Teresa

As we ended chapter 8 last week, we saw people picking up stones to kill Jesus, but He slipped away. Despite the threats against His life, Jesus did not fear anything, as evidenced at the beginning of chapter 9. Jesus

At the start of a new day, Jesus went to the temple to teach the people. But the Jewish leaders brought an adulterous woman to Jesus. They wanted to trap Jesus and kill the woman. They said the woman was

In John chapter 7, we see that unbelief and hostility toward Jesus are increasing. (This passage is about six months away from Jesus’ crucifixion.) The Jewish leaders were angry that Jesus healed the lame man on the Sabbath, so they

In the first six chapters of John, Jesus has one consistent message – He is life, and eternal life comes through Him. This week we see that Jesus’ consistent message caused people to grumble, to argue, and to leave Him.

After Jesus fed the 5,000 with five loaves of bread and two fish, the people continued to follow Him. But they had shallow motives; they wanted Jesus to continue to feed them bread in miraculous ways. Jesus told the people

Jesus originally planned to withdraw with His disciples to rest, fellowship, and listen to their ministry reports. But God interrupted this plan when a multitude of people expressed their desire for Jesus to teach them. The disciples wanted to send

Jesus was in Jerusalem for a Jewish festival. While there, He passed by a pool where there were many disabled people. People believed that if they entered the pool’s water at the right time, they would be healed supernaturally. At

Just after Jesus spoke with the Samaritan woman at the well, the disciples returned. They were focused on meeting Jesus’ physical needs and satisfying his physical hunger. But Jesus wanted the disciples to turn their eyes to a spiritual need

Jesus had a divine appointment in Samaria. Most Jewish people avoided going into Samaria because the Samaritans mixed the truth of God’s Word with false idols. At noon, Jesus met a Samaritan woman at a well. She was hiding from

Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a member of the Jewish ruling council. He approached Jesus at night. Why? Perhaps he wanted an uninterrupted conversation with Jesus. Nicodemus went to Jesus out of curiosity. Jesus knew Nicodemus’ heart. He knew that