When Nicodemus the Pharisee came to see Jesus by night, their conversation took off fast. He complimented the Savior, but he was met with a hard truth about his need to be born of the Spirit of God to see the kingdom of God. Here we will look at what it means to have eternal […]
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When Jesus was finished clearing the temple on Passover, he was evidently doing a number of miracles. We are told in John 2:23 that “many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.” Following this scene, John gives us the details of a rare one-on-one conversation with Jesus, where the
Born of the Spirit: Jesus Teaches Nicodemus About the Kingdom Read More »
In another post, we discussed Jesus’ calling of his first five disciples in John 1:35-50, and we learned the identity of four of them: Andrew, Peter, Philip, and Nathanael, and one who is unnamed in the narrative. Nathanael, the last one called in this passage, experienced a sign that changed his life. Jesus told him
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