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John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... That is the way God has chosen to work, but He does work. Keep your eyes open and, my guess is, you will see miracles galore. 1. Christopher Burkett http://www.preacherrhetorica.com/epiphany-2.html. 2. Ray C. Stedman, https://www.raystedman.org/new-testament/john/water-to-wine. 3. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Nancy Mitchell-Autio and Patty Aubery, Chicken Soup for the Christian Family Soul: Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit (HCI; Unabridged Version edition, 2000). 4. “Extravagant Joy ...

2. Baptism of the Lord

Luke 3:1-20, Isaiah 61:1-11, Luke 3:21-38, Acts 8:9-25

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John R. Brokhoff

... :19 - "Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Mark 10:38 - "Are you able ... to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" Mark 16:16 - "He who believes and is baptized will be saved." John 3:5 - "Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God." Acts 2:38 - "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." Romans 6:4 ...

3. God’s Love and Ours

1 John 4:7-21, 1 John 5:1-12

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... and blood, then, (a) may be sacramental, including both baptism and the Eucharist, (b) may comprise the whole of Jesus’ earthly ministry, from his birth or baptism to his death, or (c) may both refer to his death, when water and blood came from his wounded side (John 19:34). While we cannot know fully what was in the author’s mind, the clues contained in the rest of v. 6 and in the Fourth Gospel incline toward some form of solution (b). Clearly, in the remainder of v. 6, the Elder is arguing against ...

4. Faith in the Son of God

1 John 5:1-12, 1 John 4:7-21

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

5. The Messed Up

John 4:1-26

Sermon

James Merritt

... and said to the people, ‘Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?’ They went out of the town and were coming to him.” (John 4:28-30, ESV) Here is the first woman preacher in Christian history. She had come to get water that would quench the thirst in her throat for an hour or two. She left with water that had quenched the thirst of her heart forever. When you come to Jesus you never get what you come after. You get far more and far better than what you come after ...

6. The Sign of the Dove

John 1:29-34, John 1:19-28, John 1:1-18, Luke 3:21-38, Luke 3:1-20, Mark 1:1-8, Matthew 3:13-17, Matthew 3:1-12

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Lori Wagner

... (the baptizer, son of Zechariah, an Aaronic priest and prophet) tells of his recognition of Jesus as the “arrived” Messiah by the “sign” of the shekinah which rested upon Jesus after receiving a baptism with water (by John). The Gospel of John (John the disciple) is the one who reports John (the baptizer) as being the witness of this messianic sign. The other three gospel writers envision the descending of the shekinah “like a dove” upon Jesus upon his baptism but don’t reveal why it was so ...

7. Baptism Of Our Lord

Mark 1:9-13, Mark 1:1-8, Acts 19:1-22, Genesis 1:1-2:3

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John R. Brokhoff

... know anything about the Spirit. For some the Holy Spirit is the unknown God. 2. Repentance (v. 4). The Ephesian Christians were baptized with John's baptism. Paul explained John's baptism was one of repentance. In today's Gospel Lesson John also explains his baptism as such in contrast to Jesus' baptism of Spirit. Some refer to John's baptism as water baptism symbolizing repentance. They then call for a second baptism of the Spirit. However, the scriptures are emphatic, and the church has always declared ...

8. Ignite: Fire and Water

Acts 10:23b-48

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James Merritt

... . He was preaching a message of repentance and faith. He began doing something no one else had ever done in history. He began doing something no one had ever even seen before. He began baptizing, immersing, and dipping people into water. “John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.”(Mark 1:4, ESV) Even Jewish people who had tried to keep the law, who had made their sacrificing, who had tried to dot the religious “i’s” and crossed ...

9. Palm Sunday

Bulletin Aid

Jack Brownlee

... yelled, "You are out doing chores, too." "Give me those sheets," Mordecai had lost his smile. "I'm just ..." "You're just doing the same thing that I am. Helping to get ready for Passover." "Don't tell," said Mort, almost pleading. "Who me?" John shot back, gripping the water jar with his right hand and pulling it two or three inches out of the robe then stuffing it back. The two boys, excuse me, young men walked toward the plaza where the fountain and the laundry were both located. They discussed how the ...

10. What’s the Big Deal about Baptism?

Mark 1:9-11

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James Merritt

... Is The Symbolism Of Baptism? Mark 1: 9–11 which is our starting text tells us in vivid detail about the beginning of the ministry of Jesus. "It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And immediately, coming up from the water, He was the heavens parting and the Sprit descending upon Him like a dove. Then a voice came from heaven. "You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Mark 1:9-11 If you went back in time, two thousand years ...

11. Proper 14

Mt 14:22-33 · Rom 9:1-5 · Ex 14:19-31 · Ps 106:4-12

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John R. Brokhoff

... was "many furlongs" from land. A furlong was about 200 yards. The Sea of Galilee is four-and-one-half miles wide. Mark says the men were "in the middle of the lake." John indicates that they rowed three or four miles. This indicates that Jesus was not wading on the shore, but because of the boat's distance from the land he had to walk on the water to get to them. Watch (v. 25). During the fourth "watch" Jesus came to the disciples. Romans divided the night into four watches from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. The fourth ...

12. Jesus Talks with a Samaritan Woman

John 4:1-26, John 4:27-38, John 4:39-42

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... were not rivals and could not have been, for their roles were different and they moved in different spheres (cf. 3:27–36). Theologically, the notion that Jesus, who was supposed to baptize in the Holy Spirit (1:33), also baptized in water as John did is surprising and without parallel in the other Gospels. To the writer of this Gospel, it appears to have been a firmly fixed tradition that he felt compelled to acknowledge but to which he added his own qualifying explanation. Almost in spite of himself, he ...

