Jesus uses this opportunity to do with Mary as He did with Martha – point her away from her dead brother and cause her to fix her gaze on Him.
Category Archives: John
You are mine | John 17:6-8 (ESV)
“For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His personal possession …” (Deuteronomy 7:6)
Love for sacrifice | John 10:17 – 21
17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge …
“Just as” love | John 15:8-10
Jesus loves us just as the Father loves the Son – perfectly, without limit, (and I would say, even when He became sin for us – 2 Corinthians 5:21).
In tHe beginning | John 1:1-5
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, …
Hyperbole or exaggeration | John 21:25
As John ends his gospel, he makes this statement which continues his thought from John 20:30. Is John making a false claim? Read on…
Proper interpretation | John 21:20-24
This passage instructs us in the need to accurately understand the words of Jesus in the Bible and rightly apply them in our lives.
Do you love me | John 21:15-17
Jesus uses the same word Peter used, phileō. This 3rd time of asking lines up perfectly with Peter’s three denials, a chance for Peter to repent and be restored
No greater love | John 21:18-19
Jesus just asked Peter 3 times if he loved Him. Now He tells Peter that he will indeed die for Him. What is the greatest demonstration of love?
See John 15:13
Still creating from nothing | John 21:9-14
He created the fire, fish and bread out of nothing. Let this not slip past your attention. He is God the creator and He still can create something from nothing.