Introduction Before Easter we spent two Sundays on John 6, where John records for us the miracle of the feeding of the multitude, when the Lord Jesus was able to feed all those people with only five barley loaves and two small fish. And after performing the miracle, the Lord taught the people that he … Continue reading John 07(01–13) →

Introduction We began to study John 6 last Sunday evening, when I said that I was tempted to preach on the whole chapter in one go. And I was tempted like that, because the chapter is mostly about the same thing. It’s mostly about how the Lord Jesus is the bread of life who has … Continue reading John 06(34–71) →

Introduction Last week we spent our time on verses 25 to 47 of John 5, where the Lord Jesus was speaking about God’s life and about new life in Christ and about resurrection life. In verse 26 the Lord said that the Father has life in himself and he’s granted the Son to have life … Continue reading John 06(01–33) →

Introduction I had reason this week to read over a sermon I preached on Hebrews 6, where the writer says to his readers that we’re to leave the elementary teachings about Christ and we’re to go on to maturity. And in the sermon I explained that when he refers to the elementary teachings about Christ, … Continue reading John 05(25–47) →

Introduction Today’s passage begins with John telling us that after two days in Sychar, a Samaritan town, the Lord left for Galilee. And when he arrived in Galilee, the people welcomed him. Do you see that in verse 45? And they welcomed him because they’d seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the … Continue reading John 04(43–54) →

Introduction Last week we were thinking about the time when the Lord healed the royal official’s son. The Lord was in Cana of Galilee, where he had once changed water into wine. And the royal official, whose son was desperately ill, came to Cana from Capernaum, where he lived, in order to ask the Lord … Continue reading John 05(01–18) →

Introduction Last week we were studying verses 1 to 18 of John 5 where the Lord healed the man at the pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem who had been an invalid for 38 years. Do you remember? Lots of people with disabilities were lying around this pool because they believed that the first person who … Continue reading John 05(19–24) →

Introduction Having spoken to Nicodemus, the Pharisee, about his need of the new birth, the Lord and his disciples went to Judea for a time, where his disciples baptised a number of people. And then they headed for Galilee. And their journey to Galilee took them through Samaria. And at a well, outside the town … Continue reading John 04(27–42) →

Patterns It’s always interesting, I think, to find patterns or repetitions in the Bible. And some scholars see in John 3 and 4 a pattern which is repeated in the book of Acts. At the beginning of the book of Acts, the Lord said to his apostles that they will be his witnesses in Jerusalem … Continue reading John 04(01–26) →

Introduction Last week we spent our time on verses 9 to 21 of John 3. The Lord Jesus had been talking to Nicodemus about the new birth and he had said to Nicodemus that no-one can see or enter the kingdom of God in the life to come unless he is born again of water … Continue reading John 03(22–36) →