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(John 20) Chapter 4 Conclusion / Intro to Chapter 5 |
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Faith is watching Jesus keep His word. The Lord, in His compassion, patience and faithfulness, is dealing with you so that you can trust Him without a sign. Chapter 5 introduces us to Christ as the merciful healer of sinful cripples. Faith is willingness to be made whole. You don't need more information; you just need more willingness. |
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John 4:46 - 5:1-15 |
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(John 21) Chapter 5 - Bethesda: What is Life |
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Life is the ability to walk--to obey God now, to enter into liberty, joy and rest in the Lord! Childlike faith has instantaneous possibilites at any moment in my life to be the Christian He wants me to be. The moment you begin your miracle starts a collision course with the religious world, to those who think life is rules and regulations and not identification with the Person of Jesus Christ. |
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No_21_John_ch_5_Bethesda_What_is_Life.mp3 |
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John 5:1-30 |
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(John 22) Chapter 5 Conclusion - Intro to Chapter 6 |
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Jesus didn't violate the Sabbath but only the distortion of the Sabbath by the religious leaders who didn't understand rest or unique relationship with God. There is a great danger of substituting the Bible for Christ Himself. In chapter 6 Jesus is the Master Teacher and the One who walks victoriously over every storm! |
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No_22_John_ch_5_conclude_Intro_chap 6.mp3 |
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John 5:31-47, John 6 |
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(John 23) Chapter 6 - Feeding Five Thousand |
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Jesus is not only the Master Teacher but is the Curriculum; the goal of teaching is coming to Christ, not learning a lesson. Faith is coming to Jesus in order to obey impossible commands. Christ is the All-Sufficient One to feed the hungry through me! At the end of the day Jesus is more than enough for you and everybody else even though it doesn't look like it or feel like it! |
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No_23_John_Ch_6_Feeding_Five_Thousand.mp3 |
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John 6:1-14 |
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(John 24) Chapter 6 - The Stormy Sea |
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The stormy sea has as its context the testing of the Master teacher's teaching. Our natural hearts always gravitate towards sight, but the Lord Jesus' highest desire is that we trust Him on the mountain when He's out of view. Even when we fail, He always deals with who we are and where we are in order to bring us to the place where He desires. |
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No_24_John_chapter_6_The_Stormy_Sea.MP3 |
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John 6:15-21 |
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(John 25) Chapter 6 - Bread of Life |
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Christ is the Bread and Drink of Life; He is both source and supply. The Father is drawing the willing; Christ is putting a stumblingblock before the unreal to drive them away. The full explanation of what faith is is illustrated by eating and drinking. |
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No_25_John_chapter_6_Bread_of_Life.MP3 |
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John 6:22-71 |
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(John 26) Chapter 6 Conclusion - Intro To Chapter 7 |
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In chapter 6 the Holy Spirit focuses on the truth of obedience. The feeding of the 5000 teaches that obedience is returning to the feet of Jesus for that which is necessary to fulfill His requirements. Peter's walking on the water (from Matthew 14) teaches that you cannot obey the Lord apart from a mighty miracle of God. In John 7 at the greatest of all feasts, the Feast of Tabernacles, the Lord Jesus advanced upon the thought of living waters as a spring towards missions--torrential rivers flowing through you!
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No_26_John_Conclude_6_Intro_7.MP3 |
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John 6 & 7; Matthew 14:22-32 |
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(John 27) Chapter 7 - Feast of Tabernacles |
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The deeper the revelation of Christ, the greater the opposition against Him. Christ is the living water. Faith is willingness to do His will; faith is also drinking. Life is the quenching of thirst--satisfaction--and the outflow of personal blessing to others. |
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No_27_John_Chapter_7_Feas_of_Tabernacle.MP3 |
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John 7 |
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(John 28) Chapter 8 - The Adulteress |
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The religious leaders thought they had Jesus in a catch-22 situation by getting Him to trespassg either against Rome or against the law of Moses. Jesus' writing the word (of God) on the ground with His finger (a symbol of the Holy Spirit); the Spirit and the Word bring conviction of sin. This adultress, like us, find that in the hand of the Lord Jesus Christ there is no condemnation! |
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No_28_John_Chapter_8_The_Adulteress.MP3 |
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John 8:1-11 |
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(John 29) Chapter 8 - I AM |
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Jesus reveals most fully here than anywhere else His relationship with His holy Father God. Who is Christ? He is the Son of the Father. He is the "I AM", the same One who appeared to Moses at the burning bush proclaiming His underived existence. |
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No_29_John_8_I_AM.MP3 |
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John 8:12-59 |
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(John 30) Chapter 8 Conclusion - Intro To Chapter 9 |
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In chapter 8, Christ is the Son of God, faith is following Christ as the Light of the world, and life is freedom from stoning (justification) and sinning (sanctification). In chapter 9, Christ is the omnipotent giver of sight to those who are hopelessly blind. Faith is unquestioning obedience. Life is the progressive ability to see. Eyesight costs nothing in its reception but costs everything in its outworking (i.e., excommunication, outside the camp).
