The Apostle John introduces us to two entities who saw the signs that Jesus performed and thought they were believers in Jesus but were not. Witnessing a miracle happen outside of us is not enough to make us true believers. We need to experience a miracle inside of us.

Jesus did not tolerate abuses in his father's house. Neither should we. Jesus had the authority to chase the culprits out of his father's house. Our housekeeping must happen in-house. We must ensure that we take the father's house seriously.

Jesus' miracle, the turning of water into wine, is famous for the wrong reasons. People use it to argue for whether or not Christians should take alcohol when it has nothing to do with that. Rather, this miracle is a lovely picture of the gospel.

We all have prejudices. The problem however comes when we are both prejudiced and proud. Thankfully, while Nathaniel was prejudiced against Jesus, he was not too proud to investigate the claims of Christ.

Even though Andrew has a comfortable position in John the Baptist's entourage he still recognizes that Jesus has something to offer him that he cannot get anywhere else. Thankfully, Jesus readily receives him and ministers to him.

Hillview Baptist Church from Chalala in Lusaka, Zambia, Africa.

John 1.29-34

The doctrine of the Holy Spirit is greatly misunderstood in our day. At Jesus physical baptism he modeled for us what spiritual baptism really is for he is the one, as John the Baptist says, "...who baptizes with the Holy Spirit."

John 1.19-28

In Matthew 11, Jesus calls John the Baptist the greatest man to be born of a woman. In our text, we see why Jesus thought so highly of John and how we too can become great in the kingdom of God.

John 1.14-18

"Absolute power corrupts absolutely," Lord Acton famously wrote. While power often brings out the worst in us, Jesus power brought out the best of him for John writes, "From him we have received grace upon grace."

John 1.10-13

Believing in the Logos - Jesus - is not as straight forward as we may think. In this message we see why like those to whom Jesus came, we too fail to recognize Jesus' place and receive his work except by the miraculous power of God upon us.