Before we get to the rock song notice how Nathanael says “Rabbi, You are the Son of God—the King of Israel!” And Jesus responds “. . . the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man.” Jesus mixes the concept of …
No Series Gems
Bible Gem 21 – Robert Estienne, Read across Chapter boundaries (John 1:50-2:1)
We are entering John Chapter 2; a new chapter; new material, right? Wrong! The early Bible was not divided into chapters. It was not divided into verses. It was not even divided into words. All the letters were run together in a continuous series of …
Bible Gem 22 – John’s Positioning of the Temple Cleansing – a Bible Error? (John 2:12-25)
Today we will look at a knotty problem but one that is pregnant with meaning and full of lessons for us. We will spend a few Gems on this passage. The passage is the cleansing of the temple. One of the most popular alleged Bible …
Bible Gem 23 – Comparing the Gospel Accounts (John 2:13-22)
Allow me to give you some background first. Mark is considered to be the first Gospel of those we have collected in the Bible. Matthew and Luke are then next, followed by John’s Gospel which is last. Notice that there are many passages in Matthew, …
Bible Gem 28 – Believing and Knowing (John 2:25-3:1)
Because of the miraculous signs Jesus did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many began to trust in him. But Jesus didn’t trust them, because he knew all about people. No one needed to tell him about human nature, for he knew what was in …
Bible Gem 29 – John Use of Pronouns (John 3:1-12)
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, “Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou …
Bible Gem 30 – Avoiding the Samaritans (John 4:9)
Now when Jesus realized that the Pharisees had heard he was making and baptizing more disciples than John— although it was not Jesus who did the baptizing but his disciples—he left Judea and went back to Galilee. Now it was necessary for him to go …
Bible Gem 31 – Jesus Knows Us Inside and Out (John 4:18)
John is a very thematic writer and in this section he develops another of his themes. Water: The Living Water, the water that springs up like a well to eternal life. He matches this later with Bread of Life. Jesus becomes these two things in …
Bible Gem 37 – True Worship (John 4:23-24)
Yet the time is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Indeed, the Father is looking for people like that to worship him.God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” …
Bible Gem 38 – The I AM sayings (John 4:26)
Isn’t it interesting that Jesus discloses His Messiahship for the first time to a SAMARITAN WOMAN? They are talking about prophets and the coming Messiah and He says to her, “I am [He, I am the Messiah.]” The woman said, “I know the Messiah is …