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No_30_John_End_chapter_8_Intro_Chap_9.MP3 |
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John 8 & 9 |
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(John 31) Chapter 9 - Continue Problem of Suffering |
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Any condition--no matter how bad it is--we can turn to the glory of God. God always rules and overrules. Don't worry about how the man was born blind (i.e. how suffering comes about); Jesus' mission is to make this condition redemptive! |
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No_31_John_Chap_9_Continue_prob_of_Suffering.MP3 |
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John 9 |
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(John 32) Chapter 9 Conclusion - Intro To Chapter 10 |
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Chapter 9 shows a great contrast between spiritual eyesight and spiritual blindness. Spiritual blindness is progressive, moving from ignorance to willful ignorance to unteachableness. The childlike spirit is open minded to truth from anybody and close minded to error. The discourse of our Lord Jesus at the Feast of Dedication in chapter 10 shows Christ as the Good Shepherd. We'll never see how great God is until we see how frail we are (like sheep). |
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No_32_John_End_9_Begin_10.MP3 |
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John 9 & 10 |
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(John 33) Chapter 10: Faith and Life |
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Life is a relationship, as depicted by the Shepherd and His sheep. Life is an abundance of coming in for worship and going out for witness. Life is rest and security in the hand of Almighty God. The healed blind man could be kicked out of the synagogue but they couldn't kick him out of the hand of the Shepherd. |
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No_33_John_10_Faith_Life.MP3 |
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John 10 |
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(John 34) Chapter 10 Conclusion - Intro To Chapter 11 |
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As the Lord guides His sheep, His leading is definite and specific. If He brings conviction, there is a specific area in which He deals. Satan loves to nag and gives an indefinite generality that brings condemnation. In chapter 10, Martha's error was looking to a doctrine (the resurrection) rather than to the Lord Jesus Himself. The invitation to the sheep is, "The Master is here and He's calling you to the truth of resurrection life!" |
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No.34_John_Conclude_Chapter_10_begin_Chapter_11.MP3 |
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John 10 & 11 |
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(John 35) Chapter 11: Faith |
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It is a great test to any Christian when Jesus seems far away; we are tempted, like Mary and Martha, to forget He loves us and that we're His friends. Jesus was deliberately confusing, giving them a clear word that wasn't clear. God bypasses the prayer of the lips (or the moment) to answer the prayer of the heart (or the life)! |
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No.35_John_Chapter_11_Faith.MP3 |
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John 11 |
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(John 36) Chapter 11: Christ the Life Pt. 1 |
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Life is knowing Christ as the resurrection and the life. Life is being set free from the robes of corruption. In stage 1 as Christ as the resurrection, you give up all; in stage 2 as Christ as the life, you take all (i.e. appropriate His life). |
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No.36_John_Chapter_11_LIFE.MP3 |
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John 11 |
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(John 37) Chapter 11: Christ the Life Pt. 2 |
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The helplessness of "Lazarus living"--bound up with gravesclothes as a picture of a Christian living bound up in fleshly living--can only be overcome by a mighty miracle of God. The Lord Jesus intends for friends and family to "roll away the stone" (announce good news) and "unbind them and let them go" (releasing the life of Christ) in seemingly hopeless cases. Martha and Mary were very different people and the Lord was so accommodating to meet each where they (and we) are.
