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John 3:
Nicodemus, a Pharisee and
member of the Jewish ruling council, came to see Jesus at night and testified
that the Jewish leaders knew that he was from God, but Jesus told him that he
must be born again - born of water baptism and by the Spirit of God - to have
eternal life. Nicodemus, Jewish teacher of Israel did not know or understand
this. Jesus insisted that Just as Moses rose up the bronze snake for
deliverance of Israel, so will he be raised up in crucifixion so that people can
believe in God through his resurrection. He claims to be God's son who was
sent into the world to save it, but those who reject him will be condemned.
Those who love truth come into light, but humans love darkness in order to hide
their deeds. Jesus went to Judea with the disciples where he baptized many,
and John the Baptist was in the area. John insist that Jesus is the Christ and
Jesus will increase while he decreases because he came to prepare his way. John
encouraged the disciples to believe in Jesus.
John 4:
Jesus
returned to Galilee in Israel from Judea in Judah, when he and the Pharisees
heard that his disciples were baptizing more people than John the Baptist. Jesus
had to travel through Samaria (south of Galilee) and rested by Jacob's well on
the ground he gave Joseph at about the 6th hour (Noon). Jesus asked a Samaritan
woman for water, but she was shocked that a Jew would ask a Samaritan for water.
Jesus assured her that he had water that brings eternal life and whoever drank
from it will never thirst. Jesus soon revealed to her that she had 5 husbands
and the one she is with is not her husband. He also told her that soon,
worshipping God in Samarian mountain or God's temple in Jerusalem will become irrelevant because people
will worship God in spirit and truth. The woman was waiting for the Christ to come
and explain all things, but Jesus informed her that he is the Christ. She ran to
get the Samaritans and many of them believed when they heard Jesus. The
Galileans welcomed him when he arrived because they saw his miracles in
Jerusalem during Passover and he healed a dying boy. |
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John 5:
Jesus healed a man by the
pool in Jerusalem who was invalid for 38 years because he wanted to get well by
all means with faith. The Jews disliked Jesus for healing on a Sabbath and
saying God was his father, so they wanted to kill him. The Jews felt that Jesus
was claiming to be equal to God by claiming he was God's son and had being given
all authority by God to judge, give life, and disobey the Sabbath. Jesus told
them that those who hear his voice and believes will be saved by God for eternal
life, but others will be condemned. Jesus claims that John the Baptist testified
about him and God did the same through the scriptures, but the Jewish leaders have studied the
scriptures and do not understand that Jesus is the Christ. Jesus tells the Jews
that Moses will accuse them to God for not believing in Jesus because Moses
wrote of Jesus.
John 6:
Jesus at
Galilee feed a crowd of 5,000 men with two fishes and five loaves of bread,
which would have cost a worker's wage for 8 months. Jesus also walked on water to meet the
disciples on a boat. Jesus told the Jews that he was the bread of life and
unless they eat his flesh and drink his blood they will not have eternal life
(believe in his death and resurrection). He also said that it was God that gave
their ancestors manna in the desert and not Moses, and he is the bread of life
that has come down to earth from heaven. Jesus makes it clear that those who ate
manna died, but those who God draws near to Jesus to believe by faith will have
eternal life. Many disciples left Jesus because they thought his teaching was
becoming to hard to accept, but he told them that he teaching was of the Spirit
of God and only those from God the father can accept his teaching. |
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