GOSPEL OF JOHN
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Daily Readings: John 16 and Psalm 49 13 But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on His own; He will speak only what He hears, and He will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will glorify Me because it is from Me
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Daily Readings: John 15 and Psalm 48 The big idea of Jesus’ metaphor of the Vine and His branches in John 15 is quite clear: Jesus wants us (His disciples) to remain deeply united to Him in an intimate relationship of fellowship and love. The metaphor (and Jesus’ explanation thereof) also promises us that our
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Daily Readings: John 11 and Psalm 46 In John 11 we witness Jesus’ greatest miracle – the raising of Lazarus from the dead after four days in the tomb – as well as Jesus’ own profound statement, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they
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Daily Readings: John 10 and Psalm 45 In John 10, Jesus describes His relationship with us (His disciples/followers) as being like a good shepherd’s relationship with his sheep. He describes Himself as the Good Shepherd who loves us, His sheep, so deeply that He is willing to lay down His life to save us (v.11,
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Daily readings: John 9 and Psalm 44 Deep truths about Jesus were revealed in John 9. Jesus demonstrated the truth of His claim to be the Light of the world by restoring the sight of a man born blind; and the Pharisees demonstrated their unwillingness to change their hardened hearts and therefore remained blind to
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Daily Readings: John 8 and Psalm 43 Every human being’s life is in so many ways fashioned by the daily decisions one makes; and one makes those decisions based on certain criteria. One might be guided by one’s desires, one’s needs, one’s ambitions, one’s dreams, one’s principles, or one’s convictions (to name but a few
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Daily Readings: John 7 and Psalm 42 In John 7, the criticism of Jesus and pressure on Him was mounting from all sides. His brothers taunted Him that He should go to Jerusalem if He wanted to achieve popularity and fame (v.3-5). The Pharisees judged Him for not having studied under a recognised rabbi (v.15)
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Daily Readings: John 6 and Psalm 41 In my opinion, a great way to get to the heart of John 6:25-71 is to read, read and re-read it while constantly remembering that it is metaphorical and symbolic, and while constantly asking the Holy Spirit to reveal the big lesson it holds for one personally. John
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Daily Readings: John 5 and Psalm 40 Probably the most significant statement in John 5 is this: 18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. Make no mistake. The Bible is
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As mentioned when we first started our journey in John, this Gospel highlights seven miraculous signs performed by Jesus to reveal some truth about His identity. The first of these was when Jesus turned water into wine at the wedding in Cana, revealing that He has miraculous transformative power (John 2). The second is in
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