Category: John

John 9:35-41
35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

36 “Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”

37 Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”

38 Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.

39 Jesus said,[a] “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”

40 Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”

41 Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.

The call is for us to shut our eyes to this world and look through His eyes. I can only dream of what He sees in all of us. The beauty He saw and continues to see in us must be astoinding. So beautiful that He came and gave His life for us on the cross.

Jesus came to teach and to save, not to destroy. There is way that we can walk this earth in control through the power of the Holy Spirit. We must practice His ways. We must strive to be more like Jesus every day.

Those that see will become blind. Those that are blind will see. The meek will inherit the earth. Those in first will be last. Those who exalt themselves will be humbled. The list goes on and on. It’s time to serve others and receive His blessing through giving it away to others. It will come back…7×70. #JesusSaves

Amen
DK 

John 9:13-34
13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. 14 Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath. 15 Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.”

16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.”

But others asked, “How can a sinner perform such signs?” So they were divided.

17 Then they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.”

The man replied, “He is a prophet.”

18 They still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man’s parents. 19 “Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?”

20 “We know he is our son,” the parents answered, “and we know he was born blind. 21 But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue. 23 That was why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”

24 A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,” they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”

25 He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”

26 Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

27 He answered, “I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”

28 Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses! 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”

30 The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will. 32 Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

34 To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.

The answer for the Pharisees was at first to claim Jesus was not from God because He healed a blind man on the Sabbath. Next they said that Jesus was not a prophet, because they believed on the Law of Moses. Lastly, they say that the man was never a man of God and was born impure and a sinner.

Grasping at straws. Seeing with their eyes rather than their heart. There must’ve been many who believed that Pharisees, but they could not admit it publicly for fear of being barred from the synagogue. Fear ruled these men. Fear doomed these men. Fear is waiting for you if you give it your attention.

Do not be like these blind men. There are many blind men that walk this earth today. They take with them not only their soils, but the souls of their house. They block the free blessing of Salvation offers to all families through the head of the house. Stop blocking your family. Stop blocking your children. Let them receive the light of Jesus Christ through you. How? Take them to Church. Teach them to pray. Buy them a Bible that they can read ND learn of Him. He will take it from there.

The choice is that you continue to ignore God’s calling on your life. Nothing good can come from that. Only distraction and fear. #JesusSaves

Amen
DK

I was blind, but now I see…

John 9:1-12
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

6 After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. 7 “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.

8 His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some claimed that he was.

Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”

But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”

10 “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.

11 He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”

12 “Where is this man?” they asked him.

“I don’t know,” he said.

The man was blind so that the good works of God could be witnessed by others. Affliction for advancement of the kingdom of God. To be fortified and galvanized through trial. Once handed to Him, the trial becomes a blessing. Miracles happen everyday, and this blind man could now see because of his faith and belief in Jesus.

Look back on your life and spot that affliction that hit you pretty hard. If it was physical, emotional, or spiritual, remember the trial. Now remember the blessing that was produced through that blessing. Got it? Now share it. That is your testimony. 

A few weeks ago, an older coach who I have known for quite some time came by the gym. He has been fighting Leukemia for years and look downcast and beaten down. He was on his way to see his doctor and needed something. His eyes searched for healing. We prayed together in my office for healing. As he keft, he said he felt something. He felt lifted up. At hid appointment the doctor ran the tests and was dumbfounded by the results. They were the best readings he had in a long time. How? All Jesus.

Activate my friends. The power will flow through you like Living Waters. The power of the Holy Spirit is in you. Just as it was in Jesus. #JesusSaves

Amen
DK

John 8:48-59
48 The Jews answered him, “Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?”

49 “I am not possessed by a demon,” said Jesus, “but I honor my Father and you dishonor me. 50 I am not seeking glory for myself; but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge. 51 Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death.”

52 At this they exclaimed, “Now we know that you are demon-possessed! Abraham died and so did the prophets, yet you say that whoever obeys your word will never taste death. 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”

54 Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me. 55 Though you do not know him, I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and obey his word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.”

57 “You are not yet fifty years old,” they said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!”

58 “Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!” 59 At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.

The revelation almost killed the them. He had just revealed to them exactly who He was and they were ready to destroy Him. In front of them stands The Messiah and they are flat out rejecting Him, calling Him a demon, a liar, and a phony.

At any moment, Jesus could have leveled the entire earth. He could have called on His divine powers and lashed out at all of them. He could’ve…but He did not. Why not? Because the Son of Man, Jesus Christ, came not to destroy, but to save. This was what the ordeal required, and He did it. He saved us.