13. The Disciples Rejoin Jesus

John 4:27-38, John 4:1-26, John 4:39-42

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

14. Epilogue to the Law of the Temple: River, Land, City

Ezekiel 47:1-12, Ezekiel 47:13-23, Ezekiel 48:1-29, Ezekiel 48:30-35

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... Ezekiel. John is steeped in the Scriptures; these ancient words structure his entire understanding of reality. Here in Ezekiel 47, “the man” takes the prophet to the entrance of the temple (v. 1). There, he notices a stream of water ... ” (43:7). The point, then, is the same in each text. God’s presence brings life. However, as we have seen, Ezekiel’s vision (unlike John’s) is not a vision of the future world but rather an assertion about the power of God’s presence among his people in exile. ...

15. On Panicking Close to Shore

John 6:16-24

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Donald B. Strobe

... winds come howling down the canyons around the sea so fast that they can change the Galilee from a smooth little lake to a turbulent, churning sea with twelve-foot waves in an hour! John says that the disciples got into their boat and headed toward Capernaum. By this time it was getting dark, and soon the evening wind arose and the waters were whipped into a foam. Up on the northern hillside Jesus was praying. It was Passover time, as we noted, and that was the time of the full moon, so Jesus could see the ...

16. Jacob's Well

John 4:1-26, John 4:27-38, John 4:39-42

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ” by Justin Taylor, August 17, 2011, to be found at http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2011/08/17/7-differences-between-galilee-and-judea-in-the-time-of-jesus/ ). Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text John’s Witness (Chapter 4): Jesus at Jacob’s Well Minor Text Genesis (2:4-25): The water that springs forth from God Genesis (26): Isaac reopens the wells his father had dug Genesis (35:7): Jacob builds an altar that becomes Jacob’s Well Genesis (12:7, 12:8, 8:20): Abraham and Noah ...

17. When the Drought Gets Really Bad

Isaiah 55:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... in every generation. In one of her books, Annie Dillard writes of the ill-fated Franklin expedition. In 1845, Sir John Franklin and 138 officers and men embarked from England on two large sailing vessels to find the northwest passage across ... And let the one who hears say, ‘Come!’ Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.” The resources of God are available to all of us, regardless of who we are or what we’ve done. They are available and they ...

18. Epiphany 2

John 2:1-11, Isaiah 62:1-12, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... season, the manifestation of God's glory in his Son. Last Sunday's miracle, the baptism of Jesus, manifested the glory of God in Jesus as the accepted and approved Son, the Messiah. The first miracle, according to John's gospel, manifested God's glory in Jesus' power to transform nature: water into wine. Seeing God's glory in Jesus led the disciples to believe in him as the Messiah. The miracle was a "sign" (v. 11) that this upstart preacher from Nazareth was indeed the promised Messiah? Related Passages ...

19. The Meeting Of Marriage Partners At The Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... the promises God makes. Like the Samaritan woman we question how God can really deliver on those promises. As he does with us in dealing with our doubts, Jesus responded to the woman's doubts by proclaiming his Word: "... the water that I shall give ...will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life (John 4:14)." As often happens to us when the Word is proclaimed, the Word overcame the woman's doubts and she confessed her faith, asking for the Lord's gift. "Sir, " she said, "Give me this ...

20. Jesus Teaches Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... not physical (H. Odeberg, The Fourth Gospel [Amsterdam: B. R. Grüner, 1968; reprint of 1929 edition], pp. 63–64). This would yield a masculine metaphor of God as Father in the sense of male procreator (cf. 1 John 3:9). The problem with this view (aside from the heaping of metaphor on metaphor!) is that water is not among the expressions for physical birth listed in 1:13. And when Jesus proceeds to mention physical birth to Nicodemus in verse 6, the phrase is “born of the flesh” (RSV), not “born of ...

21. Jesus: The Life of the Party

John 2:1-11

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Donald B. Strobe

... , soil, and sunshine plus grapes into juice which, under proper conditions, can become wine, could, through Christ, shorten the process. Maybe we should leave it to the poet who said, "The modest water saw its God and blushed!" But John seems concerned about something even deeper here. Something more than merely a "miracle." For John, this was a "sign," that is, a teaching aid, something which points to something else, something deeper. We must look at the story from the Jewish point of view of the writer ...

22. The Last Day of the Feast

John 7:45--8:11, John 8:12-30

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... neither case is the believer viewed as a source of life, or of the Spirit, to others. The image of streams of water from the believer’s heart (if that is intended) is akin rather to 4:14, where Jesus promises to whomever drinks of the water he gives “a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” That the believer in Jesus will become a channel of God’s life to others is implicit in the total message of John’s Gospel, but is not the point of either 4:14 or 7:37–38 in particular. The accent is on ...

23. “I Am from Him and He Sent Me”

John 7:25-44

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

24. Life Begins at Thirty-Eight

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... and receive new power. It is an intriguing speculation, but it seems rather far-fetched to me. And, after all, the crippled man never made it to the waters. He did not have to. Christ touched his life first. I would suggest that we restrain our imaginations and not try to look for hidden meanings that may not be there. It seems to me that John put this story into this setting for another purpose. He is setting the stage for Jesus’ ultimate arrest and crucifixion. How so? He says that the healing took ...

25. Who Is This Jesus?

John 2:1-11

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John B. Jamison

... story, and on its own it creates a lot of questions. The obvious question is why did Jesus do it? Why did he use his powers to do something as mundane as turning water into wine? It seems more like a sideshow magic trick than a miracle from the Son of God. And while we are asking, why was Jesus at the wedding in Cana anyway? Hadn’t John told us that Jesus had just been baptized and had gone north to the Sea of Galilee? Why was he now in the little village of Cana, some fifteen miles west of the ...

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