went back to walk with him no more. Jesus asked the twelve if they also would go away. Peter answered