One very important lesson in these verses is that there are times in your own walk with Christ, that you may have to turn and walk away in order to allow God’s work to be done in others. We have been called to plant seeds through our words and our actions. It is not our job to try and force growth on others. We must allow God’s Word and His Will to do the work. We are called to plant and tend, not grow the seed. That is God’s job.

Pray for Discernment. Pray to know what move to make next as you plant His seed in others. He will reveal your next move to you and move will be perfect. Be blessed in knowing that the sowing you do now, will one day reap a mighty harvest in the name of Jesus Christ. #JesusSaves

Amen
DK

I AM THE RIGHTEOUSSNESS OF GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST…

John 8:31-47
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”

34 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you have no room for my word. 38 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father.[b]”

39 “Abraham is our father,” they answered.

“If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would[c] do what Abraham did. 40 As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. 41 You are doing the works of your own father.”

“We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”

42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me. 43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. 44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! 46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47 Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

Absolute emotion and fortitude . In these verses Jesus is crying out to us. He is God in human form, and He cries out to tell us who He is. He is begging us to see Him. It is His appeal to us to accept Him, and at that moment…many did not. Guess what…He still loves us. He still forgave us. He still REDEEMED us. All of us. He even saved the Gentiles like you and I.

Hallelujah! I have read Matthew, Mark, and Luke all the way through, and shared every step of the way. I thought Matthew was emotional…John is a beast of emotion. He captured everything. And he captured from the perspective of a universal man. Not one swayed by religion. I implore you, read the Gospels. Start in Matthew and make your way through them all. It is beautiful.

I do not belong to the devil. There are times I fail and sin, daily, but God has forgiven me by sending His son to die on the cross and carry away the very sin I just committed 2 minutes ago. Yes…even the one I will commit in 2 minutes. Yes! Yes! Yes! I know…Wow!

Your are the Righteousness of God through His son Jesus Christ. Let me repeat…You are the Righteousness of God!!!! You are. Yes, you are. I am His Righteousness because of Jesus Christ!!!! How??? Jesus Christ…that’s how. #JesusSaves

Amen
DK

We must look past our own eyes to see Him…

John 8:21-30
21 Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.”

22 This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?”

23 But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he, you will indeed die in your sins.”

25 “Who are you?” they asked.

“Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied. 26 “I have much to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy, and what I have heard from him I tell the world.”

27 They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father. 28 So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up[a] the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me. 29 The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.” 30 Even as he spoke, many believed in him.

I do not doubt who Jesus is. But I often wonder if I would have if I were alive then. Would I have followed the crowd? Would I have fearful of persecution and retribution? Many men were. Many great men were. Those that stuck with Him. The Disciples of Jesus were marked and died horrible deaths, yet they persevered. They spread the Gospel and were killed because of it.

So here I stand, alive and blessed. God knows what I would have done, He wants me to learn about myself. This happens through reading the Bible. As I read, I see so much of myself in so many of the people that He loved and taught. So many, that even though they did not believe in Him, He loved them and without fail He taught them. So many times He would speak and be questioned and doubted, but He spoke and taught anyway. Thank God for the unbelievers, for they give us the chance to learn of Him.

Throughout the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Jesus teaches the doubters, the sinners, the lovers of this earth what it means to believe. He is speaking to us. He is teaching us. As He does, as he speaks, new believers are joining the Kingdom of God. He came and got me. He pulled the wool from my eyes and showed me TRUTH. He showed me love and forgiveness. He cane and got me. Just the way He has come for you.

So, with that, let us move past the doubt and speculation. He died for us and forgave all of us. We are now cloaked in His righteousness. Forever free of sin. Hallelujah! #JesusSaves

Amen
DK

His own witness…

John 8:12-20
12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

13 The Pharisees challenged him, “Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid.”

14 Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going. 15 You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one. 16 But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me. 17 In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true. 18 I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.”

19 Then they asked him, “Where is your father?”

“You do not know me or my Father,” Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” 20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

If all we do is search in the perceived light of this world for verification, we will remain blind. However, if we look to His light, the light of the Creator, we will find understanding, acceptance, and love.

This is another example of the “learned” not being able to see Him. They could not tell who He was. They were searching this world for answers as to who he was. They would not be found here. The are only found in faith and belief, both of which were lacking. They were lost.

The testimony of two witnesses is true. Words spoken by Jesus Himself. Stand with a friend today, and both of you go forth and witness for Jesus. Just as He said it would, your truth will be believed.
#JesusSaves

Amen
DK

Jesus lived a sinless life…completely void of all sin.

