The Gospel of John - Part 6

Part 6 begins in Chapter 6:16-21. This is the miracle when Jesus walked on water. After feeding the 5000, Jesus goes off to pray and the disciples get into a boat and head for Capernaum. Jesus then comes to them in the night, walking on the water.

In the second half of the video, Jesus proclaims to the crowd that He is the Bread of Life. In verse 44, Jesus says, "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day."

Jesus then tells them that they must eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood in order to have life. This of course causes much grumbling among the Jews.

Then again in verse 65 Jesus reiterates what he said in verse 44, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father."

Can anybody see the doctrine of Election here?? Salvation is all of God and none of us.

God bless and enjoy

Rob

The Gospel of John - Part 5

In this part Jesus continues to explain who he is to the Pharisees and to condemn them. If you're following along in your Bible this is in chapter 5:30-47.

Chapter 6

The video then moves into chapter 6:1-15. This is the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000

Enjoy and God Bless

Rob

The Gospel of John - Part 4

Here in Part 4 we pick up where we left off with the woman at the well and the Samaritan's in Chapter 4.

The video then picks up in John 4:46-54 which is the story of Jesus healing the Roman official's son at Capernaum.

Chapter 5

After healing the official's son, Jesus heads to Jerusalem where he heals the paralyzed man at the Pool of Bethesda. We then see the Jewish leaders question the man because he had been healed on the Sabbath.

Part 4 ends with Jesus explaining to the religious leaders the authority of the Son.

God bless

Rob

Global Warming Update

Sorry to interrupt the Gospel of John series but I just couldn't pass this up. We have another update that blows away the Gore-bull Warming hysteria. Check out this link on how Alaska is freezing this summer. Its due to be the coldest summer on record. After reading the article be sure to read the comments below. It seems, not to many people are jumping on the Goreology bandwagon.

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming : )

Rob

The Gospel of John - Part 3

This part opens up in John chapter 3. In verses 1-21 we see Jesus' encounter with Nicodemus, a Pharisee and Jewish ruler. Here Jesus tells Nicodemus, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." (John 3:3)

And of course from there Jesus tells him what is probably the most famous verse in all of Scripture, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)

Next in verses 22-36 we witness John the Baptist exalting Christ to his followers. John's disciples come to him complaining that everyone was going to Jesus to be baptized. And is verse 30 John explains to them, "He must increase, but i must decrease."

Chapter 4

The second half of the video focuses to the famous exchange between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at Jacobs well. Here Jesus tells her about "Living Water." The woman confesses to Jesus that she knows the Messiah is coming. And Jesus reveals to her in verse 26, "I who speak to you am He."


Enjoy and God bless

Rob

The Gospel of John - Part 2

In part 2 we see Jesus calling 3 of His disciples, Peter, Phillip and Nathanael,(John 1:43-51).
In this part we also see the wedding feast at Cana where Jesus performed His first miracle - turning water into wine, (John 2:1-11).
Part 2 concludes with Jesus going to Jerusalem during Passover and ends up cleansing the temple by driving out all the vendors and their animals and tuning over the tables of the money changers, (John 2:13-22)

Enjoy - God bless

Rob

The Gospel of John - Part 1

I've always wanted to see the movie The Gospel of John but just never got around to it. So I went to YouTube and typed it in and wouldn't you know it, there it is for all the world to see. Its broken up into 22 ten minute parts, so what I've decided to do is post one part each night until all 22 video's are here. Then all you've got to do is come to Raised By Grace and you can view each video until you've seen the whole movie.

It has really been a blessing to watch and is very powerful. If you love the Lord Jesus as much as I do, I think you'll really enjoy the next 22 days. And whenever you feel like you need some uplifting teaching from the Lord, you can just come back here and enjoy seeing the Gospel come to life right on your computer screen.

Here in part one we are introduced to the fact that Jesus is God "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God." (John 1:1) Here in part 1 we also meet John the Baptist.

