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Questions we'll discuss in this Sunday's sermon: 1. Why were these disciples fishing and not evangelizing? 2. Could this account be a parallel to Luke 5:1-11? 3. What's the significance of 153 fish? 4. Is John telling us this historical event so that we would allegorize this passage and discover eschatological significance?

"To wear material crosses as an ornament, to place material crosses on churches and tombs, all this is cheap and easy work, and entails no trouble. But to have Christ's cross in our hearts, to carry Christ's cross in our daily walk, to know the fellowship of His sufferings, to be made conformable to His death, to have crucified affections, and live crucified lives, - all this needs self-denial; and Christians of this stamp are few and far between. Yet, this, we may be sure, is the only cross-bearing and cross-carrying that does good in the world. The times require less of the cross outwardly and more of the cross within." - J.C. Ryle

Routinely while preaching through John I'm stunned by the depths of truth that lay behind so many passages. For me, John 18:4 has become one of those verses. It's placed strikingly in the context of Jesus' arrest. In this chapter we see Jesus isn't running from the band of soldiers lead by his betrayer Judas yet I also wouldn't say he's come to turn himself in considering he hadn't broken any laws. Rather, I suppose it would be best to say that Jesus had simply accepted the cup that JUST moments earlier in the garden of Gethsemane he had asked the Father to take away from him.

Having concluded his last moments of teaching with the 11, Jesus now turns to the Father in prayer. Being the longest prayer recorded by Jesus it's no wonder this is one of the most talked about moments in all of Scripture, and a favorite to many.

We have come upon one of the most talked about moments in all of the Bible. Many, even those not too familiar with Christendom could recall Jesus and the washing of his disciple's feet (John 13:1-17). Why is this moment so renown? The reason for this story's popularity is that its significance goes way beyond displaying an example of humility (though its nothing less than that).

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The hearts of the Jews, the palm branches & the donkey contribute great significance in this triumphal entry into Jerusalem. This miraculous influence that Jesus displays was meant to draw man's attention to his upcoming crucifixion.

D.A. Carson writes, "Though it is not John's point, it has often been remarked that the authority of Jesus is so great that, had he not specified Lazarus, all the tombs would have given up their dead to resurrection life."

Last week in John 10:1-21 we studied about the reality of false teachers. Ironically, the very next section (John 10:22-42) is grossly misinterpreted by many false teachers today. Believe it or not, many false teachers will use this passage to say Jesus is not God and that we can all be gods (polytheism).

A couple of weeks ago we studied a bold pronouncement of Christ, "I AM the light." This Sunday in chapter 9 of his gospel John tells us of a man born blind who was healed by our savior, from Christ's healing touch he saw the light. From this passage sparks a wealth of religious discussion. Why are some born with physical ailments? Why is there evil in the world? Why do people have to suffer?