6-26-22 John's Gospel 33 - Believers & Blind Men
/The man born blind confessed, "Lord, I believe." Others steadfastly refused to do so, thus Jesus said, "You will die in your sins."
The man born blind confessed, "Lord, I believe." Others steadfastly refused to do so, thus Jesus said, "You will die in your sins."
Those opposed to Jesus tried to get the man who Jesus healed to explain how He could see without confessing Jesus, but he couldn't, and wouldn't, do it.
After Jesus healed the blind man, some argued He was a Sabbath-breaking sinner while others said He was surely a prophet.
The disciples wondered why he was blind. Jesus healed him, and then others tried to figure out who healed him.
Jesus challenges His opponents that while they think they are of the lofty seed of Abraham, more importantly they their earthly mindset says that they are of their father the devil.
Jesus spoke to the stark reality to those who did not believe in Him and were intentionally misconstruing His words.
For a world lost in darkness, there is great hope when we come to light of Christ.
Considerations on the great hope we have in our resurrected Savior.
Our fourth and final study in Jude. In the face of erroneous and destructive people, Jude tells the brethren how to be ready and faithful—based on God's word—and the ways in which they are to helpful to those have fallen prey to them.
Jesus' compassion to a sinner in distress is clearly contrasted with heartless and manipulative people who brought her to Him.
As John 7 concludes and Jesus offers those who believe in Him living waters, His opponents meet His believers with bad facts, elitist scorn and peer pressure.
As Jesus was at the feast in Jn. 7, the people argued over whether someone who the priests and religious leaders so opposed could be the Christ, while others argued how could someone who did so many miracles not be?
As our study of John 7 continues, we find that just because people learn more about God and Jesus doesn't mean that they will believe.
In Colossians 2, the apostle Paul tells us of some of the blessings that come with conversion to Christ.
As John 7 begins, Jesus faces unbelief from many quarters as He goes to the feast in Jerusalem.
Jude tells us that the people he is warning about are fit subjects of God's wrath, just as prophecy foretold.
As Jesus prepared to leave the apostles, He encourages by telling them all the He would provide them with He had gone. The Spirit as Helper, Life, Confirmation and Indwelling, would all be provided as the loving followed Him.
A lesson on the comparisons the Jude used to describe the false teachers that were besetting the brethren.
At the end of the confrontations in John 6, even some disciples who'd followed Jesus for a while withdraw. Jesus challenged the apostles, asking if they wan't to go too. When they said they'd stay, Jesus said that even though they were staying, one of them would betray Him.
When Jesus and the unbelievers pressed each other in argument, Jesus replied that one must eat His flesh and drink His blood to be part of Him. We end by discussing how this does, or doesn't, relate to the Lord's Supper.
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