John 8:1-11 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

Here we see that the Lord Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he returned to the temple, and all the people went to him to listen to his teaching. The scribes and Pharisees came to Jesus with a woman who had been caught in adultery, and said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” They said this to tempt Jesus to accuse him. According to Old Testament law: If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death. (Leviticus 20:10) The scribes and Pharisees brought only the adulteress and not the adulterer in order to accuse Jesus, Jesus knew everything and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” They left one by one. In fact, their sins were very great, they wanted to accuse Jesus. The Lord Jesus is sinless and can condemn this woman, but He said, “Then neither do I condemn you, Go now and leave your life of sin.” The Lord Jesus came to the world not to condemn, but to save, to save those who repent. The Lord Jesus does not look at the sins committed by an old man or old life, and gives people the opportunities to repent. If a person is willing to repent and leave the life of sin, He will forgive him and give him a new life.
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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.
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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.
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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. 😀