In John 20:19-23, Jesus appears to His disciples after His resurrection and commissions the disciples to continue the work of Christ by giving them the Holy Spirit. John 20:21-22 says, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said …
No one has seen God, but Christ makes Him known (John 1:18)
This passage in John 1:18 speaks about the fact that no one has seen God, yet “the only God” (Jesus Christ) who is at the Father’s side has made him known. In John 1:1-18, the focus is all on Jesus Christ. The chapter begins before the world began and in the place where God dwells with …
How do we do greater works than Jesus (John 14:12)?
The teaching in John 14 comes after Jesus completes His public ministry, predicting one of the disciples will betray Him and foretelling Peter’s denial (John 12:36 to 13:38). So, Jesus now encourages His disciples by asking them not to be troubled by these events. He will be going away to prepare a place for them …
What does it mean to be ‘born of water’ in John 3:5?
In John 3, Jesus speaks to a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. Nicodemus comes to Jesus by night and declares that Jesus must be from God because no one could do the signs He did unless God is with Him. At this meeting, Jesus teaches Nicodemus about being “born again” and salvation …
What did Jesus mean when He said we must eat His flesh and drink His blood (John 6:53-56)?
Please take a moment to read John 6 to understand the context and examine what Jesus meant by eating His flesh and drinking His blood for eternal life? In John 6:1-21, Jesus miraculously feeds five thousand people who had been following Him. When the people saw this sign Jesus had done, they declared, “This is indeed …