Tag: john
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We have found the Christ. Studying John 1:41-45
Jesus is the Christ I’m doing a study in John 1. In John 1:35-51, we see a series of affirmations about Jesus made by his first disciples. In this section, Andrew has been pointed to Jesus by John the Baptist and has spent time with Jesus and he tells his brother “we have found the…
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What are you seeking? Studying John 1:35-38
The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke all give stories of Jesus calling the first apostles. And we see Jesus interacting with some of these same men in this passage. Yet the account in John is different than the accounts in the other gospels. The other gospels all talk of Jesus calling upon fisherman to…
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The ministry of John the Baptist. Studying John 1:23-28
This post is a continuation of a study of John the Baptist in the Gospel of John. John the Baptist is found in all four gospels and is a figure who was prophesied in the Old Testament and who would come as a forerunner to Jesus. He discusses that divinely given ministry in John 1:23-28.…
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Sermon: The Ministry of the Holy Spirit – John 16:4-15
Throughout the Gospel of John, we see Jesus pointing to the activity and ministry of the Holy Spirit. On the night before going to the cross, Jesus will give his last major teaching on the work of the Holy Spirit when he’s gone. We learn that the Spirit comes in fulfillment of God’s promises, he…
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The world did not know him. Studying John 1:10-11
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.-John 1:10-11 The God who created the world was not recognized by his world. The only appropriate response to the Lord entering into creation…
Josh Benner 