John 13:23 & various scriptures. John never referred to himself by his actual name in his gospel, but gave himself the title “the disciple who Jesus loved” 5 separate times. Peter’s confidence may have rested in his love for Christ, but John’s confidence rested in the fact he was loved by Christ. He was persuaded. […]
John 21:15-25. Peter denied the Lord 3 times, before witnesses, around a coal fire in the High priest’s courtyard. In this amazing passage, we see The resurrected Lord restore Peter, with a 3-fold question about love, before witnesses, around a coal fire on the Galilee. This powerful sermon explores the restoring power of understanding Christ’s […]
John 21:1-14. These were experienced fishermen. If there was one area of expertise these men had, it was how to fish in Galilee and yet, after fishing all night, they came back with empty nets. Have you ever come back with empty nets? Went out with confidence, experience, expectation, and yet come back empty? Perhaps […]
John 20:20-31. Thomas was not present at that first meeting when Jesus appeared to the group. He stubbornly told the others he would not believe unless he saw and touched from himself. The following Sunday his stubborn unbelief would be turned into living faith when he saw the risen Christ and said “my Lord, My […]
John 20:1-20. The composite view of the resurrection story is not so easy to piece together. It takes some careful comparison of the gospels to lay down the timeline for that special Sunday morning. In this study of the most important day in history, we piece together the events that Resurrection morning.
