Today in our teaching we have the opportunity to celebrate the resounding end of Jesus’ Farewell Discourse. The disciples cannot bear any more teaching, their minds are full, and the promised Helper has yet to come. However, Jesus continues to… Read More
Whispers of Joy After the Storm
Last week we considered the fifth and final passage on the person and workings of the Holy Spirit. Jesus outlined specific ways in which the “Spirit of truth” will come to their aid when He is gone. The key they… Read More
The Near and the Far
Our passage today is the fifth and final passage on the person and workings of the Holy Spirit it is the peak of what the disciples must know concerning the “Helper” that Jesus will be sending after He departs. Jesus… Read More
To Keep You From Falling Away
The betrayal, arrest, trial and execution is now upon Jesus and still His focus is on the followers He loves. It is their welfare that concerns Him. It is their stability. It is their comfort. And in an unbelievable turn… Read More
New Day
Our passage today shifts from the cause of persecution to the response of Jesus’ disciples to persecution. As seen last week, John sketches the hatred toward Jesus’ disciples as springing from hatred against Jesus himself (John 15:18-22) and, ultimately, toward… Read More