Author: michael

John 7:45-52 45 Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?” 46 “No one ever spoke the way this man does,” the guards replied. 47 “You mean he has deceived you also?” the Pharisees retorted. 48 “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.” 50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?” 52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”

The Pharisees was a Jewish sect that strictly followed the tradition and the rituals of the Old Testament law. The Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest the Lord Jesus, and the temple guards came back empty-handed. The Pharisees asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?” The temple guards replied, “No one ever spoke the way this man does,” They heard the truth of Lord Jesus’ teaching, and they did not lay hand on him. The Pharisees said, “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? ” The Bible mentions that there were rulers and Pharisees believed in him. Nicodemus mentioned later was also a Pharisee, and he believed in the Lord Jesus. The Pharisees continued, “But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.” The Pharisees thought that the people did not know the law, only they knew the law, the Pharisees were self-righteous. Nicodemus said, “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?” Nicodemus once came to the Lord Jesus at night, and he saw the miracles the Lord Jesus performed, and he believed that he was a teacher sent by God, and the Lord Jesus told him about regeneration. Nicodemus was right, even the law of the civilized nation allows defendant to give deference. The Pharisees said: “Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee”. The Pharisees were wrong again. The Old Testament prophets Elijah, Jonah, and Nahum were all from Galilee. Even if the prophets didn’t come from Galilee, it does not mean that prophets will never come from Galilee. In fact the Lord Jesus was born in Bethlehem, but grew up in Galilee. The Pharisees condemned Jesus without investigation. I hope more people will come to know the Lord who loves the people in the world and can give new life to the people.
May God bless you and your family. 🙏😀

John 7:37-44 ³⁷ On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. ³⁸ Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” ³⁹ By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. ⁴⁰ On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee? ⁴² Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?” ⁴³ Thus the people were divided because of Jesus. ⁴⁴ Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.

The Lord Jesus said: Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.
Here the Lord Jesus talked about the spiritual thirst, he talked about the Holy Spirit those who believe in him will receive, the Holy Spirit is water, the living water, the rivers of living water will flow from the heart of those who believe.
but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life. (John 4:14)
After a person believes in the Lord, he receives the Holy Spirit, he receives the water, the living water given by the Lord Jesus, he will no longer be thirsty, this living water will become in them, in their hearts a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. (Isaiah 44:3)
This is what God told the Israelites in the Old Testament, He would pour out water on the thirsty, pour out the Holy Spirit on their descendants and bless them.
When the people heard this, some said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.” Others said, “He is the Messiah.”
The Prophet is the Prophet prophesied by Moses in the Old Testament. The Old Testament also prophesied the coming of Christ, the Messiah. Some people did not know that the Prophet here also refers to Christ.
Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?”
The Old Testament of the Bible prophesied that Christ would be born in Bethlehem, Matthew 2 tells us that the Lord Jesus grew up in Nazareth of Galilee. These people thought that Jesus was born in Galilee, so they doubted that he was the Christ, the Messiah.
¹⁰ But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. ¹¹ Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. (Luke 2:10-11)
When the Lord Jesus was born, an angel appeared to the shepherds and told them the good news, saying that the Savior, the Messiah, the Lord had been born in the city of David, Bethlehem. Thank the Lord, may God bless you and your family. 🙏😀

John 7:25-36 25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill? 26 Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah? 27 But we know where this man is from; when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.” 28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him, 29 but I know him because I am from him and he sent me.” 30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. 31 Still, many in the crowd believed in him. They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs than this man?” 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him. 33 Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me. 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.” 35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? 36 What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

Some people in Jerusalem saw Jesus preaching in the temple, but the Jewish leaders didn’t say anything, then they said, “Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah?” It’s not so, the Jewish leaders wanted to arrest Jesus, but they didn’t do anything, because his hour had not yet come. They only knew that Jesus was the son of Joseph the carpenter, and they did not believe that he was the Christ or Messiah sent by God the Father. What does Christ mean? Christ or Messiah means the anointed one, the one anointed by the Spirit of God, the Savior. The Old Testament prophesied the coming of Christ. Micah 5:2 prophesied that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Matthew 2:23 tells us that the Lord Jesus grew up in Nazareth of Galilee. These Jews did not know the Old Testament, so they did not know where Christ came from. When Jesus said that God the Father sent him, they didn’t believe. Jesus did many signs and wonders, they still didn’t believe. But there are many people who saw many miracles Jesus performed and they believed. Jesus also prophesied that he would return to God the Father who sent him soon, that is, he would be crucified on the cross, resurrected three days later and ascended to heaven, and returned to God the Father, he came down from heaven as man and would return to heaven. They didn’t understand what he said. I hope that those who have not yet believed, believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Lord and Savior of our lives.
May God bless you and your family. 🙏😀

John 6:60-71 60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” 61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! 63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life. 64 Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. 65 He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.” 66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. 67 “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve. 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.” 70 Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” 71 (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)

