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 151 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 20) Chapter 4 Conclusion / Intro to Chapter 5 4106 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. Ed Miller No_20_John_Conclusion_chap_4_Intro_chap_5.mp3 John 4:46 - 5:1-15
 152 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 21) Chapter 5 - Bethesda: What is Life 4106 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. Ed Miller No_21_John_ch_5_Bethesda_What_is_Life.mp3 John 5:1-30
 153 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 22) Chapter 5 Conclusion - Intro to Chapter 6 4106 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! Ed Miller No_22_John_ch_5_conclude_Intro_chap 6.mp3 John 5:31-47, John 6
 154 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 23) Chapter 6 - Feeding Five Thousand 4106 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! Ed Miller No_23_John_Ch_6_Feeding_Five_Thousand.mp3 John 6:1-14
 155 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 24) Chapter 6 - The Stormy Sea 4106 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. Ed Miller No_24_John_chapter_6_The_Stormy_Sea.MP3 John 6:15-21
 156 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 25) Chapter 6 - Bread of Life 4106 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. Ed Miller No_25_John_chapter_6_Bread_of_Life.MP3 John 6:22-71
 157 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 26) Chapter 6 Conclusion - Intro To Chapter 7 4106 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! Ed Miller No_26_John_Conclude_6_Intro_7.MP3 John 6 & 7; Matthew 14:22-32
 158 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 27) Chapter 7 - Feast of Tabernacles 4106 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. Ed Miller No_27_John_Chapter_7_Feas_of_Tabernacle.MP3 John 7
 159 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 28) Chapter 8 - The Adulteress 4106 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! Ed Miller No_28_John_Chapter_8_The_Adulteress.MP3 John 8:1-11
 160 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 29) Chapter 8 - I AM 4106 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. Ed Miller No_29_John_8_I_AM.MP3 John 8:12-59
 161 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 30) Chapter 8 Conclusion - Intro To Chapter 9 4106 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). Ed Miller No_30_John_End_chapter_8_Intro_Chap_9.MP3 John 8 & 9
 162 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 31) Chapter 9 - Continue Problem of Suffering 4106 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! Ed Miller No_31_John_Chap_9_Continue_prob_of_Suffering.MP3 John 9
 163 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 32) Chapter 9 Conclusion - Intro To Chapter 10 4106 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). Ed Miller No_32_John_End_9_Begin_10.MP3 John 9 & 10
 164 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 33) Chapter 10: Faith and Life 4106 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. Ed Miller No_33_John_10_Faith_Life.MP3 John 10
 165 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 34) Chapter 10 Conclusion - Intro To Chapter 11 4106 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!" Ed Miller No.34_John_Conclude_Chapter_10_begin_Chapter_11.MP3 John 10 & 11
 166 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 35) Chapter 11: Faith 4106 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)! Ed Miller No.35_John_Chapter_11_Faith.MP3 John 11
 167 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 36) Chapter 11: Christ the Life Pt. 1 4106 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). Ed Miller No.36_John_Chapter_11_LIFE.MP3 John 11
 168 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 37) Chapter 11: Christ the Life Pt. 2 4106 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. Ed Miller No.37_John_Christ_the_Life.MP3 John 11
 169 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 38) Chapter 11 Conclusion - Intro To Chapter 12 4106 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. Ed Miller No.38_John_Conclude_Chapter_11_begin_Chapter_12.MP3 John 11 - 12
 170 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 39) Chapter 12:1-7 Real Ministry 4106 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. Ed Miller No.39_John_Chapter_12_1-7.MP3 John 12:1-7
 171 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 40) Chapter 12:20:36 Grain of Wheat 4106 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. 2008-06-28 Ed Miller No.40_John_Chapter_12_Grain_of_Wheat.MP3 John 12:20-36
 172 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 41) Chapter 13 - Introduction: Foot Washer 4106 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). Ed Miller No.41_John_Introduction_Foot_Washer.MP3 John 13:1-15
 173 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 42) Chapter 13 - Foot Washing: What is Faith 4106 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). Ed Miller No.42_John_Foot_Washing_What_is_Faith.MP3 John 13:1-15
 174 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 43) Chapter 13 - Foot Washing: What is Life 4106 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. 2008-10-09 Ed Miller No.43_Foot_Washing_What_is_Life.MP3 John 13
