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The Seven Signs of the Gospel of John Sign #7: Raising of Lazarus John 10:40-11:57 Take This To Heart Spiritually Hardened People Will “Explain Away” Any/All Evidence that Jesus is the Christ Spiritually Open People Can Move From Biblical Evidence to Believe that Jesus in the Christ Believers Have Been Promised Everlasting Life by Him Who Raised the Dead/Healed the Blind and Who Made Atonement for Sin on His Cross/Validated by His Resurrection from the Dead. Salvation is Not Something […]

The Seven Signs of the Gospel of John Sign #6: The Healing of a Man Born Blind John 9:1-41 Take This To Heart The reason the vast majority of the people of Israel in Jesus’ day (including 98% of the religious leaders) rejected Jesus was not due to a lack of opportunity or an absence of information/validation. It was a matter of hardened hearts. Important to Note: this was not a matter of secular thinkers vs spiritual thinkers, it was […]

The Seven Signs of the Gospel of John Sign #4: Jesus the Water-Walker John 6:16-40 John 6:16-40 Jesus the Water Walker is the Bread of Life Jesus walking on the water of the Sea of Galilee was a unique sign miracle validating the truth that He is the Issue/Issuer of Everlasting Life to all who believe in Him. This truth is comforting to those who do believe but confounding/offensive to those who do not. The Ultimate Question Who Was/Is Jesus?   […]

How Should Christians Respond When Our Society is in Spiritual/Moral Freefall? Psalm 11 For the Choir Director, a Psalm of David Take This To Heart Even in perilous times, Christians should punt panic and positively persevere. Even when the spiritual/moral foundations of a society are destroyed, believers in the Lord Jesus Christ can continue to build our lives, our families and our churches on those (vilified/rejected) truths as we trust and obey the LORD walking with Him one day/one step […]

The Seven Signs of the Gospel of John Sign #3: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished John 5:1-18     Take This To Heart Truth IS Stranger Than Fiction: Christ and Christ-Centered Christianity Always Has and Always Will Have Both Secular and Religious Opponents Because the Good News of Jesus is Gross Nonsense to Many!?! Those in Christian Circles Who Try to Take the “Scandal” Out of Christianity By Becoming “Politically Correct/Culturally Seeker Sensitive” are Theologically Incorrect and Repudiating the Example […]

The Seven Signs of the Gospel of John Sign #2: A Remote Miracle Catalyzes Real Faith John 4:43-54   Take This To Heart 1: When we come to the LORD with requests (“whats”) we should not demand specific mechanisms (“the hows”) by which He should respond to us. 2: Prayer is a grace channel of communication by which we seek and submit to His God’s will (what/how) realizing that “No!” and/or “I will respond in a different way than you […]