Gospels: Week 3 - Jesus' authority to call, heal, forgive, and welcome sinners John 5:1–16 (NASB95) 1 was the one who said to me, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk.’ ” 12 They asked him, “Who is the man who in that place. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse happens to you.” 15 The man went away, and told the John spells it out plainly: it was for this reason: He not only was breaking the Sabbath - this was a

San Luis Obispo County, California 1 John 3:1–2 (NIV) 1   See what great love the Father has lavished Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity let them be tempted beyond what they can bear, but with the temptation he also provides a way out (1 for you to see what great love the Father has given, as the modern translations render it, but what John So John here reminds you that every so often, you need stop, drop what you're doing, rid yourself of

Logos.com John 15:1–8 (NIV) CONTEXT: Jesus has just finished the Passover meal with His disciples in He gives them this metaphor to help them understand. 15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity There’s nothing that Sarx wants more than to break free from this perceived bondage and join itself to Today: 1 Peter 3

John 3:1-8 (NIV) 3 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity It's possible that John just casually mentions the time of day and means nothing by it. John conveys to you what Jesus explained to Nicodemus: He is the King God's people have been waiting John, in keeping with his deeper style, frames his kingdom announcement more personally.

Heartlight.org 1 John 3:7–10 (ESV) 7  Little children, let no one deceive you. Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Dig Deeper   As we read through our passage from 1 Peter yesterday , we learned that our souls were coated John certainly endorses the doctrine Peter laid out that the Canons echo. Today: John 20

DailyVerses.net 1 John 4:8-10 (NIV) 8  Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election 1 - God's right to condemn all people 2 - God In today's passage, John reminds us that that God is love . In John's poetic writing style, he often repeats concepts with a slight twist, and today he doesn't disappoint

Today's passage helps form the basis for the classic hymn Not What My Hands Have Done (especially v4-5) 1 John 4:13-16 (NIV) 13  This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity The Apostle John wants you to know that you live in Christ, and that Christ lives in you. John anticipated your question.

You have continual access to the Father through Jesus, who is your advocate. 1 John 2:1-2 (NIV) My dear Summary John is the only writer in the Bible to use the word paraklētos , and this is the only time When John uses the word paraklētos in His gospel, the translators struggle with it because the meaning A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that, as John so simply puts it, "you will not sin;" A SK GOD Today: 1 Corinthians 10

John 3:1-7 (NIV) Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling One of John's best features are the secondary characters we read about throughout the gospel, all of John draws his readers deep into the lives of men like Thomas, Pilate and even John himself using their But one of John's most fascinating secondary characters is Nicodemus. Today: 1 Thessalonians 2

Biblia.com John 17:1-5 (NIV) CONTEXT: Jesus has been teaching His disciples after the Last Supper and We'll read the first five verses today, and vss. 6-12 tomorrow. 17 After Jesus said this, he looked toward Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election 1 - God's right to condemn all people 2 - God Today: Acts 15