JOHN 12:20-21 – Now there were some Greeks among those who were going up to worship at the feast; these then came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” The story is told of a seasoned pastor. He had served the Lord in pastoral ministry for decades. He had…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
John
Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, 3 Jesus,…
JOHN 3:30 – He must increase, but I must decrease.” It isn’t far away. Really it isn’t. There are small signs of it even though mounds of dirty snow still occupy spots in many parking lots. I am referring to spring and the “resurrection of nature” from the deadness of winter. The flowers are eager to burst forth and the sweet fragrances…
JOHN 10:10 – The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” We know it by experience. We often have heard or spoken it. I see it each Lord’s Day as I stand in our pulpit. Here “it” is . . . we are creatures of habit. Each of us…
JOHN 1:14-18 – 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 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…
12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is…