Here we are at the greatest moment in human history and the soldiers are splitting and casting lots over his garments! We too can be focussed on trivial things in our personal and church life when God has a much greater plan for us. In the previous passage, Pilate yielded
Continue readingMyth of authority and Pitifully guilty———————– Tolerance has come to mean ‘don’t try to persuade anyone that his/her belief/practice may be wrong’ (both inside and outside church). This is because people have lost the idea that human mind can know truth from outside. So nothing should be criticized. Political correctness.
Continue readingJudas had been with Jesus for about 3 years, watching, learning and believing like all the other disciples. Hard to imagine what he was thinking… I told u that I am he, if u r looking for me, then let these men go. Even at the time when soldiers came
Continue readingJudas had been with Jesus for about 3 years, watching, learning and believing like all the other disciples. Hard to imagine what he was thinking… I told u that I am he, if u r looking for me, then let these men go. Even at the time when soldiers came
Continue reading“Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word”- I wish God would be able to say about us, as people who have obeyed/kept his word “I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world
Continue readingJesus glorified God on earth by finishing the work that God gave him to do (v. 4). Glorifying God through fulfilling His purposes should be our motto. (v. 4) I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. We also should fulfill the
Continue readingH. spirit is the GPS of truth1. “Guide you in to all truth (v13)” . We cannot find certain truth about God by ourselves. No amount of self-understanding or knowledge will help. We need a guide to take us into “all the truth ” 2. Three times it is mentioned
Continue readingHow reassuring it is to know that we have the Counselor who convicts regarding sin, righteousness and judgment and guides us into all truth. The faith of the disciples is a journey . Jesus teaches them and warns them everything about being a believer. The fact that they are still
Continue readingThe world would love/accept us if we choose to live according to the patterns of this world. The world would hate us if we choose to live contrary to the world’s lifestyle. As Christians, we have been chosen out of the world to embody the love of Christ in the
Continue readingWe need to depend on God in everything because apart from him we cannot do anything (vv. 4, 5). Conversely, anything we do on our own is “useless”. “Apart from me you can do nothing” (v. 5). We need to stay in constant touch with him so that we will
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