Last time we talked about the Lord Jesus is the bread of life, and whoever eats this bread, eats His flesh and drinks His blood has eternal life. The Lord Jesus means spiritually, that is, to receive His life and to have His life in us. Jews understand from human point of view, so they could not accept it. The Lord Jesus said, “Does this offend you? Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! ” What does this mean, that means they will find it more difficult to accept. Why? Before the Lord Jesus was crucified, the high priest asked him if he was the Christ, the Son of God. “I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.” (Mark 14:62) The high priest said that he had been blasphemy, and he would be condemned to death. So when the Son of Man Jesus said he would ascend to where he was before and that he is the Son of God, the Jews would be offended even more, thinking that this was blasphemy. The Lord Jesus continued: The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life. The Lord Jesus spoke the words of God the Father. It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ The Lord Jesus is the Son of God, He knows everything, and He had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. Because of the Lord’s words, many disciples stopped following Him. When the Lord asked the twelve disciples, “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Peter answered, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” Peter believed that the Lord Jesus is the Son of God, the Messiah, the Savior of the world .
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)
There is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we are saved. Other religions cannot save people. There is no way to eternal life, only Jesus has the words of eternal life. But one of the twelve disciples, Judas, was the devil, and later he betrayed Jesus. I hope that more people will believe in the Lord and follow the Lord, because only He has the words of eternal life.
May God bless you and your family. 🙏😀

John 6:41-59 ⁴¹ At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” ⁴² They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?” ⁴³ “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. ⁴⁴ “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. ⁴⁶ No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life. ⁴⁸ I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹ Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. ⁵⁰ But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”  ⁵² Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” ⁵³ Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. ⁵⁴ Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. ⁵⁵ For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. ⁵⁶ Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. ⁵⁷ Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. ⁵⁸ This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” ⁵⁹ He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Last time we talked about the Lord Jesus is the bread of life, today we will talk about the second part. When the Lord Jesus said that I am the bread that came down from heaven, the Jews said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph?” They looked at the Lord Jesus from the human point of view, they didn’t know that the Lord Jesus is the Son of God, he descended from heaven, became flesh, and came into the world as a man. The Lord Jesus went on to say that no one can come to him unless God the Father who sent him draws them, those who come to him, believe in him have eternal life. The ancestors of the Jews ate the manna in the wilderness, the physical food still died. The Lord Jesus is the bread of life, the spiritual bread, Whoever eats this bread will never die. When the Lord Jesus said: unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. The Jews understand it from human point of view, thinking that this is cannibalism. Life is in the blood, to eat the Lord’s flesh and drink the Lord’s blood is to receive his life, and to have his life in us. In this way we abide in him, and he abides in us. We will live forever if we eat the bread that came down from heaven.
May God bless you and your family. 😀

John 6:24-40 24  24 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus. 25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” 26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” 28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” 29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” 30 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.” 35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”

We studied earlier that the Lord Jesus fed five thousand people, and the crowd came to him later. The Lord Jesus said: you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. The Lord Jesus is the Son of God and He knows everything. Then he said: Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life. The food that spoils is the physical food, and the food that endures to eternal life is the spiritual food, which is given to us by the Lord Jesus, the Son of Man. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval. When the Lord Jesus was baptized, a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” This is the seal of approval from God the Father. When people asked what must they do to do the works God requires, the Lord Jesus replied: “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” Believing in the Lord Jesus sent by God is doing God’s work. In the Old Testament when Israelites were in the wilderness, God gave them manna from heaven to eat. In the New Testament God gave spiritual food from heaven. Jesus said: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. ” The Lord Jesus is the spiritual bread, the bread of life, he is the source of life, he is the fountain of the living water. With him in our lives, with him living in us, and the Holy Spirit living in us, we Read more

John 6:16-21 16 16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, 17 where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. 18 A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened. 20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.” 21 Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

Last time we talked about the Lord Jesus feeding five thousand people. After he sent the crowds away, he went up to the mountain alone to pray. He was there at night. Here we see the importance of prayer. The disciples got on the boat and crossed the lake first, a strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. When the disciples saw Jesus walking on the water and getting closer to the boat, they were afraid and thought it was a ghost. Jesus told them not to be afraid. When the disciples took Jesus to the boat, the wind stopped, and the boat immediately reached the other side, this is another miracle. No one has ever walked on the water. The Lord Jesus walking on the water manifests his divinity.
The following is another scripture passage about the Lord Jesus calming the storm:
23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 24 Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!” 26 He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. 27 The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!” (Matthew 8:23-27)

Here it says that the Lord Jesus and his disciples were on the boat and encountered a furious storm, but Jesus was sleeping. The disciples woke him up and cried for help. Jesus calmed the storm immediately and once again demonstrated his divinity. When we have difficulties and needs, we can pray to God, pray to the Lord Jesus. He will answer our prayers and help us.
May God bless you and your family. 😀