John 8:1-11 (NIV)
1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.

But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

11 “No one, sir,” she said.

“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

The only one without sin, to have never sinned, was Jesus. He was the only one left standing with the woman. He then showed great Mercy and Grace as He pardoned her and forgave of this sin. But, He left the choice with her.

Jesus was a brilliant teacher and person. He was God in the flesh. He is a direct reflection of the love that God has always had for us, even in the beginning. He has so much love for us, that without fail He will make a single decision that is good and perfect  for millions. That is who He is. That is God the Father.

Let me ask you a question. Are you saved? Are you going to Heaven when your heart stops beating and you are no longer breathing? Of your answer is, “I don’t know.”, that’s ok. Then my question be, “Would you like to know?” I bet I know your answer. I am saved. I was saved in 2003, and just surrendered last year. Read this with me:

God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness.

I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin.

You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess the Lord our God and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we shall be saved.

Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved.

Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself.

Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.
Amen.

Welcome to the family. He will answer your call. Begin to read. Start where I did in the New Testament and the Gospels. Enjoy Him. He is coming for you. #JesusSaves

Amen
DK

We are forgiven…

John 7:45-52
45 Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”

46 “No one ever spoke the way this man does,” the guards replied.

47 “You mean he has deceived you also?” the Pharisees retorted. 48 “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”

50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”

52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”

“A mob that knows nothing of the law. There must be a curse on them.”, that was the statement from the religious knowledge base present as Jesus spoke at the festival. From what I have gathered, I would rather rely on Jesus than the law. Grace and Mercy have certainly saved my life and the life of my family. There is only death in law.

One Pharisee that did know that Jesus was the Messiah is Nicodemus. This man begins to allow God to grow in him and a relationship is being birthed. He knows that Jesus is special and that He has something no other “prophet” had. He brought truth and confirmation found in the Old Testament.

As believers in Christ’s finished work on the cross, we no longer lol lol to law to be qualified. Jesus has qualified us, and as such the Holy Spirit lives in us and is our basis for all action. It is our standards, values, and principles. With this being true, we need not worry about the law for the reason that if we believe and Hoky Spirit is in is, then we will not concern ourselves with the law. We are all destined to sin. When son becomes a roadblock preventing us from acting in the Will of God, Mercy and Grace step in. A free unearned and unmeroted gift from God in the form of Jesus Christ. #JesusSaves

Amen
DK

Jesus is Messiah…

John 7:25-44
25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill? 26 Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah? 27 But we know where this man is from; when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”

28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him, 29 but I know him because I am from him and he sent me.”

30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. 31 Still, many in the crowd believed in him. They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs than this man?”

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.

33 Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me. 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? 36 What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”[c] 39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

40 On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”

41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.”

Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee? 42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?” 43 Thus the people were divided because of Jesus. 44 Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.

Confusion and unrest. Law had blinded so many people  that they couldn’t see Him. They couldn’t see Jesus. They just kept reaching for understanding on this earth. They searched for proof and distorted it when they found it. The wool had been firmly pulled over their eyes. Sin blinded them. Jesus knew it. He tried to tell them, but they would not listen. For this reason, I am saved. For this reason He turned to the Gentiles and saved all.

I know you have experienced sin. You are human, and whether you know it or not you are cloaked in sin. Just as I am. More importantly, we have been covered in the blood of Jesus and cleansed of that sin. This happens when we believe in Him who God sent o save us. He has delivered us. The Jews that were confused by Jesus believed that if they followed the distorted law that they would be saved. Jesus came to earth as man and saved us, lifting the cloudy laws and clarifying it for us… He simplified it.

I don’t know what I would have felt on that day that Jesus stood up and announced that He was sent by God. I don’t know. I can tell you that I would have jumped on board with Him right away and believed, but I don’t know. I firmly believe in Him now. I know what He did for me. I know He saved me and that I will stand face to face with Him in Heaven and fall to my knees to worship for eternity. I do know that. But some days are difficult.

Somedays it takes all I have to pick up my Bible and read. Not because I don’t love Him with all of my heart. I do. But I get distracted by this world. By things that don’t mean anything. It takes discipline on those days. It’s starts with great fervor and energy, then comes the drudgery, then the discipline, then habbit. I know He is always with me, but honestly there are some days that I can’t feel Him with me and I have to go searching for Him with all I have. He has never failed to let me find Him. He knows just where to be so that I will find Him just at the end of my rope. That’s where the growth is. Hang on…He is on His way. #JesusSaves

Amen
DK