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I must decrease, He must Increase.

John 3:22-36 (English Standard Version)

22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. 23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized 24 (for John had not yet been put in [...]

You must be Born Again- Part 4

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Last week, we spent a lot of time unpacking what it means to be in the darkness and what it looks like. Make no mistake about it, in case I did not make the point clearly is that we are living in very dark times where men and women love [...]

You must be Born Again- Part 3

Last week, we examined Jesus’ teaching about belief; a Greek word pisteuo which means placing trust in and committing to the object of belief. We examined how we must look to Jesus alone for our salvation, as opposed to our good works and religion as a means of salvation. As we open up the text [...]

You Must Be Born Again- Part 2

It is urgent as we come to Jesus as Nicodemus did  to ask God to open our eyes. Nicodemus was a man of high moral character, the teacher of Israel. But He  was so self-righteous, so full of pride, that he had become spiritually blind. This is what happens whenever we find righteousness in a [...]

You Must be Born Again- Part 1

John 3:1-13

1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

Nicodemus was a Pharisee, a member of the religious sect of the Jews. The Pharisees were a party of those who desired to be separate (this is what the name Pharisee means) from the rest of the people. The [...]

I am the bread of life

John wrote this Gospel with the purpose of convincing people that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God and by believing they might have life in his name. In the first 12 chapters we see many of the signs~

21:30 now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not [...]