Christ Street Fellowship

Jesus gave an illustration to His disciples about gardening, pruning and bearing fruit that speaks to the process God uses to grow us and cause us to bear much spiritual fruit. 

As chapter 13 closed the disciples were confused and frightened. Jesus told them, "let not your hearts be troubled" and then went on to give them seven truths for them (and us) to remember whenever we have a troubled heart. 

Having received extravagant love in Chapter twelve, Jesus now models it, gives it and commands it under His New Covenant "love one another as I have loved you." 

Martha worshipped by serving, Lazarus worshipped through fellowship, Mary worshipped though extravagant generosity and Judas said "why this waste." 

Jesus declares that He is the Resurrection and the Life and then proves it by raising Lazarus from the dead. 

Jesus declared Himself to be both the Shepherd and the Gate for His Sheep. 

There is more than one type of blindness! The irony in chapter nine is that by the end of it everyone involved in the story, except Jesus and the man he gave sight to, are the ones who are blind.   

After refusing to condemn a woman caught in adultery Jesus declared that He was the light of the world, that God was His Father, and that He existed before Abraham lived as "I am."

At the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles Jesus proclaimed to all that He was the One who can satisfy our deepest thirst. 

Jesus came from Heaven to be the Bread of Life. When Jesus spoke about our need to "eat his body and drink his blood" the crowds took His words literally and many followed Him no more. This chapter ends with Peter saying "where else can we go."