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No.37_John_Christ_the_Life.MP3 |
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John 11 |
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(John 38) Chapter 11 Conclusion - Intro To Chapter 12 |
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Every place is dangerous that is not the will of God. Jesus could face the hostility of the Jews because He knew He was in God's will. Lazarus' resurrection teaches us that every time God does something in your life, He does it for everybody in your circle of influence. Mary in chapter 12 illustrates that faith is worship and worship is ministering to the heart of Jesus. Real service is not manward and having to meet a need. |
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No.38_John_Conclude_Chapter_11_begin_Chapter_12.MP3 |
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John 11 - 12 |
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(John 39) Chapter 12:1-7 Real Ministry |
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The motive for all real ministry is to minister to the heart of Jesus, not to meet a need. Mary of Bethany illustrates this wonderful truth in her premeditated act of breaking the alabaster flask of perfume. Whereas Judas shows what Jesus received, Mary glorified Christ as the One who deserves lavish love. |
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No.39_John_Chapter_12_1-7.MP3 |
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John 12:1-7 |
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(John 40) Chapter 12:20:36 Grain of Wheat |
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Jesus' public ministry closes with Christ as the grain of wheat--His willingness to die for seekers (like the Greeks who came) in light of future fruitfulness. Those Greeks who represented the seekers, coming to worship like the wise men at the beginning, open up the hour in which the Son of Man would be glorified. |
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No.40_John_Chapter_12_Grain_of_Wheat.MP3 |
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John 12:20-36 |
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(John 41) Chapter 13 - Introduction: Foot Washer |
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Chapters 13 - 17 are unique chapters in which the Lord Jesus turns from the world to His own. Christ is not only the foot washer but the head to foot washer (depicting salvation). Peter's supposed "high view" of the Lord had to be adjusted in order for him to enjoy intimate union with Him in spiritual refreshing (as pictured by foot washing). |
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No.41_John_Introduction_Foot_Washer.MP3 |
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John 13:1-15 |
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(John 42) Chapter 13 - Foot Washing: What is Faith |
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Who is Christ? He is the head-to-foot washer (a Savior from past sins) AND the foot washer (cleanser of the present Christian life). Foot washing is all about having a part with Jesus, accepting His grace. Faith is letting Jesus wash our feet (i.e. refreshing us, serving us). |
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No.42_John_Foot_Washing_What_is_Faith.MP3 |
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John 13:1-15 |
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(John 43) Chapter 13 - Foot Washing: What is Life |
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Life is washing my brother's and sister's feet, that is, bringing spiritual refreshment to others after being refreshed by Jesus. Washing feet is a mighty miracle of God; only God can put the slave apron in your heart. |
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No.43_Foot_Washing_What_is_Life.MP3 |
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John 13 |
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(John 44) Chapter 14 - Cure for All Heart Trouble |
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Jesus is the cure for all our heart trouble. We can be as free from anxiety and fear about the world as God is. The four questions asked by the disciples are representative questions of things that would take away our peace: indwelling sin, the future, knowledge of God, and God's dealing with men. The Lord Jesus brings the spotlight back to Himself as the way, the truth, and the life that severs our need for a formula, a doctrine, or an experience.
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No.44_Gospel_of_John_Chap_14.MP3 |
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John 14 |
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(John 45) Chapter 14 - Jesus is God |
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Faith is trusting in Jesus as God. Jesus assured Peter's heart not to be troubled about his upcoming denial because He was going to the cross to prepare his heart to be the Father's house! Christ is central to the Godhead to reveal everything we'll ever know about the Father for all eternity. |
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John 14 |
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(John 46) Chapter 14 - In Jesus Name and Two Advocates |
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Life is peace and rest. When I'm trusting in the Lord Jesus in simple faith I need never fret or fear about anything in the whole wide world! Praying "in Jesus name" is not about the words but an attitude of heart that trusts in Christ's merit. The Holy Spirit is not our "client" but Jesus' client who lives in our heart to defend the name, the reputation, and the cause of Christ. The Spirit is fighting for His Client and ultimately He's going to win His case! |
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No.46_Gospel_of_John_In_Jesus_Name_Two_Advocates.MP3 |
