04 AUGUST JOHN’S IDENTITY OF JESUS (5) “I am the resurrection and the life…”(John 11:25) The story is told of a man who had been born into a certain religious faith and had followed it for many years. This man became a Christian and was very passionate to see his...
03 AUGUST JOHN’S IDENTITY OF JESUS (4) “I am the good shepherd…”(John 10:11,14) Jesus is the Good Shepherd. This reminds me of David in the Bible: “But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and...
02 AUGUST JOHN’S IDENTITY OF JESUS (3) “I am the door…”(John 10:7) In Jesus’ time, the sheep pen did not have doors but the shepherd functioned as the door to let the sheep in and out, and protect them. Jesus is the Door, as the Son of God who paid...
01 AUGUST JOHN’S IDENTITY OF JESUS (2) “…I am the light of the world.”(John 8:12; 9:5) How would the Israelites have found their way in their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land, especially during their night journeys, if the pillar of fire had not gone before them? (Exodus 13:21)....
30 JULY SIGNS OF JESUS DIVINITY (7) When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.” And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, “Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God...
31 JULY JOHN’S IDENTITY OF JESUS “I am the Bread of Life…” (John 6:35) In his book, titled God’s Psychiatry, Charles Allen tells this story: As World War II was drawing to a close, the Allied armies gathered up many hungry orphans. They were placed in camps where they were...
29 JULY BECAUSE HE LIVES “…Because I live, you also will live.” (John 14:19b) “In the late 1960s, while expecting their third child, the Gaithers (Bill and Gloria) were going through a rather traumatic time in their lives. Bill was recovering from a bout with mononucleosis. It was a period...
28 JULY NO HOPELESS CASE “Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.” (John 11: 14-15, KJV) Lazarus was dead and buried for four days...
27 JULY LIGHT OF THE WORLD “Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and...
26 JULY SIGNS OF JESUS’ DIVINITY (6) “Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.” (John 9:3) Sometimes, adversity comes as sickness, tragedy or suffering to the righteous. We repent, fast and pray all manner...