 175 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 44) Chapter 14 - Cure for All Heart Trouble 4106 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. 2008-10-23 Ed Miller No.44_Gospel_of_John_Chap_14.MP3 John 14
 176 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 45) Chapter 14 - Jesus is God 4106 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. Ed Miller No.45_Gospel_of_John_Chap_Jesus_is_God.MP3 John 14
 177 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 46) Chapter 14 - In Jesus Name and Two Advocates 4106 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! Ed Miller No.46_Gospel_of_John_In_Jesus_Name_Two_Advocates.MP3 John 14
 178 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 47) Chapter 14 - Holy Spirit as Revealer and Manifester of Christ 4106 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. Ed Miller No.47_Gospel_of_John_Holy_Spirit_as_Revealer_and_Manifester_of_Christ.MP3 John 14; John 16:14-18
 179 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 48) Chapter 15 - Victor: The True Vine 4106 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. Ed Miller No.48_Gospel_of_John_15_Victor_True_Vine.MP3 John 15:1-11
 180 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 49) Chapter 15 - Abiding in the Vine 4106 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. Ed Miller No.49_Gospel_of_John_15_Abiding_in_the_vine.MP3 John 15:1-11; Ezekiel 15:1-5; John 6:56
 181 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 50) Chapter 15 - Pruning 4106 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. Ed Miller No.50_Gospel_of_John__15_Pruning.MP3 John 15:1-11
 182 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 51) Chapter 15 Conclusion / Begin Chapter 17 4106 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. Ed Miller No.51_Gospel_of_John_15_conclusion_ begin_John_17.MP3 John 15 & 17
 183 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 52) Chapter 17: Introduction 4106 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. Ed Miller No.52_Gospel_of_John_17_Introduction_ Ex_28.MP3 John 17
 184 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 53) Chapter 17: Prophetic, Past Glory, and Eternal Life 4106 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. Ed Miller No.53_Gospel_of_John_17_ Prophetic_past_ glory_ Eternal_Life.MP3 John 17
 185 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 54) Chapter 17: Requests 4106 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. Ed Miller No.54_Gospel_of_John_17_Requests.MP3 John 17
 186 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 55) Chapter 17: Conclusion / Intro to Chapters 18-19 4106 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! Ed Miller No_55_John_Chapter_17_conclusion_Introduction_18-19.mp3 John 17-19; Psalm 11:4
 187 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 56) Chapters 18-19: Introduction - Who Is in Charge 4106 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! Ed Miller No_56_John_Introduction_to_Chapter_18_and_19_Who_is_in_Charge.mp3 John 18-19
 188 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 57) Chapters 18-19: What Faith Is Not 4106 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! Ed Miller No_57_Gospel_of_John_Chapter_18_and_19_What_faith_is_not.mp3 John 18-19
 189 New Testament Books Gospels John (John 58) Chapters 18-19: Pilate 4106 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. Ed Miller No_58_Gospel_of_John_Pilate.mp3 John 18-19
 190 New Testament Books Gospels Luke (Luke 25) Stormy Sea 4105 Ed Miller No_25_Luke_Stormy_Sea.mp3
 191 New Testament Books Gospels Luke (Luke 26) The Clincher Miracles 4105 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. Ed Miller Luke_26_TheClincherMiracles.mp3 Luke 8:26-56
 192 New Testament Books Gospels Luke (Luke 27) Sending Out of the Twelve 4105 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! Ed Miller Luke_27_SendingOut12Diciples.mp3 Luke 9:1-17
 193 New Testament Books Gospels Luke (Luke 28) The Transfiguration 4105 The Galilian ministry. The central theme is the transfiguration. Ed Miller Luke_28_TheTransfiguration.mp3 Luke 9:18-50
 194 New Testament Books Gospels Luke (Luke 29) The Judean Ministry 4105 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. Ed Miller Luke_29_JudeanMinistry.mp3 Luke 9:51-62
 195 New Testament Books Gospels Luke (Luke 30) Chapter 10: Missions 4105 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. Ed Miller Luke_30_Chap10Missions.mp3 Luke 10
 196 New Testament Books Gospels Luke (Luke 31) The Lord's Prayer 4105 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. Ed Miller Luke_31_TheLordsPrayer.mp3 Luke 11:1-4, Matthew 6:9-13
 197 New Testament Books Gospels Luke (Luke 32) Prayer: Father and Friend 4105 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! Ed Miller Luke_32PrayerFatherAndFriend.mp3 Luke 11:1-13
 198 New Testament Books Gospels Luke (Luke 33) Outworkings of Prayer 4105 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. Ed Miller Luke_33_OutworkingsOfPrayer.mp3 Luke 11:14-29
 199 New Testament Books Gospels Luke (Luke 34) The Sign of Jonah 4105 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. Ed Miller Luke_34_TheSignOfJonah.mp3 Luke 11:29-54
 200 New Testament Books Gospels Luke (Luke 35) Characteristics of Life 4105 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. Ed Miller Luke_35_CharacteristicsOfLife.mp3 Luke 12:1-34