“You are not greater than our father Jacob, are you?” asked the Samaritan woman at the well to the stranger who offered her living water. By His death and resurrection, Jesus answers that question: He is the true Israel, greater than Jacob. “Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the […]
John 11:38-57 – Seeing the Glory of God
When Jesus called Lazarus out of the grave, Lazarus did not, from the surrounding evidence, conclude that he was alive. He simply, and obediently came forth. These are the actions of true sheep. Our faith does not rest on our evaluation of the evidence. Our faith rests in the power of God. Our eyes are […]
Acts 1:1-3 – The Reality of God’s Reign
The last description of Christ’s resurrection appearance is found in Acts. “The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: […]
Ephesians 4:1-6 One Hope
For some reason, the resurrection is one of those things that often gets relegated to the sideline in our thinking. This is quite contrary to the amount of ink spilled over it in the New Testament. A quick scan through the New Testament on the subject of hope will find you immersed in “resurrection talk”. […]
