One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “we have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon, son of John. You shall be […]
Surely He’s The One We Should Follow (wednesdays in the word: john 1:35-39)
We all have so many teachers, so many “rabbis” upon which and upon whom we place our attention. This passage made me cry as I thought through what it really means to leave all other rabbis behind. Friends, parents, authors, counselors, professors, political pundits, news anchors, voices on the internet, health and exercise gurus, philosophers, […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:29-34 (faithfulness matters)
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world! This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:29-34 (Jesus comes, bad day and all)
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world! This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:29 (there’s Jesus)
LOOK, THERE’S JESUS The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” It is a Brave April and my own thoughts of bravery, of courage, in life and in words, are all mingled up with John the Baptist. Thinking of […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:24-28
Why do you do the things that you do? Are you acting on the dreams in your heart? Are you living out the desires God has formed? Are you being obedient to a call? You are? What gives you the right? ________________________ I BAPTIZE WITH WATER (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.) They […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:19-23 (who are you?)
Who are you? Have you considered that perhaps, like John the Baptist, you are a way-maker in the wildernesses of this world? John was a voice crying out. So are we. _________________________________ TESTIMONY OF JOHN And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:16-18 (grace upon grace)
“For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.” (John 1:16-18) GRACE UPON GRACE Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. From […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1: 15-18 (John’s testimony)
(John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:14 (show me your glory)
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14) (for previous posts on this verse see here and here and here)* GOD’S GLORY Matthew Henry wrote that when God became man, “the beams […]