Sermons
Expositional
Expository preaching takes a passage of scripture and explains its meaning, closely following Ezra’s method of Nehemiah 8:1-12, “So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the…
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John 7:45-53Part 71 in The Gospel of John Chapter 7 (2017)
Clergy intimidation of the laity did not start with Rome or seminaries, though they use it. Watch the numerous fallacies of Jewish rulers as they ridicule the officers sent to apprehend Jesus and Nicodemus, one of their own. Every man…
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John 7:40-44Part 70 in The Gospel of John Chapter 7 (2017)
Knowledge and truth are precious. Ignorance causes confusion and trouble. The Jews were divided about Jesus. Why not ask Him about his birthplace to discover it was the prophesied Bethlehem?! Confusion and division among Christians today is also caused by…
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John 7:37-39Part 69 in The Gospel of John Chapter 7 (2017)
These three verses are very important. They describe a new relationship between God and His children – God in them. The Holy Spirit enters obedient children at baptism and then provides layers and levels of power for greater understanding and…
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John 7:37-39Part 68 in The Gospel of John Chapter 7 (2017)
These three verses are very important. They describe a new relationship between God and His children – God in them. The Holy Spirit enters obedient children at baptism and then provides layers and levels of power for greater understanding and…
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John 7:37-39Part 67 in The Gospel of John Chapter 7 (2017)
Jesus boldly declared a wonderful offer to the children of God in Jerusalem – the personal presence of God by the Holy Spirit would be in them after Pentecost. This superabundant supply would overflow their weaknesses and needs to diffusively…
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John 7:25-36Part 66 in The Gospel of John Chapter 7 (2017)
The Jews thought they had the origin of Jesus figured out, but they were blind to several facts due to not knowing God. They also missed His prophecy about His ascension by taking His words foolishly and naturally. Praise God…
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John 7:18-24Part 65 in The Gospel of John Chapter 7 (2017)
The Jews wanted to kill Jesus for healing the impotent man on the Sabbath (5:16-18
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John 7:10-17Part 64 in The Gospel of John Chapter 7 (2017)
The people feared to discuss Jesus due to the Jewish leaders. The fear of man is a snare (Pr 29:25). His preaching blew them away by His O.T. knowledge without seminary. He told His hearers obeying God was the way…
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John 7:4-9Part 63 in The Gospel of John Chapter 7 (2017)
Jesus brothers did not believe Him as Messiah and Son of God. When they pressured Him to attend the feast in Jerusalem, He responded to them about His danger there and their lack of the same. He told them to…
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John 7:1Part 62 in The Gospel of John Chapter 7 (2017)
After the Jews tried to kill Him for healing the impotent man (John 5:16-18), Jesus remained in Galilee to avoid the spotlight and danger in Judea. When the feast of tabernacles arrived, His unbelieving brothers tried to pressure Him into…
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John 6:67-71Part 61 in The Gospel of John Chapter 6 (2017)
When the multitude of the 5000 finally all left Jesus because they did not want truth or eternal life, He asked His apostles if they wanted to leave. Peter spoke for them with a glorious declaration of their faith. But…
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John 6:60-66Part 60 in The Gospel of John Chapter 6 (2017)
Jews from the feeding of the 5000 finally turn away from Jesus due to His hard doctrine. Jesus explained that the issue was not His preaching but rather their lack of spiritual life and comprehension. It would not matter what…
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John 6:48-59Part 59 in The Gospel of John Chapter 6 (2017)
Jesus is the true bread, and eating Him is to have eternal life. He then used flesh and blood symbols for Himself. Jews thought cannibalism
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John 6:44-47Part 58 in The Gospel of John Chapter 6 (2017)
Jesus told His critical audience that the reason they balked at His doctrine was their fault, not His. They were not born again. They had not been drawn or taught by God to come to Him. They were still dead…
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John 6:41-44Part 57 in The Gospel of John Chapter 6 (2017)
Why would these Jews resist and resent Jesus their Messiah? Because they had no spiritual life – they were not regenerated. No man can or will believe on Jesus Christ unless Almighty God makes an incredible change in Him. Only…
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John 6:37-40Part 56 in The Gospel of John Chapter 6 (2017)
The 5000 men plus women and children that Jesus fed are reduced in number, but they still want to argue and fuss against Jesus and His doctrine of eternal life. All they think about is the next free meal. He…
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John 6:38-39Part 55 in The Gospel of John Chapter 6 (2017)
The will of Almighty God is the First Cause of all things, especially salvation. Jesus came to do the will of God, which was to be Redeemer for all the elect. Jesus guaranteed and promised not to lose a single…
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John 6:37Part 54 in The Gospel of John Chapter 6 (2017)
Jesus drew a line. He told His audience that they had seen Him but would not believe (6:36). He explained that all the elect God had chosen for heaven would believe, thus indicating they were not part of the plan.…
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John 6:37aPart 53 in The Gospel of John Chapter 6 (2017)
Most like the second half of John 6:37 about Jesus never casting any out that come to Him. But it is the first half that introduces the next nine verses about the sovereign grace of God in eternal life and…
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John 6:27-37Part 52 in The Gospel of John Chapter 6 (2017)
Jesus healed many and fed the 5000 all they could eat. Their lusts of the flesh caused them to pursue Christ with words that sounded quite good. But the Lord exposed their carnal thoughts by spiritual truth and rejected them…