Differing Opinions John 7:1-13 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In this text we find varying opinions about Jesus. The opinion of the Jews: They wanted to kill him (verse 1) In verses 19-20 they lied to him and denied it. They wanted to kill him because he healed on the Sabbath...
Sanctification 1 Thess 4: 3 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Sanctification is basically holiness – it is something that affects the vessel [v.4] – it is something to which God has called us [v.7] – it is the will of God [v.3]. Sanctification is a three part process – we are sanctified...
Jesus’ Foreknowledge John 6:64-71 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Jesus has just finished his discourse on eating the flesh of the Son of man and drinking his blood. This caused a stir because some people thought this was literal. This is not literal; it has to do with believing his words. He...
Eating His Flesh and Blood John 6:48-64 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This is one of the passages that have been used to teach that communion, eating his flesh and blood, is a sacrament essential for salvation. This is not true and we are going to find out why. Jesus used their...
The Fathers Draws Them John 6:43-47 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The part of this passage that seems to cause problems for people from time to time is the part that says “No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him...
Hell Luke 16:19-31 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO It helps us, as we go through this message, to know that our souls have a bodily shape. The rich man and Lazarus, after they were buried, went to hell and to Abraham’s bosom, respectively, and we can see them with eyes, fingers,...
Syria & Ephraim Isaiah 7: 1-9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This prophecy was made during the reign of Ahaz, who ruled over Judah from 742-726 BC. This takes place at least 16 years after the vision of Is 6, which was in the year that Uzziah died in 758 BC. The...
Important Components of a Plan John 6:1-13 The feeding of the five thousand is a very familiar passage. The dilemma of how to feed them was used by the Lord to “prove” or test the disciples. But in verse 6 he also said “for he himself knew what he...
They Did Not Believe John 6:22-46 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Jesus had used the miracle of feeding the five thousand as an opportunity to get the Jews to believe that he is the one who could give them eternal life, not just temporal life from the bread. But they didn’t believe...
Three Great Qualities of Christ John 6:15-21 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This story is also found in Mark 6:45-51 and Matthew 14:22-33. When you study these other accounts, you find three great attributes that are part of Jesus’ ministry. The people realized Jesus was the Son of God based on what...
