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Did Jesus Just Talk Back to His Mother?
John 2:1-12, CEB On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration. When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They don’t have any wine.” Jesus replied, “Woman, what does that have to do with…
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God Was There and We Didn’t Know It!
John 1:43-51, NLT The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me.” Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown. Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, “We have found the very person Moses and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus,…
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Come and See
John 1:35-42, CEB The next day John was standing again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus walking along he said, “Look! The Lamb of God!” The two disciples heard what he said, and they followed Jesus. When Jesus turned and saw them following, he asked, “What are you looking for?” They said,…
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Not Proud of My Faith
John 1:29-34, CEB The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is really greater than me because he existed before me.’ Even I didn’t recognize him,…
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Shifty John the Baptist
John 1:24-28, CEB Those sent by the Pharisees asked, “Why do you baptize if you aren’t the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?” John answered, “I baptize with water. Someone greater stands among you, whom you don’t recognize. He comes after me, but I’m not worthy to untie his sandal straps.” This encounter took place…
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The Answer is No (and Yes)
John 1:19-23, CEB This is John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?” John confessed (he didn’t deny but confessed), “I’m not the Christ.” They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” John said, “I’m not.” “Are you the prophet?” John answered, “No.”…
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Thank God for the Gospel of John
John 1:16-18, CEB From his fullness we have all received grace upon grace; as the Law was given through Moses, so grace and truth came into being through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. God the only Son, who is at the Father’s side, has made God known.…
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When God Pitched a Tent Among Us
John 1:14, CEB The Word became flesh and made his home among us. We have seen his glory, glory like that of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. If the author of John was only allowed four words to convey the message of the gospel, it mostly likely would…
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What We Have Always Heard, But Will Never Fully Understand
John 1:12-13, CEB But those who did welcome him, those who believed in his name, he authorized to become God’s children, born not from blood nor from human desire or passion, but born from God. We are still in the prologue of John and so we are still identifying…
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John’s “No Room at the Inn”
John 1:11, CEB The light came to his own people, and his own people didn’t welcome him. By the time Jesus began his ministry in the land of Israel, the Hebrew religious establishment had been in place for thousands of years. Religious laws were not only codified. For the most part, most interpretations of…
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