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John 14 |
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(John 47) Chapter 14 - Holy Spirit as Revealer and Manifester of Christ |
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I need the Holy Spirit to open the eyes of my heart to see Jesus. When the Spirit comes to us to convict the world of sin, He teaches Christians to live by faith, which consequently convicts the world of unbelief. The ruler of this world, Satan, has been cast out at the cross and in my life as a defeated foe. |
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No.47_Gospel_of_John_Holy_Spirit_as_Revealer_and_Manifester_of_Christ.MP3 |
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John 14; John 16:14-18 |
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(John 48) Chapter 15 - Victor: The True Vine |
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Christ calls us to be of good courage because He has overcome the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the boastful pride of life. Christ has overcome everything that stands opposed to the will of God. Christians are in danger when they try to pick up fighting a war that Jesus already won. Faith is abiding in the True Vine, Jesus. |
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No.48_Gospel_of_John_15_Victor_True_Vine.MP3 |
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John 15:1-11 |
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(John 49) Chapter 15 - Abiding in the Vine |
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Life is the fruit that comes from abiding in Christ, the True Vine. A great place in the life of any Christian is when he realizes, "I am not the vine." You were placed in Christ; all you need to do is stay there. |
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No.49_Gospel_of_John_15_Abiding_in_the_vine.MP3 |
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John 15:1-11; Ezekiel 15:1-5; John 6:56 |
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(John 50) Chapter 15 - Pruning |
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God is watching over the branches as the abide in Christ the Vine; His job is to make sure the Vine produces fruit. The whole responsibility of pruning from start to finish is in God's capable hands. He has only one pruning tool: the Word. Every time you see Christ in this Book you are pruned, growing toward conformity towards Christ. |
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No.50_Gospel_of_John__15_Pruning.MP3 |
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John 15:1-11 |
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(John 51) Chapter 15 Conclusion / Begin Chapter 17 |
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Abiding in Jesus does not just mean fruit of being conformed to the image of Christ but also persecution. The more fruitful you are, the more outside the camp you will be. Prayer was a holy habit of our Lord Jesus. Chapter 17 is the seed plot of the book of Hebrews and His present ministry. |
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No.51_Gospel_of_John_15_conclusion_ begin_John_17.MP3 |
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John 15 & 17 |
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(John 52) Chapter 17: Introduction |
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Jesus' prayer opens up several breath-taking glimpses of the heart of God, like God's neverchanging love for us, God's gift to Jesus. The Aaronic priesthood foreshadowed Christ as one who gives equal representation before God of each individual child of God. The Lord Jesus Christ came to represent all God's children so that they can stand in the place of divine approval. |
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No.52_Gospel_of_John_17_Introduction_ Ex_28.MP3 |
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John 17 |
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(John 53) Chapter 17: Prophetic, Past Glory, and Eternal Life |
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The "prophetic past tense" (where Jesus prays as if something has already happened) fills the heart with certainty. Jesus' acquired glory is the glory He acquired while upon earth in His sinless life and death on the cross. It is this glory that He longs to share with His people. Eternal life is the life of the Eternal One living in your heart. |
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No.53_Gospel_of_John_17_ Prophetic_past_ glory_ Eternal_Life.MP3 |
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John 17 |
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(John 54) Chapter 17: Requests |
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In Christ's High Priestly Prayer, seven requests are noted: knowing God, being kept from sin, sanctification, unity, beholding His glory, knowing His love, and missions. When you pray, do you model them after the prayers of our Lord Jesus? We are here because we have a God to know and make known, not because we have a "job to do". Regarding Jesus' prayer for Christian unity, you can transcend all the differences among Christians by focusing on Christ. |
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John 17 |
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(John 55) Chapter 17: Conclusion / Intro to Chapters 18-19 |
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The unity Jesus prayed for is not reducing faith to the least common denominator, like the ecumenical movement. Beholding His glory is when I see Jesus in the Word. Chapters 18 and 19 pass over so many important details of our Lord's suffering so that we might focus on the trial of Jesus. John's intentional selection is that we may see who really was in charge: it's the trial of those who tried Christ!
