Weekday Word w/ Eric

Tag: faith

  • Just on the Way to…hey wait!

    John 4:1-4 Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was making more disciples and baptizing more than John (although Jesus’ disciples were baptizing, not Jesus himself). Therefore, he left Judea and went back to Galilee. Jesus had to go through Samaria.                 This passage seems to be nothing more than a transition. To…

  • John the Baptist’s First and Last Word

    John 3:22-36, NLT Then Jesus and his disciples left Jerusalem and went into the Judean countryside. Jesus spent some time with them there, baptizing people. At this time John the Baptist was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there; and people kept coming to him for baptism.  (This was before…

  • What We Are Doing isn’t Doing What We Think It Is

    John 3:16-21, CEB God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life.  God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.  Whoever believes in him isn’t judged;…

  • A Faith That Can’t Be Trusted

    John 2:23-25, CEB While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival, many believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs that he did.  But Jesus didn’t trust himself to them because he knew all people.  He didn’t need anyone to tell him about human nature, for he knew what human nature was.…

  • What Tables Would Jesus Be Overturning Today?

    John 2:13-22 It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.  He found in the temple those who were selling cattle, sheep, and doves, as well as those involved in exchanging currency sitting there.  He made a whip from ropes and chased them all out of the temple, including the…

  • 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,…

  • 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,…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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.”…