Do you love Jesus? Jeremy Ross leads us through the second part of this chapter as we finish up our sermon series in the gospel of John.
Loving God, his people and our community
Loving God, his people and our community
Gospel of John
Greg Doty takes us through the first half of John 21. Following the passage as it outlines that Jesus comes to us, we come to Jesus and Jesus feeds us.
Looking into 20:20 with a 20:31 vision John 20:31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
In this passage, Jesus tells his disciples that it is better that he goes away, then the Holy Spirit will come.
In this passage Jesus is telling his disciples what to expect when he goes away. He wants them to be prepared for it so they will not go astray.
“Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” (verse 25)
Blindness in the bible equates to spiritual blindness, that is not understanding the truth of God the Father and His Son, Jesus. In this passage, Jesus heals a blind man.
Maybe you come to church not really seeing Jesus. What Jesus is promising in this account in John is that we will have life through Him.
By this stage in Jesus’ ministry, the Pharisees are trying to kill Him. This passage describes how the Pharisees set up a situation with a woman caught in adultery to try to trick Jesus. Jesus lavishes his grace on this girl – he does not condemn her, he forgives her.
Jesus has delivered what he promised. He urges us to have life through Him.