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John 17-19; Psalm 11:4 |
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(John 56) Chapters 18-19: Introduction - Who Is in Charge |
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Behind the scenes of the trial of Jesus is this age old war between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman. Our Lord Jesus Christ saw all the adverisities and sufferings as the cup the Father had given Him, not something man or Satan was doing to Him. Man doing his worst was all so that the Father could do His best! |
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John 18-19 |
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(John 57) Chapters 18-19: What Faith Is Not |
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Faith is identification with a rejected Savior; faith is not hypocrisy or externalism. Hypocrisy is a common substitute for faith. The sinful heart will always choose a robber over Almighty God. With the Law the priests of earth condemned the Priest of heaven, the Lawgiver and Lawkeeper! |
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John 18-19 |
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(John 58) Chapters 18-19: Pilate |
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Pontius Pilate is God's illustration that faith is not neutrality. God will engineer the path, timing and spiritual reality through a real Christian for the greatest impact. Jesus witnessed the good confession before Pilate--non-resistance. |
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John 18-19 |
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(Luke 25) Stormy Sea |
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(Luke 26) The Clincher Miracles |
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The final three miracles of Luke chapter 8 are grouped together as an organic unit, showing all of mankind (man, woman & child), extreme cases (strongest enemy, smallest amount of faith, man's most unsolveable problem), and other observations. Most importantly, this grouping reveals our Lord Jesus as the Mighty Deliverer, the Sensitive Savior, and the Lord of Life. |
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Luke 8:26-56 |
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(Luke 27) Sending Out of the Twelve |
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Jesus sends the twelve forth on a 'graduate course' in ministry that lasted six months to a year. To defuse the 'look what we did' mentality, Christ sets up the feeding of five thousand to drive the message home that they didn't do it, but it was Him doing it through them. The twelve baskets of crumbs gathered up teach us that Jesus is more than enough for what we will ever face! |
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Luke 9:1-17 |
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(Luke 28) The Transfiguration |
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The Galilian ministry. The central theme is the transfiguration. |
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Luke 9:18-50 |
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(Luke 29) The Judean Ministry |
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This Judean section covers one and a half years, emphasizing teaching, moving towards Jerusalem, the cross and training the disciples to go to the cross. The Sons of Thunder wanting to call fire down on the Samaritans illustrates our need for God to change our anti-missionary heart to a missionary one. Loyalty to Christ without His spirit is a dangerous one. |
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Luke 9:51-62 |
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(Luke 30) Chapter 10: Missions |
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One of the greatest chapters on missions, Luke 10 teaches us not to rejoice in what we do but in Who we know. The point of the parable of the Good Samaritan is not, "Help your neighbor," but one of character: who are you? Mary becomes the example of the gospel by sitting at Jesus' feet as a receiver. To Martha, Jesus was the honored guest; to Mary, He was the host. |
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Luke 10 |
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(Luke 31) The Lord's Prayer |
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The key point of the Lord's prayer is relationship, and Ed draws out how the various relationships are underscored, such as Father-child, holy God-sinner, King-subject, and so on. As the model prayer progresses, God gets bigger and bigger and man gets smaller and smaller. In prayer we pour out our hearts before the Lord, expressing our longings to see Him and to depend upon Him for everything. |
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Luke 11:1-4, Matthew 6:9-13 |
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(Luke 32) Prayer: Father and Friend |
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The parable of the friend at midnight and the father on prayer are not comparisons but contrasts. God is not a sleepy, old grouch but an infinitely better Friend who never says, "Don't bother Me." The message of these parables isn't persevering in prayer but rather having a boldness, confidence and assurance to pour out your heart to your Friend and Father any time day or night! |
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Luke 11:1-13 |
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(Luke 33) Outworkings of Prayer |
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Jesus is infinitely stronger than Satan, and He casts him out by the finger of God, which is the Spirit of God. The one who gets the Holy Spirit is the one who asks for Him. The blessedness of the Virgin Mary after the natural is not to be compared to the infinitely higher blessedness of being related to Jesus through the Word of God. |
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Luke 11:14-29 |
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(Luke 34) The Sign of Jonah |
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Ed ties together the sign of Jonah to the resurrected Christ living in us in connection with this great prayer chapter. If we can have a single eye on the Lord--not on many things like missions and family and witnessing--then our whole body will be full of light and the world will see Jesus in us--the sign of Jonah. What the world needs is more Christians praying the Lord's Prayer in reality. |
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Luke 11:29-54 |
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(Luke 35) Characteristics of Life |
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What is real life? It is the Holy Spirit's union with the human spirit. These passages unveil what kind of life a believer in union with Jesus will have, such as freedom from greed and anxiety and fear. The more you enter into His kingship (not by trying not to be greedy or anxious), the more all of these characteristics of life will fall into place. |
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Luke 12:1-34 |
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