Posted: October 9, 2026
The bread of life continued. “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” John 6:35. The people did not follow Jesus to be with Him. They followed Him because they wanted Him to satisfy their physical needs. Jesus
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Posted: October 2, 2026
The bread of life “When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” John 6:5. Jesus already knew what he would do for those who followed him (John 6:6). He crossed to the other side of the Lake
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Posted: September 25, 2026
What did God do with the witness against us? God commanded Moses about the Law, “Take this book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. There it will remain as a witness against you.” Deuteronomy 31:26. Therefore, the Law Moses passed on to the people
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Posted: September 18, 2026
The witness against the people But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set?” John 5:45. What did Moses accuse the people of? Jesus referred to the Torah, the books of the Old Covenant, when He said, “Moses is your accuser.” In the
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Posted: September 11, 2026
Our present possession of eternal life “I tell you the truth, whoever hears my words and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.” John 5:24. Jesus spoke in the present tense, “has,” indicating that self-surrendered believers have received irrevocable eternal life
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Posted: September 4, 2026
Can good deeds be evil? This is the verdict: “Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.” John 3:19. Jesus spoke to the Jews, who diligently tried to follow the entire Torah, the law of Moses. To ordinary people, the law teachers seemed perfect because
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Posted: August 27, 2026
You must be born from above! “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.” John 3:3. The Greek word John used here means “born from above.” Jesus told Nicodemus that sinful human beings must be born from above to qualify for the kingdom of God.
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Posted: August 21, 2026
Clearing the temple “When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at the tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and
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Posted: August 14, 2026
The Light. “In him was life, and that life was the light of men.” John 1:4. When referring to Jesus’s human life, John used the Greek noun “Zoe” and made it the central subject of his account of the Good News. The Good News is Jesus Christ. Jesus came into this world to give fallen
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Posted: August 7, 2026
The Word “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.” John 1:1. John begins his Gospel with “In the beginning,” perhaps referencing Genesis 1:1. The “old humankind” began with the first man, Adam. The “new humankind” began with the
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Posted: July 31, 2026
The day of the Lord. “Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming. It is close at hand – a day of darkness and gloom, a day of cloud and blackness.” Joel 2:1, 2. Prophet
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Posted: July 24, 2026
One Lord will reign forever. “…Then the Lord my God will come, and the holy ones with him.” Zechariah 14:5, last part. The prophet Zechariah uses the devastating effects of the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem as a backdrop to proclaim the day when God will destroy all evil. On that day, Zechariah says that the
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Posted: July 17, 2026
Jesus was sold for the price of a slave. “I told them, If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it. So they paid me thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said to me, Throw it to the potter – the handsome price at which they priced me! So
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