Enjoy and God bless

Rob

The Touch of the Masters Hand

I've always loved this song so when I saw this video on YouTube I just had to post it here. Great message about how God, (The Master) comes and changes our lives from corrupt sinners to glorified saints. But without His hand in our lives we are nothing, John 15:5. You can make the video as large as your screen by clicking the middle tab in the lower right corner underneith the words "YouTube."

Enjoy

Rob

This is a devotion I stumbled upon written by Dr. John Piper from Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minn, MN. If you've ever heard John Piper preach or read any of his books then you're well aware of his heart and passion for God. If you haven't read "Desiring God," you should really read this book, it truly is amazing. You don't even have to buy it, you can read it for free by clicking on this link

But before you run off and read Desiring God, take a look at this devotional by John Piper. I think you'll find it a true blessing.

Enjoy.

God is the Gospel

John Piper

Have you ever asked why God’s forgiveness is of any value? Or what about eternal life? Have you ever asked why a person would want to have eternal life? Why should we want to live forever? These questions matter because it is possible to want forgiveness and eternal life for reasons that prove you don’t have them.

Take forgiveness, for example. You might want God’s forgiveness because you are so miserable with guilt feelings. You just want relief. If you can believe that he forgives you, then you will have some relief, but not necessarily salvation. If you only want forgiveness because of emotional relief, you won’t have God’s forgiveness. He does not give it to those who use it only to get his gifts and not himself.

Or you might want to be healed from a disease or get a good job or find a spouse. Then you hear that God can help you get these things, but that first your sins would have to be forgiven. Someone tells you to believe that Christ died for your sins, and that if you believe this, your sins will be forgiven. So you believe it in order to remove the obstacle to health and job and spouse. Is that gospel salvation? I don’t think so.

In other words, it matters what you are hoping for through forgiveness. It matters why you want it. If you want forgiveness only for the sake of savoring the creation, then the Creator is not honored and you are not saved. Forgiveness is precious for one final reason: it enables you to enjoy fellowship with God. If you don’t want forgiveness for that reason, you won’t have it at all. God will not be used as currency for the purchase of idols.

Similarly, we ask: why do we want eternal life? One might say: because hell is the alternative and that’s painful. Another might say: because there will be no sadness there. Another might say: my loved ones have gone there and I want to be with them. Others might dream of endless sex or food. Or more noble fortunes. In all these aims one thing is missing: God.

The saving motive for wanting eternal life is given in John 17:3: "This is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent." If we do not want eternal life because it means joy in God, then we won’t have eternal life. We simply kid ourselves that we are Christians, if we use the glorious gospel of Christ to get what we love more than Christ. The "good news" will not prove good to any for whom God is not the chief good.

Here is the way Jonathan Edwards put it in a sermon to his people in 1731. Read this slowly and let it waken you to the true goodness of forgiveness and life.

The redeemed have all their objective good in God. God himself is the great good which they are brought to the possession and enjoyment of by redemption. He is the highest good, and the sum of all that good which Christ purchased. God is the inheritance of the saints; he is the portion of their souls. God is their wealth and treasure, their food, their life, their dwelling place, their ornament and diadem, and their everlasting honor and glory. They have none in heaven but God; he is the great good which the redeemed are received to at death, and which they are to rise to at the end of the world. The Lord God, he is the light of the heavenly Jerusalem; and is the ‘river of the water of life’ that runs, and the tree of life that grows, ‘in the midst of the paradise of God’. The glorious excellencies and beauty of God will be what will forever entertain the minds of the saints, and the love of God will be their everlasting feast. The redeemed will indeed enjoy other things; they will enjoy the angels, and will enjoy one another: but that which they shall enjoy in the angels, or each other, or in anything else whatsoever, that will yield then delight and happiness, will be what will be seen of God in them (The Sermons of Jonathan Edwards: A Reader [New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999], pp. 74-75).

Savoring God through the gospel, with you,

Pastor John