The Preacher’s Corner

Today in John chapter 6 we discuss the feeding of the 5,000 and the time  of Jesus walking on the water! In our time together we shall see the  omniscience of Jesus understanding the hearts of His disciples in the  test of if they have enough to feed the 5,000 as well as the knowledge  Jesus has about the forced intentions of the men who recognized the  miracle that just took place and said, "surely this is the prophet that  is to come..." From Jesus' retreat into the wilderness the disciples  board their ship to go to the other side of the sea of Galilee and in  the middle they see Jesus walking on the water towards them which  reveals His authority over all the creation He made in the beginning!  From that moment He was invited into the ship the whole crew was  "immediately" at their destination (yet another miracle performed by  Jesus). So many things to cover and so many miracles performed by our  LORD that this should be an action packed Friday for certain!

Today we finish off John chapter 5 by enjoying the challenge Jesus gives  to those who do not/will not believe in Him! We receive knowledge of  the witness that is greater than John, for He is not man but the Holy  Spirit of God! Jesus also challenges us concerning the whole testimony  of the Bible in that He reveals the fact Moses often spoke of Him! Lots  to be received today as the LORD may provide! God bless

Today in John chapter 5 we cover verses 19-29. In this section we  discover Jesus as being given the position of Judge, which was bestowed  upon Him by His Father! This is a subject that seems to be rarely spoken  of in churches today for it seems the churches have become afraid of  revealing the truth of who Jesus really is and tend to be masking Him in  the darkness of what they want Him to be! Nevertheless, here on the  Corner, we shall reveal Biblical truth today, and so we shall introduce  you to the Judge! Tied to this section of Scripture today will be John  12:44-50; Revelation 20:11-15; Ephesians 2:1-10; 1 Peter 4:12-18; and 2  Peter 1:16-21!

Today in John chapter 5 we have an eye opening experience in what has been left out of many of the modern translations concerning verse number 4, and how that important information makes the difference in the reasoning why the lame man was at the pool to begin with, and why the troubling of the water was so important to the lame man! It is hard to believe that the modern translations would leave such important things out of the Bible, but they do! Also, we shall discover the Jews' anger toward Jesus reaches new heights after this lame man is healed, for how dare Jesus, to heal a man on the Sabbath day and tell him to get up and carry his matt home! This and so much more today with Pastor J!!!

As we finish of John chapter 4 today Jesus reveals to His disciples that  His food is to do the will of His Father, and that alone is a great  lesson for us today! Also we  make it back up to Galilee and arrive in  the city of Cana (where He turned the water into wine) He performed a  healing there simply at His spoken word! Lots of great things happening  today in God's Word with Pastor J!!!

The very testimony of the saved Samaritan woman we met yesterday in John  chapter 4. Today we start off in verse 16 with Jesus telling her to go  and get her husband (which He knew wasn't her husband). Upon her  admission that she wasn't married Jesus agrees with her and reveals to  her her whole relationship life! Understanding Jesus to be a prophet  this woman sought to divert attention from herself to seeking an answer  about the true place to worship God only to be straightened out once  more by Jesus! Once He reveals to her He is the Messiah she takes off to  tell her whole town!!! Perhaps it is time we take off and go tell those  around us in like manner eh!

Today we come to the introduction of the woman at the well in John  chapter 4. There are several things we can receive from this interaction  such as, 1) the fact Jesus was wearied from His travels which reveals  the reality of His humanity, 2) there are other ways Jesus could have  gone to get back up to Galilee from Judea, but He chose Samaria and  chose this well at this hour, 3) that His disciples (who should have  been with Him) left Him to go and buy themselves some food. There are  many things to glean also from the conversation with Jesus that  ultimately end in the need to receive that living water! May God bless  you richly as you receive from His Word today!

Today as we dive back into John chapter 3 and finish it off we begin in  verse 22 and discover a controversy which was struck up between John's  disciples and a Jew over the work Jesus was doing! As it is revealed  once more through John that Jesus is the Messiah and John acknowledges  he must decrease there seems to be a confusion among the crowd. This is  when that great statement made by John, that no one has, or can, receive  anything lest it be given to them from God comes into play. There is no  possible way those folks, in that moment, could understand what was  being said (or what was happening) unless God revealed the truth to  them! The same is true for us. If we have figured anything out at all  from God's Word it is because God gave His truth to us! and at the last  we discover the inseparable nature between belief and obedience as  revealed in verse 36! That one may say they believe, but live and  practice a life filled with ungodliness as to reveal in their  disobedience the reality of their lack of true belief, but in that one  who seeks to be obedient and lives a life of genuine repentance for  those moments where they are in rebellion, this is one who truly  believes and this is one who truly is born again! Lots to be received  today, so hang on tight!

Today we have an overview of the first part of John chapter 3 and the  conversation between Nicodemus and Jesus concerning the new birth. Then  we discover the answer to our title as to why Jesus came! That the world  might be saved through Him, as being recognized as the gift of God that  provides eternal life to all who believe in Him. Thus, we draw the  distinction between those who are condemned, and condemned already, from  those who are born again as well as the reasoning behind both. Those  who are born again because they have believed, and those condemned  because they have rejected! A very exciting place in Scripture from John  3:16-21 today!

Don't be surprised when I tell you, you need to be born again! Looking  back to the time I lived before receiving Jesus I can fully understand  the confusion that was happening in Nicodemus' mind as he heard this  statement from Jesus! The explanation Jesus gives between that which is  of the flesh and that which is of the Spirit still baffles the minds of  atheist objectors and theologians alike! The concept being one that is  very simple, that one must come into the world and be born of the flesh  before that same person can become alive, through the new  birth granted  them by Almighty God by the Spirit! Such things, many would say, are  too complicated to be understood and yet they are so simply explained by  our Lord! I reckon this is where our hearts do a little walking by  faith rather than by sight. This and more today with Pastor J!!!