John – Page 4 – The Nexus

Digging in Deeper: John 10:41

June 15, 2018June 6, 2018Leave a comment

“And many came to him. And they said, ‘John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.'” (ESV – Read the chapter)

Do you want to be great? Most of us yearn for that. I heard about another pastor a few weeks ago who does a blog too. He has 200,000 followers. My carnal first thought was, “I want 250,000.” That’s inside of all of us. We want greatness. We want to be not just recognized, but recognized more than everybody else for what we have done. Our culture encourages this too. Our heroes are not great statesmen and scientists and public servants anymore. Our heroes are sports stars and movie stars and social media stars. It’s a great rat race whose catch is that there isn’t any cheese waiting at the end of the path. Read the rest…

Morning Musing: John 11:33

May 30, 2018May 29, 2018Leave a comment

“When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

Two verses over from this one is the shortest verse in the Bible: Jesus wept. Here, we are told He was deeply moved and greatly troubled. Basically, Jesus was really emotional. This provides fodder for some theological pondering, which is fine, but it should also be really encouraging for us. Here’s why. Read the rest…

Morning Musing: John 8:31-32

May 28, 2018May 22, 2018Leave a comment

“So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ‘If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.'” (ESV – Read the chapter)

Jesus says two really important things here. The first gives us the rubric for having confidence in our fellowship. The second gives us the dual result of this state of affairs. Read the rest…

Morning Musings: John 16:13

May 4, 2018May 1, 2018Leave a comment

“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

If you are a follower of Jesus, you have the Spirit of God living within you. Reflect on that for a minute. The power and presence of the God who created the universe is dwelling within you. That’s a pretty game-changing idea.

If you are a follower of Jesus and you don’t know where to go in life, you need merely to look inside of you. And I don’t mean that in some kind of a new-agey way as if you were somehow divine yourself. Rather, I mean this in the sense that if you are a follower of Jesus, you have within you the Spirit who can answer your questions. Now, He may answer by telling you to go and consult with His word and other believers, but you can at least start there. And His answers will not often come in the ways or times we would most prefer given our druthers, but they will come. We can count on it.

Morning Musings: John 14:26

April 30, 2018April 30, 2018Leave a comment

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

Living the life of Christ day-in-and day-out is a tall order. It’s a huge task. If we let it, the thought that we are to live each day following after the pattern of Christ and doing what He said can be an overwhelming thought. If we think about it in the wrong way, it can leave us wondering whether it’s really all worth it. How are we supposed to do this on our own? Read the rest…